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1997ref. Q-0820318647University of Georgia Press 1997-07-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! University of Georgia Press hardcover
ref. 439376Chatto & Windus. Hardcover. Good. UK first edition of Huxley's 1962 philosophical utopian novel. The book is well maintained the cloth binding is very clean the binding is tight very little foxing to the pages. Unfortunately this copy is missing the original dust cover. Chatto & Windus hardcover
ref. 418220Chatto & Windus. Hardcover. Good. Hardback with dust jacket in protective sleeve unclipped. Some tearing at top of dust jacket dust jacket see images. Owner inscription. Shelf wear reflecting age. A good clean copy. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1965ref. 4717NEW YORK: A STUDIO BOOK. THE VIKING PRESS 1965. 144 pages. NearFine Hardcover no dj. Red cloth Gilt spine title.Light sunning of the spine. No Wear. Clean Unmarked throughout. Excellent binding ad hinges. 9/4"x7.3"x0.8". be41. A STUDIO BOOK. THE VIKING PRESS
ref. P15H-013081996. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Simplified edition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. 1996 unknown
1928ref. 13300080Later Printing in dust jacket. The book is near fine with a bookplate on the front pastedown. The unclipped dust jacket has intermittent paper loss along the top edge and at the foot of the spine. Doubleday Doran hardcover
ref. 0870732064New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
1925ref. 8358New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illustrated with portraits of the authors. Very Good in an about Near Fine jacket toned at the edges rubbed and bumped at the edges and folds. Quarter olive cloth with blue paper on the boards rubbed through at the corners. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge former owner's bookplate inside the front board clean otherwise. A collection of stories by authors who began publishing in the Georgian period. This the third volume in the series features "Little Mexican" from Aldous Huxley "The Shameless Behaviour of a Lord" by Michael Arlen "The Story of the Siren" by E.M. Forster "The Island" by L.P. Hartley among others. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1925ref. 8358New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Illustrated with portraits of the authors. Very Good in an about Near Fine jacket toned at the edges rubbed and bumped at the edges and folds. Quarter olive cloth with blue paper on the boards rubbed through at the corners. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge former owner's bookplate inside the front board clean otherwise. A collection of stories by authors who began publishing in the Georgian period. This the third volume in the series features "Little Mexican" from Aldous Huxley "The Shameless Behaviour of a Lord" by Michael Arlen "The Story of the Siren" by E.M. Forster "The Island" by L.P. Hartley among others. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
1953ref. 018488Harper & Brothers. Stated FIrst Edition. Unclipped DJ in archival cover edge wear. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1953. Harper & Brothers. hardcover
ref. 6032Chatto & Windus London. HB no DJ1946 1st collected edition green decorated cloth gold giltMinor Cvr Rub VG AS-IS. Chatto & Windus, London unknown
1918ref. 2222305First edition. Octavo. Original green and white floral decorated wrappers spine label lacking. No dust jacket. Enclosed in green morocco slipcase. Good. 49 pages and two pages of ads. No signatures or bookplates. Eschelbach 19. Bromer A3. B. H. Blackwell paperback
1918ref. 2222305First edition. Octavo. Original green and white floral decorated wrappers spine label lacking. No dust jacket. Enclosed in green morocco slipcase. Good. 49 pages and two pages of ads. No signatures or bookplates. Eschelbach 19. Bromer A3. B. H. Blackwell paperback books
ref. 429098Chatto & Windus. Hardcover. Good. Condition Notes : Dustjacket present and in good condition though with small creases and some tears at the points where the wrap goes around the cover of the book. Dustjacket more notably damaged to top edge of spine. Very mild browning to page edges. Not price-clipped. 0.75" tear to top edge of dust jacket cover. All nicely wrapped in a protective cellophane outer wrapper that can be removed if wished.CONDITION : In Island his last novel Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where for 120 years an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala and events begin to move Chatto & Windus hardcover
1937ref. 9163New York: Harper & Brothers 1937. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine copy in dust jacket with sunned spine edgwear and tears. Octavo; viii 386 pages. Harper & Brothers hardcover
ref. 338280977X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1962ref. 055907Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Near Fine Spine Lettering Is Not Brilliant Although Strong And Clear. Long Poetic And Loving Inscription On Rear Pastedown No Other Marks. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. Contact Editions hardcover
1962ref. 053584Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions / Angel Island Publications 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Very Good Spine Gold Not Strong But Is Clear. Former Owner's 5-Line Address Stamp With Magician Symbol On Front Endpaper Crossed Out In Red. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. Contact Editions / Angel Island Publications hardcover
1980ref. SONG0586049150HarperCollins 1980-04-24. New Ed. paperback. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. HarperCollins paperback
1929ref. 102Wells H. G.; Huxley Julian; Wells G. P. The Science of Life: A Summary of Contemporary Knowledge About Life and its Possibilities. London: The Waverley Book Company Ltd. c.1929–1930. First Edition First Printing. Complete in three volumes. Original red cloth bindings with blind-ruled decoration to boards and gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines. An extensively illustrated landmark popular survey of contemporary biological knowledge containing numerous full-colour plates together with hundreds of drawings photographs and other illustrations. Volume I retains a Waverley Book Co. Ltd "Ex Libris" bookplate/bookmark as photographed. All three volumes present. Bindings show general age-related rubbing fading handling marks and edge/spine wear. Contents remain attractive with particularly striking period colour plates. Some internal binding/separation weakness is present as shown in the photographs. Please refer to photographs for full condition. The Waverley Book Company Ltd hardcover
1928ref. 639898London: Chatto & Windus 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. octavo. Binding is a little loose. Boards faded w/ spine sunned. Some white marks to rear board bottom edge. Edges of text block toned and a little foxed w/ ends pulled. Endpapers unevenly toned w/ Ex-libris label to front pastedown. Dustwrapper heavily tanned and worn w/ numerous tears. Large areas of loss to spine ends w/ spine tail missing about 3x3 cm. Fair Chatto & Windus hardcover
1934ref. Biblio579Typed and handwritten signed letter to "My dear Watson" dated 5th January 1934. 1pp. 20cm x 25cm. King's College Zoological Department headed watermarked notepaper. The advance copy of the book mentioned is Huxley's "Elements of Experimental Embryology" co-written with Gavin de Beer. "I have got a German refugee working here who is getting interesting results with Sabella". The German refugee was Fabius Gross 1906 – 1950 Hitler's Black Book entry: "Since 1934 – Researcher at King's College London University. Speciality – genetics; experimental cytology; protozoology; experimental zoology." Gross and Huxley published 'Regeneration and reorganisation in Sabella' in 1935. The letter also mentions work with Alexander Wolsky and C. J. Bond. Handwritten note in pencil to verso: "Touting for signatures for candidature for Roy Soc". Nominated for candidature many times from the 1920's and failing each time it was not until 1938 that Huxley was eventually admitted as a Fellow. The tone of the comment may indicate the fundamental opposition of those who D'Arcy Thompson called "Herr Direktor and Herr Professor" in a letter to Huxley in May 1934. Huxley Papers A previously unrecorded letter. Sir Julian Sorell Huxley FRS 1887 - 1975 British evolutionary biologist philosopher. Professor David Meredith Seares Watson FRS FGS HFRSE LLD 1886 – 1973 Jodrell Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy at University College London. Ref. Jaenicke L. "Fabius Gross 1906 – 1950 a protistologist almost lost from history" na
ref. 52164Vanity Fair. London. 1871. - EVOLUTION - Name neatly written in pencil in lower margin small tear in right margin not affecting the image biography taped to the reverse. An original coloured lithograph from 'Vanity Fair' drawn by APE Carlo Pellegrini. Vanity Fair. London. 1871. unknown
ref. 65347Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 1966. 4to. pp. 247-526. Many illustrations. As issued in paper wrappers a very good copy the 'white' patches in the photograph are artefacts of the camera. Includes 3 short papers by DAVID ATTENBOROUGH. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 1966. 4to. unknown
1935ref. 69606John Murray 1935. Vol 1 lacks rear folded map. Jackets grubby and rubbed with heavy chipping and loss. Some foxing light wear a few page corners creased otherwise contents clean and tidy. Reprint. Cloth. Good/Poor. 8vo. John Murray Hardcover
