‎Huxley aldous‎

‎Huxley Aldous.‎

‎Prisons. With the ‘Carceri’ Etchings of G. B. Piranesi.‎

‎Folio. London: Trianon Press 1949. Folio 36 pp. with a frontispiece and 18 plates. Original stiff wrappers with printed label. Plates are loosely inserted into a folded pocket at rear. Some fading wear and discoloration to cover and spine inside front cover has been repaired with linen tape. Plates and pages in fine condition. Inscribed in ink at front by Arnold Fawcus: “ To Dad: With Best Wishes Love Arnold. Nov. 7 1949â€. § One of 1000 unnumbered unsigned trade editions. Of the first printing 212 were signed by the author; 100 copies were reserved for the Trianon Press Cobham Surrey and the Grey Falcon Press Philadelphia; 100 for Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Los Angeles; 12 copies numbered A to L "hors commerce" for the author the publishers and their associates. With a 16-page essay by Huxley and a critical study by Jean Adhemar of the famous fantasy prison etchings by Piranesi which inspired Huxley and Adhemar curator of prints at the BN to write a short history of prisons and criminality and an analysis of the plates. Eshelbach & Shober 50. Trianon Press unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 108019

‎HUXLEY Aldous.‎

‎Selected Poems.‎

‎NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. No statement of printing. Minor shelf wear and aging else very good in paper covered boards. No dust jacket. ; 63 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 45689

‎Huxley Aldous.‎

‎The Devils of Loudun.‎

‎Folio Society 1986. First printing thus. Fine in near fine to fine publisher's slipcase with a few faint spots. Folio Society, 1986. First printing thus. unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : Embry 195930

‎HUXLEY Aldous. Bedford Sybille.‎

‎Aldous Huxley: A Biography Vol I: 1894-1939.‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus/William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd 1973. First edition. 400 pp. Brief ink notation--three numbers-- on the front free endpaper else very near fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a tear to spine and a small chip from back cover. Invitation to the publication party for the American edition laid in. London: Chatto & Windus/William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 30322

‎HUXLEY Aldous. Gekoski Rick and PA. Grogan. P. A.‎

‎William Golding: A Bibliography 1934-1993.‎

‎London: André Deutsch 1994. First edition. xiii 158 pp w/index. Fine in full red cloth and publisher’s white slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Erratum slip present. Color reproductions of 24 items. One of 900 copies. Golding contributes a foreword to this work. London: André Deutsch hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : 51112

‎Huxley Aldous: Bedford Sybille‎

‎ALDOUS HUXLEY A BIOGRAPHY VOLUME TWO: 1939- 1963‎

‎London: Chatto & Windus / Collins 1974. Pale green printed wrapper. Frontis and plates. Spine cocked with closed horizontal tear but a very good copy. Uncorrected proof of the UK edition utilized for review in the US in anticipation of Knopf's publication of the US edition The title page and upper wrapper are annotated accordingly. Chatto & Windus / Collins unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : WRCLIT84467

‎Huxley Aldous: Eschelbach Claire John and Joyce Lee Shober‎

‎ALDOUS HUXLEY A BIBLIOGRAPHY 1916-1959‎

‎Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press 1961. Cloth. First edition. With a foreword by Huxley. About fine in a rubbed and lightly frayed dust jacket with chipping to the head and toe of the spine. University of California Press hardcover books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : WRCLIT74947

‎Huxley Aldous: Savage DS. D. S.‎

‎MYSTICISM AND ALDOUS HUXLEY. AN EXAMINATION OF HEARD-HUXLEY THEORIES‎

‎Yonkers NY: Oscar Baradinsky at the Alicat Book Shop 1947. Printed wrappers. First U.S. edition. One of 750 copies issued as No. 10 in the Outcast Series of chapbooks. Near fine. Oscar Baradinsky at the Alicat Book Shop unknown books‎

Riferimento per il libraio : WRCLIT33251

‎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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : 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

Riferimento per il libraio : W52667