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1946ref. BOOKS341509New York NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good/Very Good. 1946. . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo. 311pp. dust jacket light shelf wear to edges and corners slight chipping small tears and light creasing to edges scratch across front panel otherwise very good; cover light shelf wear to edges and corners corners and spine tips lightly bumped otherwise very good; small spot stain to bottom edge of text block otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1974ref. 1390285Avon CT: Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press 1974. First Edition First Printing Limited Edition #1050/2000. Hardcover. Octavo xxvi 237 1 pages. In Very Good condition. Contained in a Very Good condition red-orange slipcase with dark blue lettering along the spine and mild wear along the head edge. Navy blue spine with light blue lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear. Textblock has mild wear along the rear end-page a blue ink stain on the front hinge and mild wear along the edges. Signed by Mara McAfee on the publisher's limitation page limited edition #1050/2000. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1390285. Special Collections - Downstairs. Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press hardcover
1974ref. 49921New York: The Limited Editions Club 1974. Hardcover. Foreword by Huxley. New introduction by Ashley Montagu. Illustrations by Mara McAfee. Small 4to. Glossy paper over boards slipcase. xxvi 237pp. 10 full-page aquatints. Fine/fine. This first thus represents the seventh title in the LEC's 41st Series with rear colophon noting limitation of 2000 numbered copies this #89 signed hugely by illustrator McAfee. This exceptional copy bears four fine autograph additions from two "BNW" film versions all tipped face-to-face on the front endpaper. On the front pastedown from the 1980 made-for-t.v. film are signatures of BUD CORT born 1948; portrays Bernard Marx who inscribes and signs a heavy stock 5½" X 3½" card in blue fineline "For Richard -- / With all / my Sincere / Best / Wishes! / Bud / Cort / '87"; and below this KRISTOFFER TABORI born 1952; portrays John the Savage who signs a heavy stock 5" X 3" card boldly in brown fineline dating it 9 November 1972 at upper right. On the facing front flyleaf from the 1998 made-for-t.v. film are signatures of PETER GALLAGHER born 1955; portrays Bernard Marx who signs a heavy stock 5" X 4" card in black fineline dating it 17 August 1982 at upper right; and below this MIGUEL FERRER 1955-2017; portrays The Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning who signs a heavy stock 5" X 3" card in blue fineline dating it 17 April 1988 at upper right. Laid in are the perfect bookmarks: Original transmittal envelopes for all four actors. Quite an intriguing copy. NEWMAN 472. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1930ref. 16093LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS. 1930. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First trade edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. Spine on jacket age toned but still perfectly readable. Shallow chipping at crest of spine on jacket. A few tiny chips at folds of jacket. Short edge tears. From the library of noted Huxley scholar Margaret Calhoun Hostetter with her book-plate on front paste-down & signature on jacket flap. Stories. . LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS. 1930 hardcover
1937ref. 526First Edition Stated. Octavo Publisher s cloth 386pp. Small previous owner's name on first front endpaper else a clean tight hardcover bound in full cloth with unmarked interior and text. The dust jacket remains unclipped $3.50 and presents well under fresh mylar with a few wrinkles along the panel edges and slight unavoidable spine fade of the red ink. A very scarce copy of the first American edition in superb condition. Ends and Means contains a collection of essays focused on the ideal goals of human effort with illuminating tracts on war religion nationalism and ethics. It was cited as a major influence on Thomas Merton in his autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain and the speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1926ref. 13822London: Chatto & Windus 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear sunning to spine else tight bright and unmarred. Color with marbled boards gilt spine title. 8vo. viii 257pp. Signed by author on limitation pg. This is copy 623 of 650. Chatto & Windus hardcover
ref. 8567Garden City N.Y. : Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1929. Hardcover in original paperboard slipcase. 8vo 9.5" x 6.5" white cloth gilt black leather title label at spine. 44 pp. three wood-engravings. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. CONDITION: Very good spine sunned cover toned text and engravings crisp and clean; good slipcase worn and rubbed at extremities toned some spotting. Limited to 369 copies signed by Huxley this copy number 98. With illustrations by Eric Gill. REFERENCES: Rowman & Littlefield 282. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929 unknown
1955ref. 11758London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on ffep to Oliver Sacks: "To Ol with love Tony." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Folding chipping and loss to upper/lower spine on dj staining to cloth evenly toned minimal shelfwear else very tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards. 8vo. 127pp. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1928ref. 33801Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1928. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1928. Copyright edition. Hardcover. Fine. Collection of British Authors Tachnitz edition vol. 4816. 350 pages. Size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" Gilt-stamped with raised bars on half polished black calf over marbled endpapers in pinks and greens and browns outside and inside. Some edgewear of course. A delightful edition with a beautifully inscribed poem by the owner that was originally written by Keats in dedication to Leigh Hunt Esq. in 1815 upon Hunt's release from prison on the FFE. in 1815 "And I shall ever bless my destiny That in a time when under pleasant trees Pan is no longer sought I feel a free A leafy luxury seeing I could please With these poor offerings a man like thee. Dedication. To Leigh Hunt Esq. D to D 7/21/34" A lovely keepsake. Bernhard Tauchnitz unknown
1926ref. 498873London: Chatto and Windus 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 272pp. Faint stain on rear cover and fore-edge of text block thus a very good copy in very good spine-toned and overall age-toned dust jacket. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1923ref. 014905London: Chatto and Windus 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine/Fair/Good. 8vo. 328pp. Sharp True First Edition bound in yellow cloth with titles in red upon a white paper spine label. Square tight and clean throughout save some fairly minor page edge toning. Wear to spine ends and edges. Board edges toning. Mild off-setting to end-papers. Complete unclipped though unpriced dust-jacket 7s.6d. net on spine panel has chipping and heavy toning to spine. Hinges splitting and toned. Not perfect but complete and uncommon in any condition. A solid collectable copy at a great price. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1926ref. 13822London: Chatto & Windus 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear sunning to spine else tight bright and unmarred. Color with marbled boards gilt spine title. 8vo. viii 257pp. Signed by author on limitation pg. This is copy 623 of 650. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
ref. 8567Garden City N.Y. : Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1929. Hardcover in original paperboard slipcase. 8vo 9.5" x 6.5" white cloth gilt black leather title label at spine. 44 pp. three wood-engravings. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. CONDITION: Very good spine sunned cover toned text and engravings crisp and clean; good slipcase worn and rubbed at extremities toned some spotting. Limited to 369 copies signed by Huxley this copy number 98. With illustrations by Eric Gill. REFERENCES: Rowman & Littlefield 282. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929 unknown books
1955ref. 11758London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on ffep to Oliver Sacks: "To Ol with love Tony." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Folding chipping and loss to upper/lower spine on dj staining to cloth evenly toned minimal shelfwear else very tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards. 8vo. 127pp. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1926ref. 498873London: Chatto and Windus 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 272pp. Faint stain on rear cover and fore-edge of text block thus a very good copy in very good spine-toned and overall age-toned dust jacket. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1974ref. 1390285Avon CT: Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press 1974. First Edition First Printing Limited Edition #1050/2000. Hardcover. Octavo xxvi 237 1 pages. In Very Good condition. Contained in a Very Good condition red-orange slipcase with dark blue lettering along the spine and mild wear along the head edge. Navy blue spine with light blue lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear. Textblock has mild wear along the rear end-page a blue ink stain on the front hinge and mild wear along the edges. Signed by Mara McAfee on the publisher's limitation page limited edition #1050/2000. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1390285. Special Collections - Downstairs. Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press hardcover books
1992ref. 06051scsLondon: Macmillan 1992. Four Volumes. Quarto cloth lviii 815 pp viii 747 pp vii 888 pp. Illus. maps. Former-owner embossed stamps; otherwise Fine. Macmillan, [1992]. Four Volumes. hardcover
1992ref. 06051scsLondon: Macmillan 1992. Four Volumes. Quarto cloth lviii 815 pp viii 747 pp vii 888 pp. Illus. maps. Former-owner embossed stamps; otherwise Fine. Macmillan, [1992]. Four Volumes. hardcover books
1959ref. 67066London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 288pp. Octavo 22 cm Green paper over boards. The spine and boards show light edgewear. The front free endpaper has the partial remains of a previous owner's bookplate. In the dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble with a loss from the paper at the foot of the spine and the surrounding area of the rear panel and a few lesser tears to the extremities. Huxley's account of her childhood in Africa amongst the Kikuyu during the years just before the First World War. From the personal collection of Nelson Algren with his signature and his trademark drawing of a cat in yellow and black on the front free endpaper. Algren grew up in Chicago a city that he would make famous through his portrayals of its poor working and criminal classes. His affinity for the marginalized sections of American society marked his entire career. Algren won the 1950 National Book Award for The Man With the Golden Arm. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1959ref. 67066London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 288pp. Octavo 22 cm Green paper over boards. The spine and boards show light edgewear. The front free endpaper has the partial remains of a previous owner's bookplate. In the dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble with a loss from the paper at the foot of the spine and the surrounding area of the rear panel and a few lesser tears to the extremities. Huxley's account of her childhood in Africa amongst the Kikuyu during the years just before the First World War. From the personal collection of Nelson Algren with his signature and his trademark drawing of a cat in yellow and black on the front free endpaper. Algren grew up in Chicago a city that he would make famous through his portrayals of its poor working and criminal classes. His affinity for the marginalized sections of American society marked his entire career. Algren won the 1950 National Book Award for The Man With the Golden Arm. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1932ref. 2361New York & London: Harper and Brothers 1932. First American Edition. Near fine/Near fine. 8vo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches 206 x 138 mm; vii 142 pp. Publisher's linen cloth red paper spine title label. Original yellow and red dust jacket unclipped housed in a protective sleeve. Pages clean and lightly toned; binding square and tight with very light soiling to cloth. Dust jacket well-preserved and unclipped. A notably attractive copy. First American edition of this incisive work by evolutionary biologist and influential public intellectual Julian Huxley documenting his 1931 visit to the Soviet Union at a critical juncture in its scientific and ideological consolidation. With a keen analytical eye Huxley assesses Soviet advances and tensions in biology education and social planning offering one of the more perceptive contemporary Western appraisals of Soviet scientific culture in the interwar period. A desirable and collectible example of Huxley's lesser-encountered travel and scientific commentary seldom found in such well-preserved original dust jacket. Harper and Brothers unknown
1878ref. 216274New York: Appleton 1878. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 8vo 3/4 tan calf marbled boards marbled edges ornately gilt spine with red and green leather labels. New York: Appleton 1878. Very good . A textbook which is a little masterpiece of its kind. Huxley never accepted without qualification the Darwinian principle. He thought "transmutation may take place without transition" and thereby anticipated the findings of modern research. He liberated the English anatomical school from the deductive method and sounded the keynote of the social medicine of the future. - Garrison-Morton 338; Casey Wood p. 396. Appleton unknown
1882ref. 056025London: Macmillan 1882. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold and black. Tanning to the endpapers and a light scuff inside the front cover presumed bookplate removal. The binding is sound the text is clean/unmarked and not ex-library. Macmillan hardcover
1878ref. 216274New York: Appleton 1878. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 8vo 3/4 tan calf marbled boards marbled edges ornately gilt spine with red and green leather labels. New York: Appleton 1878. Very good . A textbook which is a little masterpiece of its kind. Huxley never accepted without qualification the Darwinian principle. He thought "transmutation may take place without transition" and thereby anticipated the findings of modern research. He liberated the English anatomical school from the deductive method and sounded the keynote of the social medicine of the future. - Garrison-Morton 338; Casey Wood p. 396. Appleton unknown books
ref. FORT644395John Murray. Used - Acceptable. Two volume set. Volumes I and II. Both published in 1914. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on fronts and spines. John Murray hardcover
