‎Huxley aldous‎

‎Huxley Aldous: Whiting John‎

‎THE DEVILS A PLAY BASED ON A BOOK BY ALDOUS HUXLEY‎

‎London: Heinemann 1962. Cloth. Photos. Very good in dust jacket. First edition. Whiting's dramatic adaptation of Huxley's THE DEVILS OF LOUDON was in part the source work for the 1971 Ken Russell tour de force starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. Heinemann hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : WRCLIT17030

‎Huxley Aldous;‎

‎Ape and Essence‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 205; G-/G-; gilt spine with blue and black text; dust jacket has noticeable soiling to exterior; few chips to edges; cloth has foxing to exterior; some wear to edges; sturdy boards; text block shows some age toning to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; interior unmarked;. 1329388. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1329388

‎Huxley Aldous;‎

‎Proper Studies‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1927. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 299; G-/G-; beige spine with green text; dust jacket shows some damp staining to spine and edges; other slight wear to exterior; mylar wrap; cloth has very light wear to exterior; mildly cocked spine; text block has some foxing to exterior edges; interior clean;. 1333912. FP New Rockville Stock. Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 1333912

‎Huxley Anthony‎

‎AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GARDENING‎

‎New York and London: Paddington Press. Very Good. 1979. Hardcover. 0448224240 . Reprint 352 pages large green paper covered boards with gilt stamping to spine very light toning at cover edges otherwise a clean very good copy bookclub edition. . Paddington Press hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 59627 ISBN : 0448224240 9780448224244

‎Huxley Anthony Ed‎

‎The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening‎

‎London: Macmillan Press Limited; New YOrk Stockton Press 1992. 4 vols. lviii 815; vii 747; vii 790; vii 888p. b/w illus. original brown cloth quarto format. Macmillan Press Limited; New YOrk, Stockton Press unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 040871 ISBN : 1561590010 9781561590018

‎Huxley Anthony; Griffiths Mark; Levy Margot; Editors.‎

‎The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening.‎

‎London: Macmillan 1992. Four Volumes. Quarto cloth lviii 815 pp viii 747 pp vii 888 pp. Illus. maps. Former-owner embossed stamps; otherwise Fine. Macmillan, [1992]. Four Volumes. hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 06051scs

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎East Africa‎

‎London: Britain in Pictures Ltd nd. First edition. Hardcover. 47 pages. Text by Huxley accompanied by 12 color and 17 black and white illustrations. A very good copy with some foxing in a very good dust jacket that is lightly soiled and with some slight foxing. Still a pleasing copy. Britain in Pictures Ltd unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 171784

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE‎

‎London: Chancellor 1975. Large 8vo pp. 254. Bibliography index. With 16 pages of color plates and almost 100 illustrations in black and white. Tan cloth stamped in gilt. VG in chipped and price-clipped dj. Huxley concentrates on Nightingale's contradictory and multi-talented personality: martinet loyal friend compassionate nurse an authority on hospital design brilliant administrator expert on Indian affairs. Chancellor unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 50469

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE‎

‎Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. NY 1975 . 254 pages small quarto very good condition in dust jacket. . Other hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 30397

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎Four Guineas: A Journey through West Africa‎

‎London 1955. hardcover. Many Illustrations. Small 12mo. London: The Reprint Society 1955.<br/><br/> unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 123555

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎Livingstone and His African Journeys‎

‎Saturday Review Press 1974. Very Good. Huxley Elspeth. Livingstone and His African Journeys. New York: Saturday Review Press 1974. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with lightly rubbed and bumped edges and spine gently rolled. Saturday Review Press hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : UHUXLIV00MEL ISBN : 0841502897 9780841502895

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎Livingstone: And his African Journeys‎

‎Saturday Review 1974. Fine. Huxley Elspeth. Livingstone: And his African Journeys. NY: Saturday Review 1974. 224pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. Small 4to. Cloth. Book condition: Near fine with lightly bumped edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with lightly bumped edges. Saturday Review hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : UHUXLIV00CGM

‎HUXLEY ELSPETH‎

‎Murder On Safari‎

‎New York: Harpers 1938. First Edition - American. Near fine copy with a 1†sliver of darkening to the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover near the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some tiny chips and tears and a neat 1/2†corner cut from the top of the rear flap. A jewel theft and a murder are at the heart of this mystery set in a luxurious Africa safari. Harpers hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 13491E

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya.‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1985. First edition early printing of Huxley's memoirs of her adult life. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Elspeth Huxley For Joe Ferrier with gratitude for a continuing interest 1986." The recipient Joe Ferrier was a fan and pen pal of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Nellie and Major Josceline Grant arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912 where they became colonial settlers and established a coffee plantation. Their daughter Elspeth had quite an unconventional childhood which she later wrote about in her best known work The Flame Trees of Thika 1959 which examined how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya continues the story of Huxley's adult life beginning in 1933 when she returned to Kenya after an interval of eight years. Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 101423

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood.‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1959. First edition of Huxley's autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father's coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed. Elspeth Huxley prolifically wrote thirty books but she is best known for her lyrical books The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard. Both are based on her experiences growing up in a coffee farm in Colonial Kenya. Her husband Gervas Huxley was related to both Thomas and Aldous Huxley Lownie 2006. A year after the publication of The Flame Trees of Thika Huxley was appointed an independent member of the Advisory Commission for the Review of the Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. She was an advocate of colonialism early in life and later called for independence for African countries Ibid. In the 1960s she served as a correspondent for the National Review magazine. It was later made into the well received television series originally airing in 1981. Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 110441

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood‎

‎Penguin 2000. Very Good. Huxley Elspeth. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood. New York NY: Penguin 2000. 280pp. 12mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing to edges. Penguin paperback books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : UHUXFLA00FP ISBN : 0141183780 9780141183787

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Mottled Lizard‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1962. Original terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Edges have some light soiling and boards have minor bowing. Faint offsetting on endpapers from dust jacket flaps. Price clipped dust jacket has a bit of foxing internally. Also soiled on upper edge of rear portion and on rear flap fold. Overall a very suitable copy of the sequel to The Flame Trees of Thika. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : W52667

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎The Mottled Lizard.‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus 1962. First edition early printing of one of Huxley's best known works. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Joe Ferrier with gratitude for your interest in my childhood memories - now are half a century old. Elspeth Huxley." Laid in are three typed letters signed by Huxley to Joe Ferrier one of which reads in part "I much appreciate your continuing interest in my writings - as much as I regret the appalling untidiness of this typing. My non-proficiency increases with the years and the typewriter is now nearly as old as I am; a few more years and in this age of word-processors etc.; it may become a valuable antique. With best wishes yours sincerely Elspeth Huxley." The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong pen pal and friend of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Grimble. Nellie and Major Josceline Grant arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912 where they became colonial settlers and established a coffee plantation. Their daughter Elspeth had quite an unconventional childhood which she later wrote about in her best known work The Flame Trees of Thika 1959 which examined how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. The Mottled Lizard continues the story when the family returns to Kenya after the first world war. Huxley recreates in vivid detail their home native servants hunting expeditions and travels throughout the country. Chatto & Windus hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 95084

‎HUXLEY Elspeth‎

‎The Prince Buys The Manor: An Extravaganza‎

‎London Chatto & Windus 1982. First edition. 8vo. Dust jacket designed by John Sutcliffe unclipped. Very good-fine. 215 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. London, Chatto & Windus, 1982. hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 3678

‎Huxley Elspeth‎

‎With Forks and Hope: An African Notebook.‎

‎1964: William Morrow & Company New York. First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo original half cloth illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Harsh-Finegold. Huxley states in the present volume: "Writing about modern Africa is like trying to sketch a galloping horse that is out of sight before you have sharpened your pencil. But it is just because so much is happening - because the scene sparkles with new hopes and plans because nothing is static and nothing seems impossible.'for in truth' as Winston Churchill wrote in 1907 'the problems of East Africa are the problems of the world.'" William Morrow & Company hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 96083

‎HUXLEY ELSPETH.‎

‎The African Poison Murders.‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1940. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Top edges of pages and a portion of front flyleaf spotted. Else near fine in bright dust jacket price-clipped. Published in the UK as Death of an Aryan. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 29865

‎HUXLEY Francis‎

‎Affable Savages; an Anthropologist Among the Urubu Indians of Brazil‎

‎hardcover. Illus. 8vo cloth. N.Y.: Viking 1957. vg<br/><br/> unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 158936

‎Huxley Francis‎

‎THE RAVEN AND THE WRITING DESK‎

‎New York: Harper & Row 1976. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Illustrated. Includes index. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 9010771 ISBN : 0060121130 9780060121136

‎HUXLEY Francis‎

‎THE WAY OF THE SACRED‎

‎Gaarden City NY: Doubleday 1974. First American edn. Small 4to pp. 320. Richly illustrated in color and monochrome. A nice copy in little chipped dj. The rites and symbols beliefs and tabus that men have held in awe and wonder. Doubleday unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 34035

‎HUXLEY Gervas‎

‎TAKING OF TEA‎

‎Ivyland PA: John Wagnewr 1956. Acanthus. 8vo pp. 104. Illustrated with drawings by 'Acanthus.' A nice copy in scuffed dj. All about tea: its history properties how to prepare it. John Wagnewr unknown books‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 33358