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1946Best.-Nr. 49863New York: Modern Library 1946. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VG in Good DJ. Some wear to the top of the DJ spine and corners but otherwise in beautiful shape. Modern Library 48. . Modern Library hardcover
Best.-Nr. SR-F95N-I6K8This is the hardcover stated Harper First Edition from 1958. Other than an 1/8-inch cloth tear at the top of the spine and a name on the flyleaf both the cover and the book are in excellent condition. There are no rips tears markings etc.---and the pages and binding are tight see photo. Note: All books listed as FIRST EDITIONS are stated by the publisher in words or number lines--or--only stated editions that include only the publisher and publication date. Check my feedback to see that I sell exactly as I describe. So bid now for this magnificent impossible-to-find SCIENCE / SOCIOLOGY COLLECTIBLE.Very Good hardcover
1964Best.-Nr. 1652New York: Harper & Row 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 148 photos 48 in color. Covers the story of the Amahuace Indians in Peru. Harper & Row hardcover
1964Best.-Nr. 1652New York: Harper & Row 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 148 photos 48 in color. Covers the story of the Amahuace Indians in Peru. Harper & Row hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. B4901Garden City : Doubleday and Company Inc. c.1973. . Very good condition. . Edition: First Edition. Binding: Full contemporary publisher’s cloth with gilt decorative explorer device on upper board. Flat spine with gilt title. Bottom edge speckled. Size: 4to 258x190mm. Illustration: Illustrated with a multitude of in text and full page color photographic images. Doubleday and Company, Inc. hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 009390NY: GEORGE H. DORAN 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. N/A. SOLID CLEAN AND BRIGHT VERY WELL PRESERVED FIRST PUBLISHED IN ENGLAND A MYSTERY TALE FROM MR HUXLEY BOUND IN RED WITH GOLD LETTERING AND PERIOD DESIGN ON SPINE BOOK STATES COPYRIGHT 1922 NO OTHER PRINTINGS OR EDITIONS MENTIONED SMALL NEAT PREVIOUS OWNERS SIGNATURE OPPOSITE TITLE PAGE IS A PAGE OF ADS FOR THE MURRAY HILL LIBRARY A RARE PRINTING EXCELLENT TEXTBLOCK GEORGE H. DORAN hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 1217953Celestial Arts 1975. paperback. Used-Very Good/N/A. Celestial Arts paperback
1939Best.-Nr. 035284London: Chatto & Windus 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 314 pp. Pale brown boards with gold lettering on the spine only. There is a tiny ding on the top spine. Light rubbing to the corners. Binding is snug and secure. Toned pages throughout especially the cream end-papers. Interior pages are clean and unmarked however. The clipped dust jacket is in good-plus condition with a small chip missing at top spine. Faded spine. A mylar-covered first edition from the author of Brave New World. "A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity - these are the elements of Aldous Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live indefinitely.Huxley pursues his characters in their quest for the eternal finishing on a note of horror. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California the novel is his examination of American culture particularly what he saw as its narcissism superficiality and obsession with youth. It also raises pertinent philosophical and social issues." Size: Octavo. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 1387180New York: George H. Doran Company 1923. Hardcover. Octavo 350 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is yellow with black print. Dust jacket in mylar edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners tear to rear top edge smudging/shelf wear toning to spine. Price unclipped: “$2.50”. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps. Text block has yellow tinted top edge rear pages have torn fore edge. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column N. 1387180. FP New Rockville Stock. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 290737New York: George H. Doran Company 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. First American Edition in good condition missing the dust jacket. George H. Doran Co. 1923; Doran logo on title/copyright pages correct statement at bottom of copyright page; 350pp.; blue cloth binding yellow top-stain with paper title plate on spine. Spine slightly cocked forward binding is otherwise sturdy and fully intact; text is very good throughout; light foxing to page block edges; light wear to edges/corners of book; light toning/dust scuffing to title plate blue text remains clearly legible; small bookseller stamp fixed to rear paste-down Mabel Ulrich's Book Shop Minneapolis. No dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 1000249New York: Harper `1948 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in very good dust jacket with some light edgewear and one small tear at top of front cover. Jacket is bright and unprice-clipped. Laid in is a post card/order form from the Gotham Book Mart soliciting orders for this book: "Be sure of a first edition copy of Ape and Essence. Return this order card today. Harper, hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 211899Hamburg: The Albatross 1933. Softcover. VG: Wear to the edges and corners. Previous owner's name on the half-title page. Clean body pages and solid binding. A nicely sized small softcover edition of this classic book. Orange wraps with black text on the spine. 257 pages. The Albatross paperback
1946Best.-Nr. 142512020015Harper & Row Publishers New York 1946. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Second American Edition. ORIGINAL 1946 PRINTING. Dust jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer is price-clipped with another price written in pen shows moderate shelf wear general rubbing light scuffing along fore-edge fraying at corners small tears covered in protective mylar. Black cloth covers with gilt decoration along spine show very light edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Minimal foxing. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Harper & Row, Publishers, New York hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 008731London England: Folio Society 1971. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rosoman Leonard. First edition thus the Folio Society. Originally published in 1932 by Chatto & Windus. Printed and bound in Great Britain. Set in Monophoto Univers Light 10 point leaded 1 point. Approx. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. High gloss silver paper-covered hardboards with blind-stamped titling to the spine and gray-on-silver figurative design to the front board. Unbumped spine head and tail and sharp corners. Exceptionally clean binding. Text block firmly bound in and tight. Top edge stained red. With 176 numbered pages and 9 full-page B&W illustrations including frontis. All pages appear clean and crisp; the book almost certainly unread. No dust jacket as issued. In a medium-duty card slipcase. The slipcase in glossy black paper and with rubbing along the edges and corners. The book appears unread. A fairly scarce Folio Society imprint. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good Minus slipcase. 1 lb. 4 oz. Folio Society hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 6497Norwalk CT: Easton Press. Fine. 1978. Full-Leather. Book is in FINE condition - bright boards & sound binding. KAS 26 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Easton Press hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 282593New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1946. Hardcover. Good/Missing. Harper & Brothers 1946; early printing of 1946 Edition with new forward by the author; 1946 on title page publisher's code 'M-V' on copyright page. Good- hardcover with detached rear panel and flap included for the hell of it. Binding is sturdy and intact spine has slight lean; previous owner inscriptions on front end page and paste-down red pencil markings scattered throughout text/margins primarily first 50 pages; moderate amount of wear to edges of blue cloth boards; light rubbing to gilt/blue titling otherwise remains bright and bold; foxing to top edges of page block. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 610374London: Chatto & Windus 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on the page edges and endpapers and slightly bowed front board thus very good in a very good dust jacket with toning chips and creasing. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 145277London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First English edition of the author's fifth collection of short fiction. Octavo original red boards with gilt titles and ruling to the spine top stain red. Near fine in a very good dust jacket name to the front free endpaper. Huxley's fifth collection of short fiction Brief Candles contains four short stories: Chawdron The Rest Cure The Claxtons and After the Fireworks. Brief Candles takes its title from a line in William Shakespeare's Macbeth from Macbeth's famous soliloquy: "Out out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing." Chatto & Windus hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 540369Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. A touch of soiling on the spine light bumping at the spine ends near fine in an about very good dust jacket with loss at the crown affecting text chips at the edges and small tears on the front flap fold. Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 09011London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 3231pp. Bound in red cloth spine lettering gilt top edge stained red. A near fine copy with light scattered foxing in very good unclipped dust jacket with short closed tears mild edge wear and minimal darkening spine. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1981Best.-Nr. 95000Franklin Center:: Franklin Library. Near Fine. 1981. Hardcover. B0058KAV2E . Limited edition. Octavo fully bound in dark blue leather with gilt lettering and design raised bands along the spine all edges gilt silk moire endpapers sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine. . Franklin Library, hardcover
Best.-Nr. 12106Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. Original Wraps. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Works include: Brave New World; Beyond the Mexique Bay: A Traveller's Journal; The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell Vintage Classics; and The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell Harper Colophon. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear chipp.ing toning dampstaining else tight bright and unmarred. illus b/w. unknown
1937Best.-Nr. BOOKS17862London UK: Chatto and Windus. Good plus condition-large rip in DJ taped/Dust Jacket. 1937. 8vo. 336 pp. . Chatto and Windus unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 005924London: Chatto & Windus 1938. Considered by some to be Huxley's greatest novel. First published in 1936; this is a Near Fine copy of the Second Impression stated "A New Impression" from two years later. Light orange cloth binding with titling in white on the spine. Clean text; 620 pages. Front paste-down has a small Blackwoods label and a previous-owner bookplate. Light rub to the corners a bit of sun to the top edge. Lacking a dustwrapper. In an archival plastic protector. Second Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1956Best.-Nr. 49599New York: Harper & Brothers 1956. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Two-tone blue cloth with orange spine lettering pictorial dust jacket. 103pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest touch of rubbing to spine head/tail; jacket faintly edgeworn. Handsome tight first edition of this challenging-to-summarize slim study that might best be described as the English writer and philosopher's ruminations on vision and perception parapsychology and consciousness especially as these factors affect reaction to works of art. Quite a lovely copy. Harper & Brothers hardcover
