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1956rif. 54812NY: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Original orange cloth stamped to spine in gilt and black with black HB logo to front cover. Later printing of the new edition with Harper code C-F March 1956. $3.50 flap price. Corners lightly worn hint of soil to text block edges. The DJ is slightly soiled/rubbed with slight edgewear and a couple of short closed edge tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
1936rif. 7292New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1936. First American Edition First Printing. First American edition first printing - with "FIRST EDITION E-L" stated on the copyright page. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 473 numbered pages. Possible pre-publication proof or file copy with the publisher's stamp on the rear endpaper showing the manufacturing details. This book is in very good condition. The original blue cloth boards are very well preserved. Gilt lettering and designs are bright and vibrant. Tape offsetting on the endsheets. The original dust jacket is in very good condition. Moderate surface wear to the panels and creasing at the edges. Price-clipped. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # P11-97. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
1966rif. 010704Boston: Beacon Press 1966. Book. Very Good. Printed Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Beacon Paperback Edition. Association Copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on half-title page "for Willis and Helli with my best - Phil". Condition: Very Good. Octavo. Wrappers and edges foxed as well as some foxing at endpages. Willis Barnstone and Philip Appleman had overlapping tenures in the English department at Indiana University Bloomington. While Appleman is better known as a poet his The Silent Explosion predates Paul and Anne Ehrlich's The Population Bomb 1968 making it the first modern book on overpopulation. . Beacon Press Paperback
1964rif. 202G4099New York: The New York Times & Arno Press 1964. Book. Illus. by Falk Sam; Burns Pat; Einsel Walter; Terrim Lou; Golden Alice; Adelman Robert; Burckhardt Rudolph; Ducrot Jerome. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64 pages. Features: Pop Art Sells On and On - Why - illustrated article; A Grand Boulevard for Washington - plans for improving Pennsylvania Avenue; The California Voter is Maddeningly Unpredictable; Plea for a 'New Phase in Negro Leadership' - suggestions for what should be done beyond protest; Travelling Across Siberia; Great two-page color-photo ad for Manhattan shirts features athletes Y.A. Tittle Clete Boyer Stirling Moss and Warren Spahn; Tracing the emotions and attitudes behind the new African States; Great color-photo ladies' fashion ads; Tips on Tipping and Tippees; The Big Daddies of Little League Baseball; Photos of Omaha Beach; Interior Design Photos featuring the 'Built-In" look of designs by Ward Bennett; Shirt fashion photos; Desegregation - After School; United States Lines ad features color photos of Mrs. Sally Victor Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Kruger and Howard Schenken. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The New York Times & Arno Press Paperback
1964rif. 8499New York: Harper & Row 1964. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition. Near Fine cloth-bound hardcover with light wear at bottom tips patch of sunning to the top of the spine and an ever-so-slight bow to the front board in a Very Good dust jacket with light edge wear and chipping around the crown and light sunning to the spine; protected by a mylar cover. Actually a very nice copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. The story of the Amahuaca Indians of the Peruvian jungles written by the son of Aldous Huxley and photographed by the founder of the International Center for Photography NYC long-time Magnum member and brother of Robert Capa. Beautiful gravure reproductions. Photographs by Cornell Capa; text by Matthew Huxley. SIGNED BY CAPA with an inscription that reads: "To Commissioner Martin / who will understand / all about another tribe. / Sincerely / Cornell Capa / Aug. 6 1965." 244 pages; 48 color and 100 b&w plates printed in gravure maps; 9 x 11 inches. LAID IN is an illustrated gallery exhibition announcement card for a show of Capa's work and an invitation from ICP to a memorial tribute in honor of Capa. Harper & Row hardcover
rif. 3577942508Chatto & Windus. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition THUS later printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Chatto & Windus hardcover
rif. 57596Copies of 455 letters in Chadwick Copying Book National Blank Book Co Holyoke MA with index at front. 12x9.5" cloth. Letters to building material suppliers ordering lumber millwork many drawings of sash doors hardware flooring order for enamel signs for his truck with drawing glass estimates submitted to architects correspondence regarding work &c. Spine piece gone cover worn soiled corners stained pages toned G. hardcover
1923rif. 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
1923rif. 034783London: Chatto and Windus 1923. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Goldenrod cloth paper title label mounted on upper spine panel deckled text block edges with top edge stained yellow. 1st edition no addt'l ptgs. indicated. Slight soil mark to cloth on upper rear cover mildly toned endsheets otherwise essentially as issued with title label remaining bright and unblemished. Dust jacket is age-toned along spine panel mildly rubbed along top edge with slight separation along rear joint and upper rear flap fold now in mylar. iv328 pp. Rear pastedown shows vintage bookseller's tag from the Holliday Bookshop New York and volume retains a second title label tipped in at final page of text. Chatto and Windus Hardcover
1929rif. 36629New York / London: The Fountain Press / Chatto and Windus 1929. 1st edition limited. Clloth. Very Good . Limited to 692 Signed copies 300 of which were for sale in the US; this copy is #236. A Very Good copy. Tall 8vo. Blue cloth backed yellow paper boards. A few minor blemishes visible on the yellow boards. A cut-out of Huxley's name pasted above the Half Title. SIGNED by Huxley below the Half Title. A handsome copy with bright boards. The Fountain Press / Chatto and Windus unknown
1946rif. 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
1974rif. 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
1974rif. 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
1930rif. 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
1937rif. 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
1926rif. 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
rif. 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
1955rif. 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
1928rif. 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
1926rif. 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
1992rif. 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
1959rif. 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
1932rif. 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
1878rif. 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
1882rif. 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
