The Innocent Eye
by Read, Herbert (Madeleine L'Engle)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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GIG HARBOR, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated first printing of this autobiographical work from the English philosopher and art historian, Herbert Read, who was an early adopter in the country of the Existentialist movement. From the library of Madeleine L'Engle and bearing her married ownership signature and date in 1947 on the front pastedown. L'Engle later explored existentialism in her many fantasy works for young readers, namely A Wrinkle in Time. Very good with some wear to bottom edges of green boards. Jacket toned to spine and showing some wear and rubbing along folds and at corners, else nicely preserved.
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- Bookseller
- Peruse the Stacks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4002
- Title
- The Innocent Eye
- Author
- Read, Herbert (Madeleine L'Engle)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
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GIG HARBOR, Washington
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