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1921rif. 25481Nicholas Brown 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Dust Jacket chipped torn. Uncommon . Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25481. . Nicholas Brown hardcover
1949rif. 146156London: Chatto & Windus 1949. First English edition of this cautionary tale and satire. Small octavo original cloth top edge blue. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer philosopher and notable pacifist widely known for his recording of psychedelic experience 'The Doors of Perception' and his dystopian narrative 'Brave New World.' He published 'Ape and Excess' in 1948 a satire of the rise of large-scale warfare and warmongering in the 20th century. An excellent commentary of progress and nationalism the novel presents a pessimistic view of the politics of mutually assured destruction through the surreal imagery of humans apes who as a whole are certain to kill themselves. Chatto & Windus hardcover
2013rif. 108701London:: Folio Society. As New. 2013. Hardcover. Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. As new in like slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Folio Society, hardcover
rif. 3524Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles. New York: The Fountain Press 1930. Limited first edition No. 705 of 800 numbered commercial copies. Signed by Aldous Huxley. Octavo. 320pp. Publisher's black cloth spine lettered in gilt deckled edges no jacket as issued. Spine and boards lightly rubbed; gently bumped to upper front corner and lower rear board edge; minor toning throughout. Very good. . unknown
1930rif. 498877London: Chatto & Windus 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Light foxing on preliminary pages else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover
2000rif. BOOKS123054IChicago: Ivan R. Dee. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. 2000. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 2627 pp. . Ivan R. Dee hardcover
1931rif. 336801New York: The Fountain Press 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing Slipcase. First American Edition limited to 842 copies signed by Aldous Huxley. The Fountain Press 1931; #53 as inscribed on limitation page; 6 7-146 1 colophon. Author's signature on limitation page at rear. Marbled paper over black cloth boards paper title label on spine. Typography by Pynson Printers printed on laid paper. Missing the scarce slipcase. Binding is tight sturdy and square; some wear at board edges paper split at top corners rubbed around all corners else only mild shelfwear; very faint toning to interior page edges text remains clean; mild toning to spine title label brown text remains clearly legible. No slipcase. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. The Fountain Press hardcover
1931rif. 61293London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue-grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Crown gently nudged upper corners bumped though still sharp with a pictorial bookplate to front pastedown; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped pricd 7s.6d. net spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with some corresponding wrinkling to upper corners and a tiny puncture to rear joint; Very Good. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown
1928rif. 75689Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Early reprint. Small neat owner name on the front fly bottom of the boards a little worn near fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a small smudge on the spine and a couple of unnecessary internally repaired small chips. A nice copy of this important novel considered by many to be Huxley's most ambitious and complex. Scarce in dustwrapper. Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1942rif. 520Publisher s cloth Octavo 273 pages. First U.S. edition first printing preceding the London edition by a year. A clean and bright fine copy with a small vintage bookstore sticker to the rear pastedown in a near fine dust-wrapper with a few small edge tears and some very minor wear. These American Harper dust-wrappers from this period are notoriously prone to wear and rarely surface in presentable condition. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1955rif. PRINT1RM0003Heredity April 1955 and others 1955. Pamphlet. Collectible; Very Good. Signed inscribed presentation. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Offprint. This group includes: Morphism and Evolution offprints from Heredity Volume 9 Part 1 pp. 1-52 April 1955 Inscribed presentation copy signed by the author. Staples little rusty. Evolution Cultural and Biological offprint Current Anthropology May 1956 very good. The Problem copied from Punch November 1 1961. 4 pages stapled. The Racial Minorities in Hungary and Czechoslovakia Prague 1922 Julian S. Huxley ownership stamp front cover. Some chipping to edges else very good. Copy of Population Vol. 1 Number 2 February 1934 Inscribed to Prof. J. S. Huxley with Compliments. Writer unknown though an x appears and near R. Ruggles Gates article. Very good group. Evolution. Science. Biology. Signed book. Heredity, April 1955 and others unknown
1953rif. 1838New York: Harper & Brothers 1953. First edition. SIGNED BY HUXLEY AN ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTION BASED ON LECTURES AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 1950.-51. 13 x 20 cm hardcover blue paper-covered boards blue cloth spine ink signature of author on title page i-x 182 pp 9 photographic illustrations. SIR JULIAN HUXLEY 1887 – 1975 was a British evolutionary biologist eugenicist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century Modern Synthesis. He was secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1935–1942 the first Director of UNESCO a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund and the first President of the British Humanist Association. Huxley was well known for his presentation of science in books and articles and on radio and television. He directed an Oscar-winning wildlife film. He was awarded UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for the popularisation of science in 1953 the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1956 and the Darwin–Wallace Medal of the Linnaean Society in 1958. He was also knighted in that same year 1958 a hundred years after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace announced the theory of evolution by natural selection. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1941rif. 1278London: Chatto & Windus 1941. First edition. SIR JULIAN HUXLEY'S THOUGHTS ON THE RESPONSE OF DEMOCRACIES TO THE THREATS OF WAR IN THIS CASE BRITAIN AND WWII--SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Slim hardcover 7 1/2 inches tall blue cloth binding inscribed front free endpaper "Mary Welsh/ from Julian Huxley/ Aug 1941" 126 pp. Light browning to cover edges very good in custom archival mylar cover. CONTENTS: I. THE UNIFYING EFFECT OF WAR; II. THE .BRITISH BRAND OF DEMOCRACY; III. THE BRITISH SOCIAL SERVICES; IV. SOCIAL SERVICE AND DEMOCRACY; V. SOCIAL STANDARDS; VI. HEALTH IN A DEMOCRATIC BRITAIN; VII. THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF EDUCATION; VIII. PLANNING AND DEMOCRACY; THE DEVELOPMENT OF BACKWARD AREAS; X. DEMOCRACY BETWEEN NATIONS; XI DISINTEGRATION AND REINTEGRATION; XII. THE NEW DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY. FROM THE FOREWORD: "Dr. Huxley marshals before us the very considerable contributions to the progress of civilization which democracy has recently made and is now making in this country. The array is both formidable and inspiring The instances given spread over the whole field of human endeavour and are of a kind and extent to go far towards correcting our national tendency to self-depreciation." SIR JULIAN HUXLEY 1887 – 1975 was a British evolutionary biologist eugenicist and internationalist. He was the first Director of UNESCO a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund and the first President of the British Humanist Association. In 1941 the year Democracy Marches was published Huxley was invited to the United States on a lecturing tour and generated some controversy by saying that he thought the United States should join World War II: a few weeks later came the attack on Pearl Harbor. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1918rif. 006637London: John Murray 1918. Small bookplate on each front pastedown. Second Printing. Original Cloth. Very Good. John Murray Hardcover
1914rif. 335195London: Smith Elder & Co 1914. hardcover. very good. PONTING Herbert G. 2 volumes. Photogravure frontispieces nearly 300 varied and detailed illustrations and maps 18 of the former being color plates. Tall thick 8vo navy cloth with gilt lettering top edges gilt uncut edges. Bookworm damage to paste-downs and first few and last few pages of both volumes. Rubbing to edges of covers bumping to forecorners. Tiny spots of soiling to covers and spines. Ownership signatures to paste-downs of both volumes. London: Smith Elder & Co. 1914. Overall a solid copy about very good. Smith, Elder & Co unknown
rif. BN210868München/Zürich Piper & Co. 2. neu durchgesehene Auflage 4.-7. Tausend 1978. Die Teufel von Loudun Die Teufel von Loudun Aldous Huxley München/Zürich, Piper & Co., 2., neu durchgesehene Auflage, 4.-7. Tausend, 1978 unknown
1984rif. BN135655Christian Verlag München 1984. 1984. Unser grünes Erbe. Die Bedeutung der Pflanzen für das Leben auf der Erde. Unser grünes Erbe. Die Bedeutung der Pflanzen für das Leben auf der Erde. Anthony Huxley Christian Verlag, München unknown
1998rif. SKU10010451998 A4 size 194 pages plus appendices a very lightly read or unread copy clean text bright cover and free from name notes etc small flaw in cover at head or spine but spine function is unaffected professional booksellers based in the UK we package with great care and usually dispatch within 24hrs always within two working days please request scans or further information on any of our listings which are all in stock and ready to be dispatched . Symonds Travers Morgan on behalf of DETR paperback
1949rif. 929T68London: Chatto & Windus 1949-1962. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 5.5". None. A smart collection of three volumes from English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Aldous Leonard Huxley an English writer and philosopher who wrote many books including non-fiction works essays narratives and poems. This set contains: Ape and Essence: A Novel 1949. Set in a dystopia this piece is largely a satire of the rise of large-scale warfare and warmongering in the twentieth century and presents a pessimistic view of the politics of mutually assured destruction. Collected Short Stories 1957. A Collection of twenty-one short stories including: Happily Ever After The Tilloston Banquet and Hubert and Minnie. Island 1962. A utopian manifesto and novel which although it has a plot largely serves to further conceptual explorations rather than setting up and resolving conventional narrative tension. It is the account of Will Farnaby a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light wear and minor chipping to the panel edges. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine of Ape and Essence with sympathetic repairs made with tape to the internal side. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to panel edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Very Good Chatto & Windus hardcover
1934rif. 36247Chatto & Windus 1934. First issue in the Phoenix Library 1934. DJ chipped with sunned spine with some loss and several tears to top edge. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Fair. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1921rif. 9907London: C.W. Daniel Ltd 1921. First Edition of this modernist anthology of poetry sixth cycle edited by Edith Sitwell containing 19 individual poems including those by the other Sitwell siblings Aldous Huxley and Sherard Vines. In good condition in original black quarter cloth illustrated in a bold avant garde style by William Roberts; remnants of paper title label remain on spine; age toned and shelf worn to edges and corners. A previous owner and Sitwell devotee has pasted a b/w image of Edith to the front pastedown which now suffers some loss to the top. An ownership inscription reads 'H Barnes Dec 1922' to front free. 5 contemporary paper cuttings concerning Miss Sitwell dated between 1923 -1925 are pasted to rear. An interesting unmarked sound and square copy of this prominent annual anthology. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1921 C.W. Daniel Ltd hardcover
1937rif. 008102USA: Harper & Brothers 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley First Edition Harper & Brothers 1937. New York. Small bookplate to front pastedown. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions and no foxing to contents or uncut edges. A near fine copy in a near VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1940rif. 008103USA: Harper & Brothers 1940. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The African Poison Murders by Elspeth Huxley First Edition Harper & Brothers 1940. New York. No inscriptions or signs of previous ownership. A near fine copy contents unblemished and no foxing to uncut edges. In original near VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1932rif. 52923London: Chatto and Windus 1932. Second impression. 8vo. vi 306 pp. Publisher's blue cloth gilt to the spine early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Mild creasing to the spine which is also slightly slanted else very good. More or less identical to the first impression published the same year. London: Chatto and Windus unknown
rif. 122247London Chatto & Windus 1931. . First edition first impression; 8vo; light spotting and offsetting to endpapers scattered light foxing; publisher's blue cloth titles to spine gilt dark blue topstain with the unclipped dustjacket spine panel sunned; very good. Collection of essays covering morality in arts music and similarities in the behaviour of men and cats among other things. London, Chatto & Windus, 1931. hardcover
