The Demon Of Progress In the Arts
by Lewis, Wyndham
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The Demon of Progress in the Arts
by LEWIS, Wyndham.
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- 1954
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- 8vo, pp. vi, 97, [1], with five plates; black publisher’s cloth, yellow dust-jacket printed in red and black; a fine copy in a
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London, London, GBR
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NZ$1,384.18
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First edition, inscribed 'To Geoffrey / my best copy / Wyndham'. Lewis breaks here with abstraction in the arts, naming Michael Ayrton, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Ceri Richards and others as 'the finest group of painters and sculptors which England has ever known'. Ayrton collaborated on many illustrations and dust-jacket designs after Lewis lost his sight.
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The Demon of Progress in the Arts
by Lewis, Wyndham
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- 1954
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Diss, Norfolk, GBR
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London: Methuen & Co., 1954. Hardback with protected dust-wrapper. 97pp. 1st edition 1954. Price-clipped d/w spine age-discoloured with small loss to bottom of spine. Occasional marginal markings to contents. Private ownership. (ar17). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Item Price
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The Demon of Progress in the Arts
by Wyndham Lewis
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- 1955
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Rochester, New York, USA
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NZ$59.24
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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1955 Gold gilt title on spine. Sunning to blue cloth at top and bottom of both front and rear boards and spine. Clean text and interior. Tight, square binding. Dust jacket with price intact, now in protective Brodart cover.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Item Price
NZ$59.24
The Demon Of Progress In The Arts.
by LEWIS, WYNDHAM.
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Somerville, Victoria, AUS
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London, Methuen & Co., (1954).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. vi, 97; 6 pages of b/w plates, postscript; original black cloth, dustjacket marked, torn and spine browned, price clipped, a good copy. The Author analyses the psychology of exclusive innovation, of newness for newness' sake. He shows how two of the most dynamic principles in our century, revolution and technology,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Demon Of Progress In The Arts
by Lewis, Wyndham
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1955
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Hamilton, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$31.16
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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1955 A Nice Solid Clean Book, No Marks Or Inscriptions.. Slight Aging To Eps. Cloth Covered Boards. Bright Gilt Title On Spine, Some Sunning To Spine And Top Edge.Dj Is Pale Yellow With Black Printing. On Front And Spine. Previous… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Demon of Progress in the Arts
by LEWIS, Wyndham
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- 1954
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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NZ$3,404.40
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London: Methuen and Co., Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a very faintly stained else near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Ashley Dukes from Wyndham Lewis". Dukes was an English playwright, critic, and theatre manager. In 1933, he founded the Mercury Theatre of London and wrote plays that… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Demon of Progress in the Arts.
by LEWIS, Wyndham.
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Tamworth, Ontario, CAN
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Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1955. First American edition. Octavo, blue-grey boards, pp. vi, 97. 5000 copies printed. Covers a bit faded, else very good in a price-clipped dust jacket that shows small chips to the edges. Morrow & Lafourcade A39b.. Item Price
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The Demon of Progress in the Arts.
by Lewis, Wyndham.
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Alfriston, Aberdeen, GBR
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Methuen, London. 1954. First edition.. Hardback.. Black and White illustrations. Very Good in Very Good (–) Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover. DJ sun-darkened. Item Price
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The Demon Of Progress In The Arts
by Wyndham Lewis
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- 1954
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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NZ$70.81
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Methuen, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. First Edition. 97 pages. Yellow dust jacket with black lettering over black cloth. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's name to front endpaper. Pages have a distinct odour. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and soiling to… Read more about this item Item Price
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The demon of progress in the arts
by Lewis, Wyndham.
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- 1954-01-01
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Bradford, West Yorkshire, GBR
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Methuen, 1954-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-Library Book with usual markings. Clean copy, sound binding. 1955 re-print edition. Item Price
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Demon of Progress in the Arts
by LEWIS, Wyndham
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Bryn Mawr,, Pennsylvania, USA
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LEWIS, Wyndham. The Demon of Progress in the Arts. Illus. Orig. cloth, dust jacker. Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1955. First American edition. Fine copy. Item Price
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The Demon Of Progress In The Arts
by Lewis, Wyndham
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, AUS
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Henry Regnery Company Chicago Illinois 1955 . Very Good Demy 4to, 98pp Very Good Hard Cover Lewis analyses the psychology of exclusive innovation - 'of newness for newness's sake' and argues that revolution and technology have galvanised art to their undoing. He attacks the 'false innovations of today' and 'the crowd of middlemen andd promotors who are ultimately… Read more about this item Item Price
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