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READ, HERBERT: : THE GREEN CHILD

LONDON.GREY WALLS PRESS,1945.

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LONDON.GREY WALLS PRESS,1945.UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn thus.[A new edition of Read's only novel,originally published in 1935 by Heinemann,but here,in this edn,illustrated with Felix Kelly's dreamlike surreal illustrations.]VG+.No owner inscrptn.UK,slim 8vo HB minus dw/dj, illustrated 1st end thus,137pp,4 full-page,full-colour lithographs by FELIX KELLY - all called for,present.Bright, clean grey cloth boards,green and gilt design to spine/backstrip.Title is quite uncommon,even with it's dw/dj. Felix Kelly,born 1916,Auckland,New Zealand,settled in London,served RAF from 1938.As a romantic painter in gouache and oil,he was influenced early on by Surrealism.He is also a graphic artist and has designed stage productions at the Old Vic and Sadlers Wells theatres,London.The illustrations for this book (like his paintings) are dreamlike and theatrical. Read was later to provide an introduction for and to Kelly's own,'Paintings by Felix Kelly' London,Falcon Press,1946. Felix Kelly also designed dust jackets for other authors,such as Naomi Jacob and for other collections like Faber's Best Tales of Terror (1962).He was often commissioned to produce paintings for grand houses in the UK and USA,with the most well-known,being murals in the Garden Hall at Castle Howard,North Yorkshire. In Elizabeth Burton's domestic histories - i.e. 'The Elizabethans at Home' (1958), 'The Georgians at Home' (1967),'The Jacobeans at Home' (1967),and The Early Victorians at Home' (1972) - his evocative,finely textured pen and ink drawings endow household objects with mystery and romance. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj,illus,1st edn thus.
Not SIGNED.