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ref. 6316678621Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 530 Index Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
1961ref. 510110Tokyo: Gakuseisha 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition stated "Student Society Edition." 12mo. 248 2 pp. Text in English with notes in Japanese and a English-Japanese glossary by Teiji Kitagawa. Illustrated with author photos. Boards trifle sunned at the spine and edges tiny shallow abrasion on the lower board about fine in a rubbed very good dust jacket with a bit of irregular sunning on the cover. An English-language textbook featuring portions of text from T.S. Eliot George Orwell Aldous Huxley Stephen Spender W. Somerset Maugham and others. With an order form and ad titled "Atom Books by Ready Vocabulary Method" laid in. Uncommon. Gakuseisha hardcover
1961ref. 510110Tokyo: Gakuseisha 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition stated "Student Society Edition." 12mo. 248 2 pp. Text in English with notes in Japanese and a English-Japanese glossary by Teiji Kitagawa. Illustrated with author photos. Boards trifle sunned at the spine and edges tiny shallow abrasion on the lower board about fine in a rubbed very good dust jacket with a bit of irregular sunning on the cover. An English-language textbook featuring portions of text from T.S. Eliot George Orwell Aldous Huxley Stephen Spender W. Somerset Maugham and others. With an order form and ad titled "Atom Books by Ready Vocabulary Method" laid in. Uncommon. Gakuseisha hardcover books
1945ref. 563300Los Angeles: Vendanta Society of Southern California 1945. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 34-64pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Covers with some toning and slightly bumped corners very good. The official magazine of the Vedanta Society of Southern California that attracted the attention of many notable intellectuals of the day including Aldous Huxley W. Somerset Maugham Gerald Heard Alan Watts Arnold Toynbee and Christopher Isherwood who served at different times as managing editor and a member of the editorial advisory board. Contributions to this issue include: "That art Thou II" by Huxley "A Letter" by John van Druten and "Religion and Other-Worldliness" by Swami Prabhavananda. OCLC locates no copies for this year. (Vendanta Society of Southern California) unknown
1945ref. 563300Los Angeles: Vendanta Society of Southern California 1945. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 34-64pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Covers with some toning and slightly bumped corners very good. The official magazine of the Vedanta Society of Southern California that attracted the attention of many notable intellectuals of the day including Aldous Huxley W. Somerset Maugham Gerald Heard Alan Watts Arnold Toynbee and Christopher Isherwood who served at different times as managing editor and a member of the editorial advisory board. Contributions to this issue include: "That art Thou II" by Huxley "A Letter" by John van Druten and "Religion and Other-Worldliness" by Swami Prabhavananda. OCLC locates no copies for this year. (Vendanta Society of Southern California) unknown books
ref. B21549-FChatto & Windus. Collectible - Very Good. 1922 NAP blue cloth w/cream label on spine bumping to spine ends foxing to pastedowns interior is clean and sound dust jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled approx. 1 inch hole to dj spine at about mid-point. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1930ref. 8971New York: The Modern Library 1930. Hardcover purple cloth. Very Good/Dust Jacket condition good. Stated First Edition although it is Toldedano binding #6 he indicates a true first should be spine #5 with the plain 'Modern Library' at the base of the spine. 514 pages #180 purple balloon cloth. Dust jacket 'd' listing 185 titles and with a stylized 3-color cover by McKnight Kauffer McKK. The jacket spine is darkened/sunned the flaps are fragile and there are some tears and small losses. Though not indicated this copy is from the library of T. R. Smith who was chief editor at Boni & Liveright during the 1920s. More of Smith's Modern Library collection is available. The Modern Library hardcover
ref. B21549-FChatto & Windus. Collectible - Very Good. 1922 NAP blue cloth w/cream label on spine bumping to spine ends foxing to pastedowns interior is clean and sound dust jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled approx. 1 inch hole to dj spine at about mid-point. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1939ref. 473708London : Thornton Butterworth Ltd 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies all in the original title-blocked blue-grey cloth boards; some copies heavily sun-toned but otherwise showing only faint dust or minor scuffs. Text blocks remain tight bright and clean; a well-preserved set overall. Physical description; 8 volumes ; 17 cm. Notes; Editions and dates vary all 1937-1944. Contents; Conservatism / Lord Hugh Cecil. Landmarks in French literature / Lytton Strachey. Dr. Johnson and his circle / John Bailey. History of philosophy / Clement C. J. Webb. The study of heredity / Julian S. Huxley. Sociology / Victor Branford and Alexander Farquharson. Voltaire / H. N. Brailsford. The English revolution 1688-89 / G. M. Trevelyan. Subjects; Home University Library of Modern Knowledge. Non-fiction. Reference. London : Thornton Butterworth Ltd hardcover
1927ref. 5019First Edition; A Very Good book with mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges and annotations throughout the text. A handsome copy of this early text on animal biology authored by two of the most important evolutionary biologists of the 20th Century in Haldane and Julian Huxley; a scarce work. Not remaindered not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Oxford University Press hardcover
1927ref. 5019First Edition; A Very Good book with mild rubbing and chipping to the spine ends and edges and annotations throughout the text. A handsome copy of this early text on animal biology authored by two of the most important evolutionary biologists of the 20th Century in Haldane and Julian Huxley; a scarce work. Not remaindered not ex-library; will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1948ref. 29339New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948. First edition. A fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with moderate shelf wear along the upper and lower edges with two tiny closed tears. 29339. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-205 206: blank 207: colophon 208-210: blank note: last leaf is a blank publisher's blue cloth Harper's device stamped in light blue on front panel spine panel stamped in light blue and gold fore-edge untrimmed. "After a comprehensive atomic bomb catastrophe man undergoes biological changes. Love is extinct only collective seasonal sexual intercourse remains. The place of traditional religion has been taken by a hysterical worship of Belial the god of evil." - Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 pp. 156-57. ". scalpel-like satirical account of twentieth-century humans' failure to understand their nature. Lesser writers would not handle this scenario and theme intelligently until the 1960's." - Anatomy of Wonder 1995 3-97. "Bleak and timely." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction p. 17. Reference: Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-557. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 235. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 78-83. Baird and Greenwood An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1274. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
1950ref. SvasEC4B-826dChatto & Windus 1950-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. 8x5x0. A nice hardcover missing the dust jacket a tight binding and an unmarked text. 1st Phoenix editionFrom a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours tracking number and delivery Confirmation. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1930ref. 429London England: Chatto and Windus 1930. First Edition. Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Chatto and Windus London 1930 First Edition Brief Candles by Aldous Huxley. Very Good in a very good jacket unclipped $7s. 6d. net generally toned with some stains and small chips and closed tears. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with red top stain foxed at the edges and preliminaries clean otherwise. A Collection of four stories by the author of Brave New World. Chatto and Windus hardcover
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1936ref. 22464London: Chatto & Windus 1936. First trade edition. Hardcover. Slight darkening to cover cloth splash marks to top edge else very good in jacket with chips to top edge. 6 620 pp. octavo light brown cloth lettered in red dustjacket. Loosely autobiographical this novel tells the story of a young man's search for meaning in life. Bromer A41.2. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1962ref. A52688New York NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. Both front and rear book covers have strips of glue residue where a previous owner has used tape to hold down the dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in mostly clean bright condition with some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "Huxley completed his first unpublished novel at the age of 17 and began writing seriously in his early twenties establishing himself as a successful writer and social satirist. His first published novels were social satires Crome Yellow 1921 Antic Hay 1923 Those Barren Leaves 1925 and Point Counter Point 1928. Brave New World 1932 was his fifth novel and first dystopian work. In the 1920s he was also a contributor to Vanity Fair and British Vogue magazines. " from Wikipedia; 335p. pages; Pictured 2/22/26 . 1962. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1924ref. 78496London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. .First edition bound in red cloth with paper label on the spine and an extra label at the rear - internally bright though endpages with some toning. Private bookplate present and lightly soiled dust jacket with modest wear. . Chatto & Windus hardcover
1931ref. 51260New York: The Fountain Press 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover - as published. Signed Limited Edition. Some darkening to the paper label at the spine. Wear to the edges and corners. Binding is sound. loc Omaha. The Fountain Press hardcover
1931ref. 19623New York: The Fountain Press 1931. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Essays on a variety of topics mostly art & music but also a wide variety of subjects; also one titled 'The Beauty Industry': "The one American industry unaffected by the general depression of trade is the beauty industry. American women continue to spend on their faces and bodies as much as the spent before the coming of the slump." p125. Same as it ever was. Signed Limited edition number 736 signed by the author at the limitations page 8vo 146pp. Quarter black cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. Paper spine label slt toned. The Fountain Press hardcover
1931ref. 53491London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Light wear to spine ends touch of dust-soil to upper oard edges with scattered foxing to right edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7s.6d. net edgeworn and sunned with a few tiny nicks and tears a spot of soil and two faint cup rings to front panel; Very Good only. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown
1968ref. 608078Berkeley California: The Hart Press 1968. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Victor Anderson. Octavo. 4 2pp. Sewn illustrated wrappers. Fine. Issued as a Christmas greeting with publisher's slip laid in. The Hart Press unknown
1923ref. 1390293New York NY: George H. Doran Company 1923. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo vi 217 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Parchment white spine with dark blue lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering has moderate shelving wear large open tears along the fore corners and spine tears along the head edges and stains throughout. Boards have mild shelving wear and moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock is splitting along the front hinge has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1390293. Special Collections - Downstairs. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1928ref. 007249Garden City N.Y. Doubleday Doran & Co. 1928 1928. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1st American edition; later printing 432 pages 22 cm ; LCCN: 28-25185 ; LC: PZ3.H981; PR6015.U9; Dewey: 823.91 ; OCLC: 920277 ; "In this satiric view of intellectual life in the 1920s diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously by characters based on celebrities of the time such as D.H. Lawrence Katherine Mansfield and Huxley himself." ; "The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy who devours every man in sight; the repulsive Spandrell deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment and all the while everyone is engaged in dazzling and witty conversation." ; lavender cloth with green and purple paste down spine title label ; no dustjacket ; bright green harlequin-design endpapers ; sunning to spine ; slight wear ; else G Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928 hardcover
ref. 3664NY APPLETON 1925. FINE. NY, APPLETON, 1925 unknown
