The Green Child. A Romance
de Read, Herbert
- Usado
- First
- Estado
- Green cloth. Slightly rubbed. Very good minus, lacking the printed dust jacket. Uncommon
- Librería
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New York, New York, United States
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First edition. 256 pp. 8vo. Green cloth. Slightly rubbed. Very good minus, lacking the printed dust jacket. Uncommon. First edition. 256 pp. 8vo. 'a remarkable double Utopia'. "a remarkable double Utopia ... a dramatic critique of and metaphor for the utopian impulse as a whole" (SFE).
The Green Child was inspired by the mediaeval legend of the green children of Woolpit, two green-skinned children who came to a Yorkshire village and claimed to be from an underground world.
Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) was best known as an art critic and advocate of modern architecture. He was knighted in 1953. The Green Child was his only novel. His son, Piers Paul Read, is a popular novelist. Bleiler, Checklist (1978), p. 164
The Green Child was inspired by the mediaeval legend of the green children of Woolpit, two green-skinned children who came to a Yorkshire village and claimed to be from an underground world.
Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) was best known as an art critic and advocate of modern architecture. He was knighted in 1953. The Green Child was his only novel. His son, Piers Paul Read, is a popular novelist. Bleiler, Checklist (1978), p. 164
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- Librería
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 216730
- Título
- The Green Child. A Romance
- Autor
- Read, Herbert
- Formato/Encuadernación
- 256 pp. 8vo
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Green cloth. Slightly rubbed. Very good minus, lacking the printed dust jacket. Uncommon
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Editorial
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1935
- Palabras clave
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
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