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1934ref. 27167London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Book. VG. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo. Gilt lettered orange cloth. Pictorial orange dust jacket price clipped mylar protected. Maps to endpapers. Illustrated with photos throughout. Dust jacket chipped to extremities spine sunned; some soiling to front rear and edges. Inside slightly toned s per usual and tight. A very good copy. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
2013ref. 011520London: Folio Society. First edition first printing. Hard cover in slipcase. Published London: Folio Society 2013. 8vo. xxiii197pp. color illustrations by Finn Dean. Introduced by Ursula K. Le Guin. Pictorial laminated paper covered boards with red and green titles. Fine in fine slipcase. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2013. Folio Society hardcover
1941ref. 396578New York: Harper 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good with wear at the edges and some loss at the crown. A biography of Father Joseph of Paris Cardinal Richelieu's right-hand man. Distinctive ownership Signature of Elsa Schiaparelli one of the world’s premiere designers during the 1930s who pioneered numerous now-iconic fashions elements such as the divided skirt trompe-l'oeil detailing synthetic materials and exposed fasteners and as well as incorporated surrealist designed into her work through her collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali. Harper hardcover
1922ref. 430London England: Chatto and Windus 1922. First Edition. Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket. Good/Very good. Chatto and Windus UK 1922 First Edition Good in Very good jacket unclipped rubbed at the edges generally soiled and foxed. Blue cloth bumped at the head and foot of the spine with a pastedown on the spine. Bound with a blue top stain some reading wear a forward lean otherwise clean internally. A collection of five short pieces by the author of Brave New World. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1922ref. 030310London: Chatto & Windus 1922. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. Blue cloth with white label using blue text. Dust jacket soiled and sunned with edgewear that shows signs of inexpert repair near the spine. First edition of this book containing five stories: The Giaconda Smile Permutations Among the Nightingales The Tillotson Banquet Green Tunnels and Nuns at Luncheon. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1928ref. 585189London: Chatto & Windus 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Spine tanned and boards lightly soiled preliminary and terminal leaves modestly foxed a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. An important novel considered by many to be Huxley's most ambitious and complex. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1941ref. 396578New York: Harper 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good with wear at the edges and some loss at the crown. A biography of Father Joseph of Paris Cardinal Richelieu's right-hand man. Distinctive ownership Signature of Elsa Schiaparelli one of the world’s premiere designers during the 1930s who pioneered numerous now-iconic fashions elements such as the divided skirt trompe-l'oeil detailing synthetic materials and exposed fasteners and as well as incorporated surrealist designed into her work through her collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali. Harper hardcover books
1928ref. 585189London: Chatto & Windus 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Spine tanned and boards lightly soiled preliminary and terminal leaves modestly foxed a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. An important novel considered by many to be Huxley's most ambitious and complex. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
ref. 960831964: William Morrow & Company New York. First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo original half cloth illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley’s. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Harsh-Finegold. Huxley states in the present volume: "Writing about modern Africa is like trying to sketch a galloping horse that is out of sight before you have sharpened your pencil. But it is just because so much is happening - because the scene sparkles with new hopes and plans because nothing is static and nothing seems impossible.'for in truth' as Winston Churchill wrote in 1907 'the problems of East Africa are the problems of the world.' William Morrow & Company hardcover
1891ref. 28414London: Macmillan & Company 1891. First edition. Paper wrappers. Removed from a larger volume lacking rear wrapper front wrapper detached with some minor chips to top edge and joint otherwise contents very good. 128 pp. 12mo. A second edition was published the same year. Criticises William Booth founder of the Salvation Army whose book 'In Darkest England and the Way Out' became a best seller. Huxley felt Booth's schemes were too socialistic. "Mr. Booth's system appears to me and- as I have shown is regarded by Socialists themselves to be mere autocratic Socialism masked by its theological exterior.The most degrading feature of the narrower forms of Christianity of which that professed by Mr. Booth is a notable example is their insistance that the noblest virtues if displayed by those who reject their pitiable formula are as their pet phrase goes "splendid sins." Macmillan & Company unknown
1891ref. 28414London: Macmillan & Company 1891. First edition. Paper wrappers. Removed from a larger volume lacking rear wrapper front wrapper detached with some minor chips to top edge and joint otherwise contents very good. 128 pp. 12mo. A second edition was published the same year. Criticises William Booth founder of the Salvation Army whose book 'In Darkest England and the Way Out' became a best seller. Huxley felt Booth's schemes were too socialistic. "Mr. Booth's system appears to me and- as I have shown is regarded by Socialists themselves to be mere autocratic Socialism masked by its theological exterior.The most degrading feature of the narrower forms of Christianity of which that professed by Mr. Booth is a notable example is their insistance that the noblest virtues if displayed by those who reject their pitiable formula are as their pet phrase goes "splendid sins." Macmillan & Company unknown books
1999ref. 124749London: The Folio Society by arrangement with the Royal Horticultural Society 1999. Hardcover. Fine. London The Folio Society by arrangement with the Royal Horticultural Society 1999 first thus. Heavy quarto four volumes each volume between approximately 750 and 800 pages with numerous line illustrations. Cloth; top edges gilt; a fine set in the slightly rubbed slipcase. The Folio Society (by arrangement with the Royal Horticultural Society) hardcover
1992ref. 124248London: The Macmillan Press Limited 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London The Macmillan Press Limited 1992. Heavy quarto four volumes each volume between approximately 750 and 800 pages with numerous line illustrations. Cloth slightly marked; pastedowns lightly yellowed; an excellent set. The Macmillan Press Limited hardcover
1913ref. 036881London: Smith Elder & Co 1913 2 vols. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt teg others uncut rubbed & bumped a little frayed with splitting along hinges at headcap to Vol. 1 bookplates to upper pastedowns some spotting & marking binding to Vol. 1 shaken with occ. loosening to plates else clean internally; Vol. 1 Second Edition 1913. pp. xxvi 634 last blank 2 pubs. advt. with 7 photogravure plates 10 colour plates 4 panoramas 136 plates & a folding map tape repair; Vol. 2. First edition 1913. pp. xvi 534 with photogravure portrait 8 colour plates 7 double-page plates 108 plates & 8 maps. Very heavy set 3.5 kg additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A good mixed set. . Mixed Set. Hard Cover. G. Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
1946ref. 601562New York: Modern Library 1946. Modern Library Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing and chipping on panel edges.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Modern Library hardcover
1946ref. 193574New York: Modern Library 1946. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Good in a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket affixed to boards. Modern Library hardcover
1869ref. 141504London: John Churchill & Sons 1869. Hardcover. Near fine. First Edition. 8147 40 pp. Octavo. Original dark purple blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine. Coated brown endpapers. 47 figures in text. Paper slightly browned but overall a very attractive copy. First Edition under this title of "the substance of six lectures in the first part of the lectures on Elementary Comparative Anatomy 1864 Uncommon in nice condition 1869 John Churchill & Sons hardcover
1929ref. 1929BGarden City: Doubleday Doran & Co 1929. 1st edition. Hardcover. VERY GOOD./Good. Garden City Doubleday Doran & Co. 1929 Hardcover First US edition later printing Very Good Garden City Doubleday Doran & Co.1929. 6 432 pp. octavo original purple cloth with paper spine label dust-jacket. Binding solid spine and edges of board faded paper label on spine in very good condition Endpapers with a green and white diamond design same as in the background of the dust jacket. Pages white and clean large paper edge uncut. Dust jacket not price-clipped with fading to jacket spine and some paper loss at top of spine some chips on corners and dj edges. In all VERY GOOD. Bromer A18.4.1. Doubleday, Doran & Co hardcover
ref. 93694EBHildesheim Olms 1970. Oln. Nachdruck der Ausgabe London 1893. Hildesheim, Olms 1970. unknown
ref. A9781634632683Hardback. New. hardcover
1926ref. 242London: Chatto & Windus 1926. First Edition First Impression. Publisher's Blue Cloth with Gilt Detailing. Very Good/Good. A Very Good or Slightly Better Book in a Good Dust Jacket Unclipped 7s. 6d. Net on Spine. Book is moderately shelf worn and sunned to extremities especially to the bottom edge. Tail shows some whitening from rubbing/bumping and bottom corners are similarly bumped. Text block is generally toned black top stain has started to dull. A shadow from dust jacket is present to the FFEP. Binding is tight and square and text is unmarked. Dust jacket it is generally shelf worn with some bumping and chipping at corners tail and crown including small losses to crown. Jacket is generally toned and soiled. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 269pp. Chatto & Windus unknown
ref. 0006547338.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 39170New York: D. Appleton and Company. Authorized Edition. Leather. Very Good. Authorized Edition 1896-97. 6 Volumes. 8vo. uniformly bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards title in gilt on spine top edge gilt. Light rubbing to tips edges and top/base of spine. Text appears unmarked. Paper is lightly age toned at edges. A Very Good set. Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1978ref. x-0313269521Praeger Pub Text 1978. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 280 pages. 8.98x5.98x1.57 inches. Praeger Pub Text hardcover
1967ref. 28553Chatto and Windus. LONDON UK 1967. Green & White Egg endpapers B/W & Green Frontispiece HBDJ1967 First British English Edition. Upper corners bruised otherwise fine in dust-jacket clipped and repriced by the publisher NF/VG Hardcover. Book Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. with small mended Tear .6 1/2 X 8 1/2 IN. 48 pages. UNPAGINATED DJ protected by Clear Mylar Green & White Egg endpapers B/W & Green Frontispiece a story written during Christmas Holiday for his niece Olivia de Haulleville in 1944. No matter How Often Mrs. Crow might Lay an Egg in her nest in a Cottonwood Tree at Pearblossom the egg always disappeared. Did the Rattlesnake who lived at Bottom of Tree have His Breakfast . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Barbara Cooney . Chatto and Windus. LONDON UK
