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1929ref. 407278Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition. Original cream linen boards with small gilt-stamped leather spine label. Engravings by Eric Gill. Spine tanned near fine in the original unprinted cardboard slipcase good only with edges worn and chipped. This is number 181 of 361 copies printed and Signed by Aldous Huxley. Poetry. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
1928ref. 435Octavo original russet cloth original dust jacket. First trade edition of Huxley's longest novel. Banned in Ireland in 1930 on the ground of "offending public morals" Huxley's "satire on the absurdities of human behavior" is "cynical and scathing witty and sharp" An English Library 29. "Where else shall we find so brilliant and compendious a diagnosis of the modern world It is not his technique excellent as that is but the unifying power of his vision that exalts his work into the condition of music" The Saturday Review. Preceded by a signed limited edition of 256 copies. Eschelbach & Shober 49. Schulz 124. Haight 74. Book is very good toning to spine with light wear at the heel overall a very good unclipped dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1938ref. AA1460Los Angeles:: Jake Zeitlin 1938. 1938. Small 4to. 7 pp. White printed wrappers. Fine. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by The Ward Ritchie Press. (Jake Zeitlin, 1938). unknown
1929ref. 407278Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1929. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition. Original cream linen boards with small gilt-stamped leather spine label. Engravings by Eric Gill. Spine tanned near fine in the original unprinted cardboard slipcase good only with edges worn and chipped. This is number 181 of 361 copies printed and Signed by Aldous Huxley. Poetry. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
1938ref. AA1460Los Angeles:: Jake Zeitlin 1938. 1938. Small 4to. 7 pp. White printed wrappers. Fine. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by The Ward Ritchie Press. (Jake Zeitlin, 1938). unknown books
1929ref. 82422London: The Fleuron Ltd 1929. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies this being copy no.222. Quarto 25.75cm; tan cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and decorations stamped in gilt on front cover; top edge gilt; publisher's patterned paper-covered slipcase; viii642pp; with color illustrations by Albert Rutherston. Gentle sunning to spine with a very shallow indentation to upper rear board edge resulting in a mild ripple to text at upper margin; some offsetting to endpapers a handful of faint foxed spots to half-title else clean throughout; about Near Fine. Slipcase is shelfworn a bit sunned with some partial splits and general tenderness along the joints; still sound but only Good to Very Good. The first and only printing of this collection of five essays. BROMER A20. 82422. The Fleuron Ltd unknown books
1942ref. 24059Lons: George Allen & Unwin 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. 645 pp bound in original green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Brief gift inscription dated Christmas 1942 on front free endpaper minor staining to bottom edge of text block not affecting interior else a fine copy. In a moderately soiled but complete original dust jacket. "Evolution: the Modern Synthesis 1942 was an expansion of Huxley's 1936 British Association address 'Natural selection and evolutionary progress'. The title of the book linked the author's name with the term 'synthesis' and thus with this important phase in the development of evolutionary biology for it was in the thirties that the new knowledge of the genetics of populations and of mutation were being brought into productive union with the doctrine of natural selection.The text is packed with information and although Huxley had trained and carried out research as a zoologist the work is noteworthy for the breadth of treatment and balance between the plant and animal kingdoms. Attending to plants as well as animals was just one example of the way in which his eclectic approach allowed him to adopt an open position on the significance of different sources of variation and the extent of gradualist evolution and by implication the extent of the creative action of natural selection" ODNB. George Allen & Unwin hardcover
1913ref. 502967London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Book. Very Good - Book condition. Hardcover. Third Edition. A very nice set of two volumes price is for both bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to covers and spines. Top-edges gilt. Hinges very lightly starting but binding solid. A spattering of foxing throughout not affecting text. Corners lightly bumped. Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. Smith, Elder & Co. Hardcover
1920ref. 14640London: Chatto and Windus 1920. A first edition first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1920. A very good copy without inscriptions. Small patch of residue to the front pastedown. Some light staining to the end pastedowns. Browning to the label on the spine. Bumping to the corners. Small internal stain affecting a few internal pages. Some rubbing to the edges. Pre-dating Huxley's first novel Chrome Yellow and exceptionally rare collection of short stories. Chatto and Windus unknown
ref. 122248London Chatto & Windus 1927. . First trade edition first impression; 8vo; scattered light foxing; publisher's green cloth titles to spine gilt green topstain with the unclipped dustjacket; very good indeed. Essays on the likes of 'The Idea of Equality' 'Varieties of Inteligence' and 'Education' among others. London, Chatto & Windus, 1927. hardcover
1863ref. HUXLEYTH007194Robert Hardwicke London. 1863. First edition. Octavo. pp 156 4 adverts. Original green cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt "Huxley's Lectures on Origin of Species". On the front pastedown is the pictorial ornithological bookplate of Brunsdon Yapp zoologist and writer. Bookseller's blindstamp on front free endpaper and half-title. Very good indeed. Robert Hardwicke, London. hardcover
1996ref. x-1860640745Tauris Academic Studies 1996. Hardcover. New. 266 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.00 inches. Tauris Academic Studies hardcover
1952ref. 1110455Harper & Brothers. Collectible - Good. 1952. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. F276 Stated with "H-B" wear to the top of the spine; clean and tight pages; dust jacket has tears but looks attractive in the protective mylar . Harper & Brothers hardcover
1913ref. B13772 vols. Third edition. With photogravure frontispieces 6 original sketches in photogravure by Dr. E.A. Wilson 18 coloured plates 16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson 260 full-page and smaller illustrations from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition; panoramas and maps. 4to blue cloth and gilt lettering spine edges rubbed light scattered foxing else very good. The harrowing tale Captain Scott and his team enduring the harsh conditions of the antarctic to reach the South Pole in 1912 only tofind a Norgwegian flag planted by Amundsen 34 days prior. Scott's tragic return to base camp in which he and his party of 5 explorers perished some 11 miles from One Ton Depot. Their bodies along with personal journals were found eight months later. His last journal entry was recorded as "For God's sake look after our people" Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
ref. 731438like new. unknown
ref. 20060London: Macmillan. First Thus . Hardcover. Excellent. Charming set; scarce to find complete & in such nice condition. Complete 9-volume set of the Collected Essays by T.H. Huxley 1825-1895 renowned proponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Titles: Methods and Results Darwiniana Science and Education Science and Hebrew Tradition Science and Christian Tradition Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley Man's Place in Nature; Discourses: Biological and Geological and Evolution and Ethics. London Macmillan 1893-1901 mix of 1st editions and reprints. Octavo; original burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine minor wear dealer sticker for Cawthorne Booksellers & "cancelled" stamp from the Library of the University of Adelaide on the front pastedown of the first 8 volumes; an excellent set. Cawthorne & Co was a prominent early South Australian bookseller established in 1870. Originally located in Gawler Place Adelaide it later moved to Hindley Street & Rundle Street Macmillan hardcover
1992ref. 229031MacMillan Great Britain 1992. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. This book encompasses a vast range of plants grown on a domestic or commercial scale in private gardens or present in specialist and botanical collections. They are plants grown for ornament for amenity or for economic use and they include a selection of cultivars. 50000 plants are described including many hundreds of cultivars. It gives concise botanical accounts of species in cultivation throughout the world in line with the latest taxonomic thinking and it gives practical advice on how to grow every plant described. There are over 500 articles on horticultural science and practice newly commissioned from leading authorities. Light foxing to outer page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Horticulture::Gardening; Gardening; ISBN: 1561590010. ISBN/EAN: 9781561590018. Inventory No: 229031. 9781561590018 This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. MacMillan hardcover
1962ref. 057416Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Rounded Spine Usually Found With Squared Spine EdgesM A Distinct Binding Style. Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Near Fine Spine Lettering Is Strong And Clear. No Marks. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. Contact Editions hardcover
1977ref. Q-0060124326Harper & Row 1977-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper & Row hardcover
1999ref. SONG0632040475Wiley-Interscience 1999-03-22. 1. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.80x1.10x10.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wiley-Interscience hardcover
1999ref. __0632040475Iowa State Pr 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 371 pages. 9.75x7.50x1.00 inches. Iowa State Pr hardcover
1936ref. 34294London: Chatto & Windus 1936. 1st Edition. Very Good/Very good. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover 8.50 x 6.00" 21.0 x 15.0 cm beige cloth with maroon lettering on spine front cover and top stain. Unclipped dust jacket is maroon with cream lettering 620 pp. Believed by some to be Huxley's greatest novel this novel jumps around chronologically between the 1890's and 1936 and describes the ennui of the upper class British intelligentsia in the person of Anthony Beavis which is overcome after a long journey by a turning towards pacifism and mysticism. The book shows some light wear with a tear on the front dust jacket and a few chips missing near the top spine rated very good overall. A very nice first edition of Huxley's best novel. Chatto & Windus unknown
ref. 97696London Chatto & Windus 1954 1st edition. Hardback 7.5 x 5 ins. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper DW some rubbing and small nicks to corners and edges chip to top end of spine tanned on rear. Not price clipped. In protective sleeve. Some darkening/foxing to cloth. Endpapers partially darkened. Neat previous owners’ inscription to front. A couple of mninor foxing spots to outer page edges else inside pages all clean and tight. 63 pp. Mr. Huxley submitted himself as a “guinea-pig” to mescaline the active principle of a drug peyotl long know to the Mexican Indians. He then discusses the moral and spiritual implications of this experience. London, Chatto & Windus 1954 1st edition, hardcover
1951ref. 53267Paris: Plon 1951. Fine. Plon Paris 1951 12 x 19 cm broché First edition in French one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper the only large paper copies. Spine very slightly yellowed otherwise a good copy. Plon unknown
1929ref. 9070New York: The Fountain Press 1929. First Edition First Printing. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. 35 pp. Near fine in original paper-covered boards with gilt design to spine edges some pages remain uncut. Slight off-setting to foot of front panel faint rubbing to edges as well as one spot of rubbing away to foot of rear fore-corner. Still a sharp copy with bright gilt. Signed by Huxley on the half-title page from a limited edition of 692 copies of which 300 were distributed for American trade this is number 111. The Fountain Press unknown