Description: This is the 1934 *first edition* of MEN WITHOUT ART by WYNDHAM LEWIS Blast and counter blast in this first edition in which WYNDHAM LEWIS takes apart Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf … Hardback, around 5.5 inches by 8.5 tall, is bound in its publisher's original green boards. Tilting, (note art deco typography) all original gilt. Provenance through prize book-plate of Bernard Meadows; English Sculptor, born Norwich 1915, d 2005. He attended the local art school before graduating to the Royal College of Art. Meadows bridged pre-war pioneers of modern British sculpture (Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore), mentoring post-war star Elisabeth Frink — Meadows’ student and acolyte. First edition published by Cassell, London, in 1934. Free from ownership inscriptions and permanent markings to the text. Although interior condition is overall very good, book may display minor signs of use or age — such as the usual discolouration to old paper — consistent with a printed object of this vintage. All 304 pp are complete and correct. ¶ Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957); English painter and author. Lewis co-founded the Vorticist movement in art, and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. ¶ ¶¶ Further ref: The Criterion, January 1935, pp335-337; Pound & Grover A21a; Morrow & Lafourcade A22 ¶¶ Your book, anywhere within the UK, is sent to you FREE. Feel free to contact seller with any questions, or if you'd like to examine it in person at a mutually convenient time. Bid with confidence to secure.
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Location: Richmond
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Binding: Hardback
Non-Fiction Subject: The Arts
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Fiction Subject: Literary Criticism
Includes …: Norwich Sculptor Bernard Meadows 1936 Provenance
Author: WYNDHAM LEWIS
Original/Reproduction: Original
Region: Europe
Publisher: Cassell & Co
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1934
