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1967rif. 2006275New York: Random House 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Barbara Cooney. Lightest wear to the book; more to the priced protected jacket which show some shelf wear at the spine tips and along the top edge front and back with a few very short closed tears. Clean and unmarked. Based on stories told to their niece by Aldous Huxley and his first wife Maria Nys. First published in 1967 by Random House reviews were mixed. "For Christmas 1944 the author of Brave New World wrote this story of a crow couple's battle with an egg-eating snake giving it to his six-year-old niece.With Huxley's mordant wit in ample supply this tale will entertain literary novelty seekers; it's best suited for children who don't mind some darkness in their stories." Publishers Weekly. "The special talents of Aldous Huxley are absent the special talent of Barbara Cooney wasted in this small story of a crow couple who protect their unborn progeny by tricking a marauding snake with clay eggs; in his discomfiture he ties himself up in knots and ends his days as a clothes-line for the growing crow family. If the plot is inconsequential the details are ridiculous especially the self-winding snake and the would be mother who lays an egg regularly every day. This started as an entertainment for a favorite niece and it still sounds homemade." Kirkus Reviews. Browse my books: www./The-Book-Shed-Benson-VT-U.S.A/602765/sf Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Tracking number and estimated delivery date always provided. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed an ABE Heritage Seller has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997 An on-line bookseller with a bookshop sensibility Random House hardcover
1945rif. mon0000997414Chatto & Windus 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges. Dust jacket unclipped Previous owner inscription in pen to f.f.e.p. . Chatto & Windus hardcover
1962rif. 000368London: Chatto & Windus 1962 From the dust jacket: In The Flame Trees of Thika Elspeth Huxley described her early childhood in Kenya where her parents went as pioneer farm ers. Now in The Mottled Lizard she carries on the story when the family return to Kenya after the First World War. She re creates in vivid detail their home their native servants their European friends their ponies travels shooting expeditions and above all the wonderful wild life of the country with its forests bushveld and open spaces; its beasts birds and reptiles. The relationships of the girl with her forceful mother her gentle ineffective father and the young man Alan who is her hero are delicately handled. Nature 'provides unforgettable backgrounds and episodes - a big waterbuck by the pool at dawn an elephant family playing in the river the splendour of the African sunset the escapades of Rupert the de lightful pet but not tame cheetah. At the end when the girl leaves Kenya to return to Europe the reader shares her regret for the loss of this wild exciting country that has vanished now for ever and whose magic is preserved in pages written with insight wit and love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 335 pages ------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 6" Wide and 8½" Tall Chatto & Windus hardcover
1913rif. 2553Smith Elder & Co London 1913. Second Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition; Vol 1 xxvi 633 pages illustrated 7 photogravure plates 6 by Wilson 10 colour plates 9 by Wilson 120 b/w plates 2 folding panoramas 2 facsimile extracts from Scott's diary on 3 tissue paper leaves tipped in note prior to the folding map. illustrations in text 2 adverts. Vol 2 xii 534 pages 7 colour plates by Wilson Autochrome photo by Ponting 84 b/w plates some double page 7 maps 8 sketches in text. Original covers top page edges gilt no dust jackets. Shelf wear rubbing creasing to covers some spotting to page edges contents clean a nice set. This is undoubtedly the most widely known of all Antarctic expeditions and publications. Readers having absorbed Scott's account of the expedition in the first volume would have discovered in the second volume a host of first-hand accounts deserving of more weight today: Cherry-Garrard's account of the Winter Journey Victor Campbell's narrative of the Northern Party Griffith Taylor on the Western Journeys Raymond Priestley on the ascent of Erebus preliminary scientific reports from Edward Wilson's staff and throughout the unrivalled photography of Herbert Ponting. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2553. . This is a SET of books therefore heavier than a standard volume and may involve extra shipping charges. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1900rif. 797P13London: Macmillan and Co. Limited 1900. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A second impression of this touching biography of Thomas Henry Huxley including many of his personal letters Illustrated throughout. The second impression of this work published in the month following the first impression.Complete in two volumes.A collection of the letters of Thomas Henry Huxley with an intimate life of the biology by his son Leonard Huxley.Huxley was a leading biologist and anthropologist who specialised in comparative anatomy. He was a close friend and supporter of Charles Darwin. His famous 1860 debate with Samuel Wilberforce led to a wider public acceptance of the theory of evolution.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece three plates and one in-text illustration.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece and six plates.Collated complete.Leonard Huxley wrote the 'Life' of his father a touching portrait. He was also the father of the biologist Julian Huxley and the writer Aldous Huxley.Four pages of adverts to the rear of each volume. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. Label of Mudie's Select Library to the front boards. Light marks to the boards and spines. Minor bumping to the spines and extremities. A little rubbing to the joints and spines. Hinges are a little strained. Remnants of a label to the front paste down of Volume II. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with just a few odd spots to the first and last few pages. Good Macmillan and Co. Limited hardcover
1974rif. 336780Norwalk Connecticut: Heritage Press 1974. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Mara McAfee. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Sandglass neatly laid in. Heritage Press hardcover
2014rif. 210709003Harry N. Abrams 2014. Hardcover. New. 12x9x1. BRAND NEW. A Fine Book in a Fine Dust Jacket. Harry N. Abrams hardcover
2000rif. DADAX1566633230Ivan R. Dee 2000-11-07. hardcover. New. 6.46x1.83x9.44. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Ivan R. Dee hardcover
rif. 0954533364.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1936rif. 460235London : Chatto & Windus 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good slightly dust-dulled and edge-torn dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 619 pages ; 22 cm. Subjects; Religion Philosophy. Experience. politics. History. Statesmen France. Biography. Monks France. social issues. Upper class. Social change. Social theory. Political Reform. Pacifism ; Fiction. Mysticism ; Fiction. London : Chatto & Windus hardcover
1936rif. 460238London : Chatto & Windus 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good slightly dust-dulled and edge-torn mylar-sleeved dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 303p ; 21 cm. Subjects; Religion Philosophy. Experience. politics. History. social issues. Upper class. Social change. Social theory. Political Reform. Pacifism. Fiction. Mysticism ; Fiction. Literature and society. London : Chatto & Windus hardcover
1953rif. 46401953 broché in-quarto sous jaquette ilustrée très légèrement défraîchie (with dustjacket illustrated lightly faded), première de couverture ornée d'une illustration photographique en noir (front cover illustrated with photographic illustration in black), tranches lisses (smooth edges), illustrations photographiques hors-texte en noir de (black photographic illustrations full page engraving of) Sanford H. Roth, 112 pages, 1953 à Paris Editions du Chêne,
1897rif. 91280Weimar, Felber, 1897. LXXVI, 310 S., 1 Bl. 8°, HLwd. d. Z.
1945rif. 240229162Harper 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x5x1. Harper hardcover
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1974rif. x-0837176980Praeger 1974. Hardcover. New. 350 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. Praeger hardcover
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