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READ, HERBERT [editor] [4 titles]
Unit 1

The Modern Movement in English Architecture Painting and sculpture. Cassell & Co 1934 first edition. 124p, Illustrated throughout. 255mm, original yellow cloth with brown titles. Light foxing.
A scarce anthology focusing on the work of the group collectively known as UNIT ONE, formed early in 1933, and whose members were Barbara Hepworth, Henry Moore, John Armstrong, John Bigge, Edward Burra, Tristram Hillier, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, Edward Wadsworth, Wells Coates and Colin Lucas.
2. Art and Society. [two editions] London: Faber and Faber, 1945 and 1947 reprints. 1945 edition near fine copy in a chipped DJ. 1947 edition original binding faded and spine strip detached.
3. Art Now. Faber and Faber 1948 revised and enlarged. 225mm, original grey cloth with red and black titles, spine faded.
4. F.R. S - Yorke - The Modern House. London: Architectural Press 1957 revised edition.