COOPER, Eileen; Stephen Farthing; Paul Huxley; Bill Jacklin; Vanessa Jackson; Cathie PilkingtonBiblio.com
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Best.-Nr. 128531London: Bridgeman Images 2017. Edition of 50. Each print signed in pencil lower right by the artist and numbered lower left three of the prints are also titled lower middle. This limited edition folio features specially commissioned lithographs by six Royal Academicians and was printed by the Paupers Press. Ten per cent of profits from the initial sales are to be donated to the Royal Academy Schools. Folio. 6 original lithographs on heavy wove paper. Sheet sizes: 62 x 75 cm or 75 x 62 cm. Original blue cloth clamshell box with titles to front cover blind stamped. Title page with statement of limitation hand numbered. All in excellent condition. hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 190207London: Chatto & Windus 1932. The signed issue of his famous dystopian novel First British edition signed limited issue number 36 of 324 copies signed and numbered by the author and specially bound. The British edition was split into signed and trade issues published simultaneously on 2 February following publication of the signed issue of the US edition on 21 January and preceding the US trade issue on 4 February. Huxley's enduring dystopian novel which meditates on the negative consequences of eliminating unhappiness turned him into the most famous British novelist of the inter-war period. Octavo. Original yellow cloth over bevelled boards blue morocco spine label top edge gilt others untrimmed. Spine lightly toned and bumped at centre and foot cloth very lightly mottled sides bright browning to endpapers else contents fresh. A very good copy. Bromer A29.2. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 409666New York: D. Appleton and Company; McClure Phillips & Company; The Science Press; Modern Publishing Company 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. A near-complete set of 205 bound volumes of monthly issues published between May 1872 to December 1976 vols. 1-209 lacking only five volumes and with all monthly issues dating after November 1900 with their printed wrappers bound in. All are bound in cloth or cloth over boards. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece plates; plates and maps some folded; and in-text wood-engravings gravure and halftone photographs diagrams tables etc. Founded in 1872 by the chemist and polymath Edward L. Youmans The Popular Science Monthly was the leading American journal established to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. Youmans was associated with many of the worlds leading liberal and progressive thinkers ranging from Walt Whitman to Herbert Spencer and his journal became an outlet for the writings and ideas of Spencer and other Continental scientists like Thomas Henry Huxley and Louis Pasteur and for the rising generation of American philosophers like Charles Sanders Peirce John Dewey and William James and psychologist James McKeen Cattell who took over as editor in 1900. Among the many important first appearances are Peirces series of eight papers published in 1877-78 under the series title: Illustrations of the Logic of Science; a series of two lectures by William James: A Defense of Pragmatism published in March and April 1907; and three papers by John Dewey: Health and Sex in Higher Education March 1886 The Chaos in Moral Training August 1894 and Darwins Influence upon Philosophy July 1909. Also notable are several articles on womens issues of which we cite but three browsed at random: Woman and Political Power by Luke Owen Pike May 1872 Grant Allens Plain Words on the Woman Question December 1889; and Womans Struggle for Liberty in Germany by Mary Mills Patrick January 1900. Among the many articles published after the magazine changed its format in 1915 we cite Hugh Fullertons Why Babe Ruth is the Greatest Home Run Hitter October 1921 as the best representative example of the type of article this award-winning magazine has published throughout the 20th Century and up through the present day. An ex-library set with intermittent markings that varied over time including: ownership stamps small ink and/or embossed stamps in the early volumes some perforated stamps in the middle volumes and ink stamps in the later volumes and bookplates. Modest overall soiling to the cloth bindings some of the early printed wraps are toned and/or detached still present a few volumes with small repairs to the endpapers most volumes are very good or better. A very scarce near-complete set. D. Appleton and Company; McClure, Phillips & Company; The Science Press; Modern Publishing Company hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 181331London: Williams and Norgate 1863. Exploring human evolution some seven years before Darwin's Descent of Man First edition first issue presentation copy inscribed in a secretarial hand "from the author" on the half-title. Evidence is Huxley's key work deliberately written for a non-specialist audience and among his most influential contributions to the theory of human evolution being the first to bring together anatomical and embryonic evidence. In the Origin of Species Darwin carefully avoided the implications of his theory for humanity but Huxley boldly brought them to the fore. In the early 1860s Richard Owen had asserted that human and ape brains were fundamentally different and that the hippocampus minor was exclusively found in humans. In Evidence Huxley uses extensive dissectional evidence to disprove this emphasizing the human-ape commonality and relying on Darwinian evolution for his theoretical underpinnings. The work was also among the first to publicize the discovery of Neanderthal man. The first issue prints the frontispiece on the verso of the second leaf forming an integral part of the preliminaries and the "Advertisement to the Reader" appears on the recto of the fourth. Octavo pp. viii 159 1 8. Wood-engraved frontispiece extensive illustrations in the text. With 8 pp. of publisher's advertisements dated February 1863 at rear. Original green pebble-grain cloth spine lettered in gilt and ruled in blind covers panelled in blind brownish-red endpapers with printed advertisements. Near-contemporary blue ink ownership stamp of chemist and publisher John Balcomb 1841-1918 of Cheltenham to half-title. Infrequent pencil sidelining to contents. Light bumping wear and toning head of front joint starting infrequent minor foxing to otherwise fresh contents: a very good copy. Cushing H554; Garrison-Morton 165; Heirs of Hippocrates 1033; Norman 1132; Osler 1605; Waller 10853. hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 1156London: Chatto and Windus 1932. First Edition. Deluxe issue number 154 of 324 signed copies. 8vo. Fine in the publisher's yellow cloth morocco label to spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt. The UK edition was split into signed and trade issues published simultaneously on 2 February following publication of the signed issue of the US edition on 21 January and preceding the US trade issue on 4 February. Half morocco box. Connolly 75; Eschelbach and Shober 10. "Brave New World" occupies a singular position within the twentieth-century literary canon as a prophetic dystopian vision that transcends mere speculative fiction through its incisive critique of technological determinism consumer capitalism and the erosion of individual autonomy. Unlike contemporaneous dystopian works that focused primarily on political authoritarianism Huxley's novel pioneered the concept of a "soft tyranny" wherein citizens willingly participate in their own subjugation through engineered pleasure and commodified happiness-a prescient anticipation of late capitalism's emphasis on consumption as identity formation. The novel's enduring relevance stems from its philosophical engagement with fundamental questions regarding the tension between individual liberty and social stability the ethical implications of biotechnology and the psychological price of material prosperity achieved through emotional suppression. Chatto and Windus unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 149534London: Privately printed by The Curwen Press for H.R.H. The Prince of Wales 1929. First and limited deluxe edition of the monumental Legion Book; one of only one hundred numbered copies printed for private distribution by the Prince of Wales and signed by a remarkable array of British writers and artists as well as four prime ministers. Quarto original publisher's full deluxe pigskin over boards elaborately decorated in blind and gilt top edge gilt tissue-guarded color frontispiece engraved title-page vignette illustrated with 16 captioned tissued-guarded plates in various techniques some signed by the artist and 32 collotypes. One of one hundred numbered copies printed for private distribution by the Prince of Wales and with five pages signed by each of the 89 contributing writers and illustrators as well as four prime ministers three British Prime Ministers: David Lloyd George Stanley Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald and French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau including: Winston Churchill who was not yet a Prime Minister Rudyard Kipling P.G. Wodehouse Eric Gill Stanley Spencer Charles Ricketts W. Heath Robinson Laura Knight William Nicholson Paul Nash David Low Rebecca West John Lavery Max Beerbohm Vita Sackville-West Hilaire Belloc Mark Gertler Edith Sitwell Jacob Epstein W.H. Davies and Aldous Huxley among others. This is number 84. The Legion Book was created at the request of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales—who would later become King Edward VIII and following his abdication the Duke of Windsor—as a fundraising initiative for the British Legion. All profits from its sales were intended to support the organization. The book features contributions from 85 distinguished British writers and artists including Winston Churchill Rudyard Kipling P.G. Wodehouse Aldous Huxley Vita Sackville-West G.K. Chesterton Hilaire Belloc Augustus John Eric Kennington and John Nash. It was compiled and edited by James Humphrey Cotton Minchin 1894–1966 a veteran who served with the Cameronians and the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. While the trade version saw several reprints a special edition of 600 numbered copies was also produced. Of these 500 bore the editor’s signature but “the first 100 were reserved for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales sponsor of the volume in his gift.” According to the note at the conclusion of the Table of Contents “Five pages of contributors’ signatures appear after the Dedication with additional signed pages opposite Collotype No. 3 and Collotype No. 20.” Every contributor signed the book with the sole exception of John Singer Sargent who died in 1925 before the project was completed. In near fine condition with toning to the extremities of the front panel and front hinge. Housed in the original publisher's custom folding cloth clamshell box. An exceptional example of this rare signed limited edition. Formed in the aftermath of a war that had shattered a generation the Royal British Legion emerged in May 1921 as a unified voice for the countless veterans left wounded—physically mentally and economically—by the First World War. The staggering cost of the conflict with nearly 3.2 million British Empire casualties exposed the inadequacy of postwar support. A fully disabled veteran received just 30 shillings a week and any claim had to be made within seven years of discharge. In response to such injustice several ex-servicemen’s groups came together to create the Legion not merely as a charity but as an advocate for those who had borne the brunt of industrialized warfare. From its inception the Legion fought for fair pensions better employment opportunities and meaningful support for both former service members and their families—laying the groundwork for a broader movement of remembrance welfare and national responsibility that continues to this day. Privately printed by The Curwen Press for H.R.H. The Prince of Wales hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 140949470London: Chatto and Windus 1932. Limited First Edition. Near Fine. First edition limited issue. Copy #203 of 324 copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page at front. viii 306 1 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with blue morocco title label to spine top edge gilt. Near Fine with light soiling to cloth and rubbing to corners offsetting to endsheets. A beautiful copy of the author's best-known work. Chatto and Windus unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 23994London: Chatto and Windus 1932. A first edition first printing of 'Brave New World' published by Chatto and Windus in 1932. A very good book with the contemporary ownership inscription of John Gielgud to front free endpaper "John Gielgud : 7 Upper St. Martin's Lane W.C.2" with a further inscription in Gielgud's hand to the lower left of the same page "from Aldous inked out Ralph Richardson / Romeo and Juliet : Oxford 1932 / February 9th" John Gielgud's bookplate to front pastedown original blue cloth gilt-lettered spine rubbed spine darkened and slightly creased at head and foot dust-wrapper with a little chipping to spine tips some internal tape repairs to tips and spine ends not price-clipped retaining the original 7s. 6d. price some spotting to edges of flaps browning to spine and some wear to lower lettering completely original and unrestored. An exceptional theatrical association copy of Huxley's dystopian masterpiece owned by John Gielgud and apparently presented to him in connection with his 1932 Oxford production of 'Romeo and Juliet'. Gielgud's production for the Oxford University Dramatic Society was his directorial debut and featured Gielgud himself as Romeo with the young Peggy Ashcroft as Juliet and Edith Evans as the Nurse. The further inscription in Gielgud's hand records the book as from Ralph Richardson who would shortly afterwards play Mercutio in the BBC National Programme broadcast of 'Romeo and Juliet' produced by Gielgud's brother Val. Richardson and Gielgud remained lifelong friends and together with Laurence Olivier formed the celebrated triumvirate of British stage actors who dominated much of twentieth-century theatre. The association is especially pleasing given the Shakespearean architecture of 'Brave New World'. The title itself is taken from Miranda's line in 'The Tempest' while 'Romeo and Julie' recurs throughout the novel most notably in the Savage's passionate identification with Romeo and his reading of the play in relation to Lenina. A copy linking Huxley's great novel of the future with two of the central figures of the British stage at the very moment of Gielgud's emergence as a director. A remarkable association copy of one of the defining novels of the twentieth century in its completely original unrestored dust-wrapper. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 140946918London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with significant lean to binding and light fading to spine foxing to text block edges and slight perfume odor. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine light edge wear and foxing. A striking copy of the dystopian classic. Chatto & Windus unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 119848London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo original blue cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper "Aldous Huxley 1962." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Signed trade editions of Brave New World are scarce. "A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. easily Huxley's most popular and many good judges continue to think his best novel" DNB. "After the success of his first three novels Huxley abandoned the fictional milieu of literary London and directed his satire toward an imagined future. He admitted that the original idea of Brave New World was to challenge H.G. Wells' Utopian vision. The novel also marks Huxley's increasing disenchantment with the world which was to result in his leaving England for California in 1937 in search of a more spiritual life. The book was immediately successful" Parker & Kermode 161-62. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
