The spoken word : an anthology of broadcast talks / selected and edited by A.F. Scott
1963, 3rd edition. London : Macmillan. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #391992
Physical description; 191 pp. ; 18 cm. Contents; Reminiscences of childhood / Dylan Thomas -- Syler's Green : a return journey / Stevie Smith -- The sculptor speaks / Henry Moore -- The growth of a poet / W. B. Yeats -- Writing a story : One man's way / Frank O'Connor -- On not answering the telephone / William Plomer -- What is history about? / R. W. K. Hinton -- What is democracy? / Maurice Cranston -- The new industrial revolution / Sir Walter Puckey -- The home-centred society / Mark Abrams -- The nature of authority / Richard Peters -- Can we know the right thing to do? / Gilbert Murray -- How to look at a church / John Betjeman -- Henry Irving's way / Gordon Craig -- Thoughts on composing / Robert Simpson -- The rococo spirit / Alan Pryce-Jones -- The muse in the nursery / P. H. Newby -- Virgil and the Christian world / T. S. Eliot -- The spirit of science / Sir Lawrence Bragg -- The making of scientists / F. A. Vick -- The seven ages of man / Alex Comfort -- Hue and eye / R. A. Weale -- Humbug in science / Magnus Pyke -- Microbes to the moon / Kenneth Bisset. Subjects; English essays. Radio and literature. Radio addresses, debates, etc.
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