Published by Faber and Faber, London, 1938 (1st edition).
Octavo, 366 pages.
‘Sir Herbert Edward Read, (1893 – 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of theInstitute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent Englishanarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice ofexistentialism.’ (Wiki).