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1957Best.-Nr. 473A classic orange Penguin paperback. First Penguin edition published in 1955 reprinted in 1957. This book has wear along the spine and pencil markings on the front cover. On the inside the pages have started to come away from the binding along the spine. The previous owner seems to have taped the pages to prevent them from falling out. Very minimal foxing is present mainly confined to the front and back inside covers. Toning is noted across the pages. Please be mindful when handling as this is a fair copy. Disclaimer: Postage rates may be subject to change depending on the weight of the books. For the heavier and/ or multivolume sets the cost will be determined using the prices displayed below. UK: £7 per kg EU: £10 per kg USA: £12 per kg If you have any queries please get in touch. Penguin Books paperback
1947Best.-Nr. 5827London United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus 1947. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine. N/A. Publication: London Chatto & Windus 1947 Formatting: Cr. 8vo pp. 64. Condition Report: Near Fine. The book has been preserved remarkably well boasting a firm square binding with vibrant unfaded red cloth boards and bright gilt lettering to the spine. Internally the text block sits squarely and the pages remain exceptionally clean and tidy with only the faintest signs of careful handling. The original dust jacket is fully intact and highly attractive presenting only slight rubbing to the extremities and very minor toning to the spine and rear panel with no significant chips or tears that would detract from its overall aesthetic. Catalogue Note: This is the first UK edition of Huxley's thought-provoking essay published by Chatto & Windus in 1947. It is presented in its original dust jacket which notably retains its unclipped '3s. 6d. net' price on the front flap. While not illustrated the volume serves as a fascinating physical artifact of post-war British publishing. The copyright page features the declaration that it was 'PRODUCED IN GREAT BRITAIN IN COMPLETE CONFORMITY WITH THE AUTHORIZED ECONOMY STANDARDS' reflecting the lingering material restrictions of the era. The rear panel of the jacket also advertises a list of 'REPRINTING Standard Titles from the list of Chatto & Windus'. This title is relatively common on the open market; however securing a copy in such a well-preserved state complete with a vibrant and intact dust jacket is increasingly desirable for collectors of Huxley’s non-fiction works. Written in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War Science Liberty and Peace is Aldous Huxley’s potent critique of the centralization of power and the misuse of scientific advancement. As the dust jacket notes the essay is an "exciting and powerful plea for the humanistic application of scientific knowledge". Huxley argues that technological progress rather than liberating humanity has been repeatedly co-opted to increase oppression and wage devastating wars. Featuring "closely reasoned argument and a brilliant analysis of the technicalities involved" the book supports Huxley's "fervent conviction of the need to fight for the spiritual and physical needs of the individual". Chatto & Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 980Green End Oaksey etc. 1 July 1986. Author. 2pp. 8vo sl. soiled. She responds to commenmts about her "Four Guineas" and how Nigeria has changed discussing the effects of technology on employment and her pleasure in gardening. Green End, Oaksey, etc., 1 July 1986 unknown
1910Best.-Nr. 30517Dent 1910. 8vo. First Edition thus endpapers very lightly browned; original series binding of grey ribbed cloth gilt back grey top pictorial endpapers a near fine copy. EL 498; Seymour 547.0. Dent, hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. C76358London: Chatto & Windus 1939. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Fair. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 314. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered gilt at the spine Slight fading and slight browning to endpapers otherwise clean very good in somewhat used very good minus dust jacket with some chips and loss at spine ends. Chatto & Windus, hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 019371london: Chatto & Windus 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Brown hardcover. Spine ends rubbed and faded corners slightly bumped. Endpapers darkened pages toned. Dust Jacket Condition: Losses to spine and corners. Light edge wear with slight loss. Covers darkened. Not price clipped Chatto & Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 231508Middlesex 1948-55. 254; 174; 320; 219; 250; 382; 133 s. Orig. omsl. Omslagenes hjørner med et enkelte små bretter. Antic Hays omslags øvre og nedre del av ryggen med et par små rifter samt tittelbl. med en fuktskjold etter et fjernet ex libris. Music at Night med et samtidig ex libris Kristian Smidt nederst på tittelbl. Those Barren Leaves nedre del av ryggen med et par små rifter. De øvrige med Kristian Smidts navnetrekk -55 øverst på smuss- eller tittelbl. Enkelte anmerkninger i teksten kan forekomme. Syv bøker. . unknown
1959Best.-Nr. IYC133331London: Chatto & Windus 1959. 1st 1st reprint. h/b. Very good 1st edition 1st reprint same month unclipped d/j some chipping in protective sleeve blue clothbound boards gilt spine titling and pressed school crest; text block firm pages crisp; inside pastedown school prize label. 8vo: crown 200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_"". In his 1932 classic dystopian novel Brave New World Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control. Nearly thirty years later in Brave New World Revisited Huxley checked the progress of his prophecies against reality and argued that many of his fictional fantasies had grown uncomfortably close to the truth. Brave New World Revisited includes Huxley's views on overpopulation propaganda advertising and government control and is an urgent and powerful appeal for the defence of individualism still alarmingly relevant today. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1926Best.-Nr. ZZ7320Library Press 1926. Date estimated from Library Hub. Brown patterned cloth gilt bust to front board. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers uncracked at gutters. Ribbon marker. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition thus. No ownership marks. No ownership marks. Binding sound text unmarked. Very Good/No dustwrapper. 325pp. Library Press Hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 118943London UK: Chatto & Windus. First edition. Second impression. 325pp. Yellow cloth boards with title panel to spine - now rubbed away. 4cm closed tear between top of backstrip/rear board. Side and bottom text block untrimmed some staining to boards and foxing throughout. Contents are clean and bright. A really special copy. OVERSEAS ORDERS MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2nd. Impression. 1922. Chatto & Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 231507London 1946-49. 335; 292; VIII 246; 303; 229; 291 s. plansjer; 310 s. Orig. helsjirtingb. Et par av bøkene med et samtidig ex libris Kristian Smidt på forsats og et annet med Kristian Smidts navnetrekk 1956 øverst på flybl. Første bind med noen streker i margen og understrekninger i teksten med blyant. Syv bøker. . unknown
1936Best.-Nr. mon0000341484Chatto & Windus 1936T. hardcover. Good. HARDBACK Missing dustjacket; ex libris sticker on ffep; slight water spotting damage on spine; slight tanning to pages throughout. 1st Edition Chatto & Windus hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. C71068No place noted 1950. Reprint. Paperback. Covers show signs of shelfwear. Faded spine. Crease across top left-hand corner of both covers. Pages slightly toned with age. Otherwise tight internally clean and overall neat copy. Very good. . 12mo. pp: 174. Penguin Reprint. Original publisher's white and blue illustrated paper covers with black lettering at front and spine. Name of previous owner the poet and novelist Alan Brownjohn at front free endpaper in ink. paperback
1967Best.-Nr. C89626Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1967. Reprint. Paperback. Paperback . Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. pp 434. Paperback. Julian Barne's copy Man Booker Prize winner with his ownership signature on the half title page and inked notes about the real names of three characters. Clean very good. Penguin Books, paperback
1937Best.-Nr. 055142London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1937. First Edition - First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1937. Dent Everyman Library No. 935. Hardback. Light-green cloth; gilt lettered spine. In their library-style binding with reinforced end-papers. All edges green. In orange dust-jacket; green lettered spine. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. Jacket has minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED in VG jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. xii 418 pages. . Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Sm.8vo. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Literature Rarities Theology and History. . Dent Everyman Library No. 935. SCARCE in its jacket. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. hardcover
1998Best.-Nr. 25298Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 1998. 1st edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers Scarcely used. From the Frank White memorial symposium. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew unknown
Best.-Nr. 342Chatto & Windus 1985 1st edition . 262 pages illustrations map : her Kenya especially the legendary characters between the wars; hardback vg vg dw SIGNED by author on slip tipped-in to the title page SIGNED COPIES ARE SCARCE afmar25 Chatto & Windus 1985 1st edition hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. S53598London: George Allen & Unwin 1943. 645 . . HB. 8vo orig. cloth light foxing to fore-edge. Good in d/w spine faded; head of spine frayed/worn with corresponding small area of wear to underlying cloth. Second impression first published 1942. An important and influential work in which Huxley presented his vision of a modern synthesis of evolutionary biology. George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1957Best.-Nr. 030217London UK: Chatto & Windus 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. None. 320pp central section of black and white photographic plates and some in-text maps. Blue cloth-covered boards gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed red. 8vo. Sun-faded spine lightly rubbed corners rubbed spine heel. Top text block edge colour fading remaining edges starting to tan. Endpapers just starting to fox and tan; previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Otherwise internally neat clean bright and tight. A collection of essays onnew knowledge in the natural sciences the social sciences and the humanities from the viewpoint of an evolutionary humanist. Chatto & Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 58081Chatto and Windus. London. 1935. pp. viii 372. Coloured frontispiece 12 plates and map. In a Boots Library binding of blue cloth serviceable if not wildly attractive contents a bit foxed at the ends else in very good condition. Chatto and Windus. London. 1935. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 54483D. Appleton. New York. 1901. 2 volumes. . pp. xi i 539 iii. Frontispiece 3 plates text illustration; vii i 541 i. Frontispiece 7 plates. Original cloth uncut top edges gilt labels neatly removed from the rear paste-downs neat embossed library name in the occasional margin stencilled number above the imprints and old paper label on the spines front free end-paper v.1 with vertical crease and clipped at the top corner none the less good copies. D. Appleton. New York. 1901. 2 volumes. hardcover
19278vo., boards gilt, cloth back gilt, uncut, cancelled stamp on title else a very good copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 COPIES
1917Best.-Nr. 059143Oxford: B. H. Blackwell Broad Street 1917. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. OXFORD : 1917. Oxford Poetry 1917 . Edited by D. L. Sayers. Includes poems by Dorothy L. Sayers; Una Ellis-Fermore; A. Huxley; Robert Graves et al. Dark blue-grey paper-covers. Printed paper label to spine and cover. Untrimmed edges as issued. Neat owner name dated Christmas 1917; no internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Minor wear to spine foot; label slightly dulled. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. iv 61pp. Includes the poems 'For Phaon' 'Sympathy' and 'Vials Full of Odours' are by Dorothy L. Sayers. See Gilbert B5. 2000 copies were printed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. B. H. Blackwell Broad Street. SCARCE. B. H. Blackwell, Broad Street paperback
1913Best.-Nr. 1075Smith Elder & Co London 1913. Third Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1913 3rd Edition Similar collation to the 1st: Vol 2 xii 534 pages illustrated 84 b/w plates 7 folding maps 8 sketches in text. Original covers. Shelf wear covers are damp stained marked. Contents clean. Volume 2 contains a host of first-hand accounts deserving of more weight today Cherry-Garrard's account of the Winter Journey Victor Campbell's narrative of the Northern Party Griffith Taylor on the Western Journeys Raymond Priestley on the ascent of Erebus preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff and throughout the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. Third impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1075. . Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 832B23London : Chatto & Winduss 1935. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". not stated . A fascinating diary of anthropologist and biologist T. H. Huxley from his voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake with plates. A first edition copy of this work. This volume contains Thomas Henry Huxley's diary of his voyage on the H.M.S. Rattlesnake which has been edited and published after his death by his grandson Julian Huxley. Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist specialised in comparative anatomy and was a strong advocate of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. With twelve black and white plates and a colour frontispiece and a folding map of the East Coast of Australia to the rear. Collated complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart with a library sticker to the front board. Some fading to the spine and some marks to the boards. Some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Library sticker and previous owner inscriptions to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good Chatto & Winduss hardcover
