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1925Best.-Nr. C106400London: Privately Printed 1925. Original Publisher's Copy. Paperback . Very Good. Original Publisher's Copy 4to. pp 27 26 & 19 typed recto only in blue and red type with a few handwritten corrections one being to the title itself where the typed word 'horses has been changed in ink to 'men.' Address on label at rear of the London typing agency Ethel Christian Southampton Street WC2 with a handwritten date possibly 1925. Loose typed sheets in beige folder with red linen tape spine and small red typed title label and the blind stamp of Ethel Christian. Play set amongst upper-class types at Eyton Manor in a hot summer with a country party cricket a butler romantic elements some criminal elements mention of a safe and a break -in. Probably never performed. Major George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West 1874Ã1951 was a British Army officer author and prominent society figurebest remembered for his 1930 memoir Edwardian Hey-Days: Or A Little About a Lot of Things and his high-profile marriages to Lady Randolph Churchill and actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell. Life. .Career: Served as a British Army officer. He went on to work as a financial consultant but suffered severe financial difficulties and was declared bankrupt in 1916 before later repaying his debts. Major Works Edwardian Hey-Days 1930: An entertaining anecdotal memoir of high-society life notable figures and his own experiences in early 20th-century Britain. Barbara Huxley his co-writer is not traceable and not mentioned in Eileen Quelch's biography of Cornwallis-West 'Perfect Darling.' Ethel Christian's tyewriting agency was widely advertised in literary annuals as ""The Smartest in London"" with high-profile endorsements from prominent contemporary writers. They offered private dictation rooms and on-demand stenographers available by the hour day or week. Very good. Slight edgewear. Privately Printed, paperback
1932Best.-Nr. 00281274London and New York: William Heinemann Ltd. / the Viking Press 1932 Tan Full Parchment Paper boards with black Phoenix and black lettering on spine. # 312 of 525 limited edition. 889 pgs index. Some light soiling to to covers and foredge. A open tear across top edge of rear board lacks slip case. ow/ nice copy of scarce first issue. First edition- First Printing. Original Stiff Paper. Very Good. William Heinemann, Ltd. / the Viking Press paperback
Best.-Nr. DADAX1557783527Brand: Paragon House 0000-00-00. 1st pbk. ed. paperback. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Paragon House paperback
Best.-Nr. DADAX07607006720000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. xx. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 3580045714Penguin International 1972. Unknown. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Penguin International unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 3571652594Harper & Brothers 1954. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Wear on the boards. Minor stain and foxing on the edges. Text is clean. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 1598842293South Sky Book Co. 1979. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Revised edition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. South Sky Book Co. hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. 45806Macmillan 1900. 2 vols. 8vo. Third Impression with portrait frontispieces original tissue guards present plates and illustrations and facsimiles in the text free endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth gilt backs uncut a remarkably bright crisp clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end of each volume. Published a month after the first edition. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Macmillan, hardcover
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1973Best.-Nr. 12822Park Ridge N.J.: Noyes Press 1973. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 1973 First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Dust Jacket. DJ fair small creases & tears front and back. Bumped corners. Edgeworn. Pencil notes in margins throughout. Complete with all maps & plates present. Noyes Press hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. S9148London:: John Murray 1918. 1918. Two volumes. 8vo. x 2 546; vi 569 pp. Frontis. Blue cloth gilt-stamped cover ornaments gilt-stamped spine titles; recased new endpapers. Fine. First edition second printing August 1918. This two-volume is the first full-length biography of Hooker written and edited by Leonard Huxley with the assistance of Hooker's widow Lady Hyacinth Hooker. Hooker 1817-1911 British botanist was arguably the most important botanical figure of the nineteenth century. A traveler and plant-collector he was one of Charles Darwin's closest friends and eventually succeeding his father to became director of Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in 1865. Hooker was chief botanist 1839-1843 teaming with Dr. David Lyall of the Antarctic voyage on the discovery ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror the consort to Erebus; the Terror was commanded by Crozier under the command of Sir James Clark Ross visiting Madeira and the Cape of South Africa. During the voyage he also served as assistant surgeon on the Erebus. In 1848-51 he journeyed at Nepal and India collecting many specimens preserved at Kew Gardens. See: W. B. Turrill Joseph Dalton Hooker. Botanist Explorer and Administrator London 1963. John Murray, 1918. hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. S9148London:: John Murray 1918. 1918. Two volumes. 8vo. x 2 546; vi 569 pp. Frontis. Blue cloth gilt-stamped cover ornaments gilt-stamped spine titles; recased new endpapers. Fine. First edition second printing August 1918. This two-volume is the first full-length biography of Hooker written and edited by Leonard Huxley with the assistance of Hooker's widow Lady Hyacinth Hooker. Hooker 1817-1911 British botanist was arguably the most important botanical figure of the nineteenth century. A traveler and plant-collector he was one of Charles Darwin's closest friends and eventually succeeding his father to became director of Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in 1865. Hooker was chief botanist 1839-1843 teaming with Dr. David Lyall of the Antarctic voyage on the discovery ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror the consort to Erebus; the Terror was commanded by Crozier under the command of Sir James Clark Ross visiting Madeira and the Cape of South Africa. During the voyage he also served as assistant surgeon on the Erebus. In 1848-51 he journeyed at Nepal and India collecting many specimens preserved at Kew Gardens. See: W. B. Turrill Joseph Dalton Hooker. Botanist Explorer and Administrator London 1963. John Murray, 1918. hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 007185Chatto & Windus 1936. Book. Fine. Cloth. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy.True First Edition.Near fine Jacket.Faded At Spine.Terrific Copy. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 006408Chatto and Windus 1930. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.Fresh Copy. Rare in this condition. "First Published 1930 2sNet. on flap. Excellent Copy. Chatto and Windus Hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 007185Chatto & Windus 1936. Book. Fine. Cloth. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy.True First Edition.Near fine Jacket.Faded At Spine.Terrific Copy. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 006408Chatto and Windus 1930. Book. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket.Fresh Copy. Rare in this condition. "First Published 1930 2sNet. on flap. Excellent Copy. Chatto and Windus Hardcover books
1926Best.-Nr. 28937New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1926. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1926. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth printed paper title cards mounted to front cover and spine in original brown dust jacket printed in red; xii427pp. Light wear and chipping at jacket margins spine panel a shade toned and lightly dampstained corners bumped else Very Good and sound. Includes short stories by Stella Benson Aldous Huxley D.H. Lawrence and Liam O'Flaherty among many others. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 28937New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1926. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1926. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth printed paper title cards mounted to front cover and spine in original brown dust jacket printed in red; xii427pp. Light wear and chipping at jacket margins spine panel a shade toned and lightly dampstained corners bumped else Very Good and sound. Includes short stories by Stella Benson Aldous Huxley D.H. Lawrence and Liam O'Flaherty among many others. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
Best.-Nr. PRINT14JT0058Wilhelm Roux Archiv fur Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen 133 Band 4 Heft. Pamphlet. Collectible; Very Good. First edition. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Offprint. Reprinted from Wilhelm Roux Archiv fur Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen 133 Band 4 Heft. First separate edition. Offprint. Original wrappers. Wilhelm Roux Archiv fur Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen, 133 Band, 4 Heft unknown
1939Best.-Nr. 312393New York: Harper & Bros 1939. First American edition. iv 356 pp. 8vo. Original orange-brown cloth dust jacket. Some shelfwear to jacket very good. First American edition. iv 356 pp. 8vo. Harper & Bros hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. H38359New York: Modern Library 1933. First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 12mo dark brown "balloon cloth" gilt near fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with lightest wear and general light darkening and soil. Stated First Modern Library edition with Kent endpapers and jacket with six masks. See Toledano 2nd ed. pp. 48-49. Modern Library hardcover
1934Best.-Nr. COLLECTI006907INEW YORK NY: HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS. VG/VG. PUB 1934. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS IN VERY NICE SHAPE BUT GILT DESIGN AND TITLES ON THE SPINE ANDFRONT COVER ARE DULLED. D.J. IS WORN AT THE CORNERS WITH SHALLOWCHIPPING AT THE ENDS OF THE SUNNED AND FADED SPINE PANEL A NUMBER OFSHORT EDGE TEARS A SMALL HOLE ON THE FRONT SPINE EDGE A SMALL HOLE ONTHE REAR PANEL AND PRICE-CLIPPED. A VERY NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT COPY ANDA PRESENTABLE EXAMPLE OF THE VERY FRAGILE DUST WRAPPER. Keywords: TRAVEL MEXICO INVISIBLE ABCDEF. HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 018649New York: Harper & Brothers. Toning on inside front cover and ffep where a piece of paper had been. Brave New WorldClipped DJ in archival cover chips toning. . Fine. Hardcover. 1946. Harper & Brothers. hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 49663London: Chatto & Windus 1929. First edition. In this book Huxley predicts that Karl Marx's Proletariat become "a bourgeoisie with oily instead of inky fingers"; compares the first motion picture in which spoken dialogue is heard "The Jazz Singer" to a "brimming bowl of hog-wash"; and postulates that "monotheism has lost the value which circumstances once gave it. It lacks political utility and to the individual it is a poison." Cloth covers a little soiled thin crease production error along the back cover and corners a little bumped otherwise very good; in very good to near fine slightly soiled cream-colored dust jacket with only minor shelfwear and rear flap fold nicked at top. Chatto & Windus unknown
