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1954Best.-Nr. 1762930656ABSChatto & Windus 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. Second Impression March 1954. 62 pages. Blue pictorial jacket over light blue covered boards and gilt title to spine. Previous owner name inked to FFP dated 1954. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning and foxing to FFP. Speckled staining to text block edge text unaffected. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Small stain to front board. Mild crushing to spine ends with moderate sunning.Gilt lettering is slightly darkened but clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with tears and creasing. No apparent loss. Very mild sunning to spine. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1883Best.-Nr. 007341LONDON: WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED 1883. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Scarce in first edition. Front board and up to page 5 of first book detached cloth missing from rear board. Boards rubbed and marked spine darkened fore edge foxed Albert Harrison bookplate to front pastedown prelims lightly foxed pencil inscriptions to some margins on some of the books otherwise clean throughout. Good rebinding copy. Full list of titles and authors in order of appearance as follows: Inaugural Meeting Of The Fishery Congress By H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales Fish Diseases By Professor Huxley The Destruction Of Fish And Other Aquatic Animals By Internal Parasites By T. Spencer Cobbold Fish As Food By Henry Thompson Food Of Fishes By F. Day Fish Culture By Francis Day The Natural History And Cultivation Of The Sole By W. Houghton Propagation Of The Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers The Propagation Of Freshwater Fish Excluding Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers Crustaceans Bt Thomas Cornish; Artificial Culture Of Lobsters By W. Saville Kent Molluscs Mussels Whelks Etc. Used For Food Or Bait By Mr. Charles Harding Oyster Culture And Oyster Fisheries In The Netherlands By Professor Hubrecht Notes On The Food Fishes And Edible Mullosca Of New South Wales By E. P. Ramsay Seal Fisheries By Captain Temple The Scientific Results Of The Exhibition By Professor E. Ray Lankester WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED hardcover
1880Best.-Nr. 32971London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. Very Good. 1880. Limited Signed Edition. Hardback. Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage for international shipping.; First edition this is copy no. 55 of an edition limited to 250 large paper copies signed by the publisher Jonathan Miller's copy with his signature to first blank publisher's original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine bevelled boards chipping & wear to spine ends minor rubbing to boards frontis engraving loose with 81 in-text illustrations binding firm. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages . C. Kegan Paul & Co. hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. mon0001536043John Murray 1935. Hardcover. Good. . Hardback. No dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription. Slight rubbing and staining to cover. Slight tanning to pages. Hinges good. Binding firm. Text is clear. Pull out expedition map in good condition. John Murray hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 031975UK 1938. First Edition . Paper. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Two Original Handwritten and Signed Zoological Society Letters by Sir Julian Huxley to Philip Morrell regarding and discussing the Death of His Wife and Friend Lady Ottoline Morrell. Dated 1938. Sir Julian Huxley 1887 - 1975 was an English 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 the president of the British Eugenics Society 1959-1962 and the first president of the British Humanist Association. Size is 200mm x 160mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Ref19334 unknown
1917Best.-Nr. 881Oxford: B. H. Blackwell 1917. First edition. Good. Publisher's original pictorial paper-covered boards paper title on upper panel with black cloth spine. Cover design by C. W. Beaumont. viii 9 - 117 3 pp.; publisher's two page list. Price label on front panel ownership signature F. Bridges / 1918 on front free endpaper; covers soiled and worn edges of boards nicked in several places internally clean solid and unmarked a good or better copy. First edition. Limited to 500 copies the scarce second volume in the influential Wheels anthology series edited by Edith Sitwell. This volume marks a key early literary appearance of Aldous Huxley contributing nine poems prior to his rise as a major novelist alongside significant work by the Sitwell siblings-Edith Osbert and Sacheverell; Iris Tree Sherard Vines and Helen Rootham. It also features a poignant posthumous war poem "The Mad Soldier" by E. W. Tennant who was killed at the Somme in 1916. FIFOOT EA2. Eschelbach & Shober 61. Gallup B2. B. H. Blackwell unknown
1974Best.-Nr. BN176787Bloomsbury 3PL 1974. 1974. Hardcover. Jesting Pilate Jesting Pilate Aldous Huxley Bloomsbury 3PL hardcover
19742 vols., 8vo., Third Impression thus, with 2 portrait frontispieces, map in the text and 4 large folding maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly age-marked dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1870-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1931. Huxley's first published work is a classic of Kenyan, indeed of East African, history. First issued by Macmillan in 1935, it was an immediate success - the 'Kenya Weekly News' urged its readers to buy the book 'even though it costs the equivalent of 8 sacks of maize'. It was re-issued by Chatto & Windus in 1953 and then again in 1968 with an important new Preface. This is the third impression thus. SCARCE IN ANY IMPRESSION, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See Cross & Perkin A1(d).
1954Best.-Nr. mon0000997195Chatto & Windus 1954. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. 2nd impression March 1954. Some small nicks to edges of jacket. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Binding tight. rnIn removable protective plastic jacket. One small tear to bottom of jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 54344NY: D. Appleton & Company. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. First American edition. Original brown cloth spine label. Fray to spine ends label slightly chipped and tanned; splitting of cloth at outer hinges but joints holding light corner wear. Small PO plate. Small corner loss to ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1506 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 160973Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltán Korda talking with producer and head of Universal-International William Goetz on the set of the 1948 film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Aldous Huxley's 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile" about an unfaithful husband who is wrongly charged with the murder of his first wife. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 160973Universal City: Universal-International 1947. Vintage reference photograph of director Zoltán Korda talking with producer and head of Universal-International William Goetz on the set of the 1948 film noir. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Aldous Huxley's 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile" about an unfaithful husband who is wrongly charged with the murder of his first wife. 8 x 10 inches. Slightly curled else Near Fine. Selby US. Spicer US. Universal-International unknown books
Best.-Nr. 013730Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. Previous owner's name and date 1932. Minor corner and edge wear. Spine is handsoiled cocked and somewhat creased. Hinges are secure and undamaged. Scarce edition of a truly terrifying book! . The Musson Book Company Limited hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 005618Harper & Brothers. Stated first edition and "E-L" code. Unclipped DJ in archival cover edge wear small chips. $2.50 price on the flap. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1936. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 42450New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1940. 1940. First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. in 1939 using the title "Death Of An Aryan." Author's third mystery novel. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends and corners. Vachell the local C. I. D. officer tries to find a killer who takes pleasure in torturing his victims and then piercing their skin with arrow poison for which there is no known antidote. An attractive copy. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. unknown
Best.-Nr. 600104"Julian S. Huxley" on University of London King's College printed letterhead February 18 1929. 1 page 8vo. Fine fresh. To Mr. Thomas: Huxley sends a book another is to follow and he has forwarded letters to his brother and H.G. Wells etc. Huxley was working on his book "Science of Life" along with H.G. Wells at this time. Huxley 1887-1975 Leading English biologist and writer; brother of Aldous Huxley. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback
1970Best.-Nr. 07790New York: Harper & Row 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS CRICK. A Fine hardback First American Edition First Printing in a Near Fine Dust Jacket with minimal edge wear. An autobiography of Julian Huxley older brother of Aldous who considered himself a generalist but who has achieved much success throughout his life particularly in the field of science. 8vo. 296 pp. Harper & Row hardcover
1970Best.-Nr. 07790New York: Harper & Row 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS CRICK. A Fine hardback First American Edition First Printing in a Near Fine Dust Jacket with minimal edge wear. An autobiography of Julian Huxley older brother of Aldous who considered himself a generalist but who has achieved much success throughout his life particularly in the field of science. 8vo. 296 pp. Harper & Row hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 600104"Julian S. Huxley" on University of London King's College printed letterhead February 18 1929. 1 page 8vo. Fine fresh. To Mr. Thomas: Huxley sends a book another is to follow and he has forwarded letters to his brother and H.G. Wells etc. Huxley was working on his book "Science of Life" along with H.G. Wells at this time. Huxley 1887-1975 Leading English biologist and writer; brother of Aldous Huxley. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
1900Best.-Nr. 271080 pages in two volumes. No tears no foxing no stains all pages tight and clean; slight wear on heels and heads of spines. 13 photographic illustrations all tissue-protected; some darkening of tissues from photographs. First American edition. Also includes preface to English edition. Covers Huxley's life 1825-1895 through the recollections of his son Leonard and others and through his letters dealing with his personal life and his wide range of interests scientific research and activities. "Darwin's Bulldog" a brilliant biologist anthropologist comparative anatomist debater and highly influential promoter of scientific thought and education Thomas Henry Huxley should need no introduction here. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 16625London: Robert Hardwicke 1863. Robert Hardwicke unknown
1863Best.-Nr. 16625London: Robert Hardwicke 1863. Robert Hardwicke unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 011676Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt 1964. Original glassine dustwrapper. First Edition. Original Printed Boards. Fine/Very Good. P. A. Norstedt Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 42932Sir Samuel Squire 1860-1937 Medical Editor and Author saying that he is "trying to get to the bottom of the many letters which accumulated during my late absences in the Canaries & Madeira. I have just come across the enclosed. I hasten to send it to you as it entirely alters the aspect of Mr Baiters action. I do not remember giving him the privilege to speak in express terms but I should not like to say that my words may have been incapable of that interpretation." 3 sides 8vo. 4 Marlborough Place London 7th June Between 1870 and 1885 Huxley went through a period of almost ceaseless activity. He was chosen as one of the secretaries of the Royal Society published a variety of philosophical works was a member of the London School board and served on six royal commissions. This was in addition to his lecturing and his scientific publications. Huxley is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Huxley's London home in which he wrote many of his works was at 4 Marlborough Place St John's Wood. The house was extended in the early 1870s to include a large drawing and dining room at which he held informal Sunday gatherings. unknown
Best.-Nr. 6426580Taylor & Francis Group . Hardback. New. pp. xi 186 Taylor & Francis Group hardcover
