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1913Best.-Nr. B13772 vols. Third edition. With photogravure frontispieces 6 original sketches in photogravure by Dr. E.A. Wilson 18 coloured plates 16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson 260 full-page and smaller illustrations from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition; panoramas and maps. 4to blue cloth and gilt lettering spine edges rubbed light scattered foxing else very good. The harrowing tale Captain Scott and his team enduring the harsh conditions of the antarctic to reach the South Pole in 1912 only tofind a Norgwegian flag planted by Amundsen 34 days prior. Scott's tragic return to base camp in which he and his party of 5 explorers perished some 11 miles from One Ton Depot. Their bodies along with personal journals were found eight months later. His last journal entry was recorded as "For God's sake look after our people" Smith, Elder & Co hardcover
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Best.-Nr. 20060London: Macmillan. First Thus . Hardcover. Excellent. Charming set; scarce to find complete & in such nice condition. Complete 9-volume set of the Collected Essays by T.H. Huxley 1825-1895 renowned proponent of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Titles: Methods and Results Darwiniana Science and Education Science and Hebrew Tradition Science and Christian Tradition Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley Man's Place in Nature; Discourses: Biological and Geological and Evolution and Ethics. London Macmillan 1893-1901 mix of 1st editions and reprints. Octavo; original burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine minor wear dealer sticker for Cawthorne Booksellers & "cancelled" stamp from the Library of the University of Adelaide on the front pastedown of the first 8 volumes; an excellent set. Cawthorne & Co was a prominent early South Australian bookseller established in 1870. Originally located in Gawler Place Adelaide it later moved to Hindley Street & Rundle Street Macmillan hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. 229031MacMillan Great Britain 1992. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. This book encompasses a vast range of plants grown on a domestic or commercial scale in private gardens or present in specialist and botanical collections. They are plants grown for ornament for amenity or for economic use and they include a selection of cultivars. 50000 plants are described including many hundreds of cultivars. It gives concise botanical accounts of species in cultivation throughout the world in line with the latest taxonomic thinking and it gives practical advice on how to grow every plant described. There are over 500 articles on horticultural science and practice newly commissioned from leading authorities. Light foxing to outer page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Horticulture::Gardening; Gardening; ISBN: 1561590010. ISBN/EAN: 9781561590018. Inventory No: 229031. 9781561590018 This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. MacMillan hardcover
1977Best.-Nr. Q-0060124326Harper & Row 1977-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper & Row hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. SONG0632040475Wiley-Interscience 1999-03-22. 1. hardcover. Used: Good. 7.80x1.10x10.10. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wiley-Interscience hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. __0632040475Iowa State Pr 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 371 pages. 9.75x7.50x1.00 inches. Iowa State Pr hardcover
1936Best.-Nr. 34294London: Chatto & Windus 1936. 1st Edition. Very Good/Very good. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover 8.50 x 6.00" 21.0 x 15.0 cm beige cloth with maroon lettering on spine front cover and top stain. Unclipped dust jacket is maroon with cream lettering 620 pp. Believed by some to be Huxley's greatest novel this novel jumps around chronologically between the 1890's and 1936 and describes the ennui of the upper class British intelligentsia in the person of Anthony Beavis which is overcome after a long journey by a turning towards pacifism and mysticism. The book shows some light wear with a tear on the front dust jacket and a few chips missing near the top spine rated very good overall. A very nice first edition of Huxley's best novel. Chatto & Windus unknown
Best.-Nr. 97696London Chatto & Windus 1954 1st edition. Hardback 7.5 x 5 ins. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper DW some rubbing and small nicks to corners and edges chip to top end of spine tanned on rear. Not price clipped. In protective sleeve. Some darkening/foxing to cloth. Endpapers partially darkened. Neat previous owners’ inscription to front. A couple of mninor foxing spots to outer page edges else inside pages all clean and tight. 63 pp. Mr. Huxley submitted himself as a “guinea-pig” to mescaline the active principle of a drug peyotl long know to the Mexican Indians. He then discusses the moral and spiritual implications of this experience. London, Chatto & Windus 1954 1st edition, hardcover
1951Best.-Nr. 53267Paris: Plon 1951. Fine. Plon Paris 1951 12 x 19 cm broché First edition in French one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper the only large paper copies. Spine very slightly yellowed otherwise a good copy. Plon unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 9070New York: The Fountain Press 1929. First Edition First Printing. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. 35 pp. Near fine in original paper-covered boards with gilt design to spine edges some pages remain uncut. Slight off-setting to foot of front panel faint rubbing to edges as well as one spot of rubbing away to foot of rear fore-corner. Still a sharp copy with bright gilt. Signed by Huxley on the half-title page from a limited edition of 692 copies of which 300 were distributed for American trade this is number 111. The Fountain Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 12170Hardcover/Original Wrapp.ers. Very Good. Hardcover/Original Wrapp.ers. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Thomas Henry Huxley 4 May 1825 - 29 June 1895 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. Works include: Eversley Series 6 volumes Macmillian & Co. 1899: Science and Education Essays; Discourses Biological and Geological; Science and Hebrew Tradition 1 with dj 1 lacking; Method and Results; Evolution & Ethics Man's Place in Nature New York 1898. On the Origin of Species Ann Arbor Paperback 1968. Lay Sermons Addresses and Reviews D. App.leton 1883. Discourses Biological and Geological D. App.leton 1897. Shaken and exposed spine. English Men of Letters - Hume New Edition 1887. Shaken and exposed spine. 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. Minimal shelfwear chipp.ing toning dampstaining else tight bright and unmarred. illus b/w. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 12170Hardcover/Original Wrapp.ers. Very Good. Hardcover/Original Wrapp.ers. Previously owned by Oliver Sacks. Thomas Henry Huxley 4 May 1825 - 29 June 1895 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. Works include: Eversley Series 6 volumes Macmillian & Co. 1899: Science and Education Essays; Discourses Biological and Geological; Science and Hebrew Tradition 1 with dj 1 lacking; Method and Results; Evolution & Ethics Man's Place in Nature New York 1898. On the Origin of Species Ann Arbor Paperback 1968. Lay Sermons Addresses and Reviews D. App.leton 1883. Discourses Biological and Geological D. App.leton 1897. Shaken and exposed spine. English Men of Letters - Hume New Edition 1887. Shaken and exposed spine. 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. Minimal shelfwear chipp.ing toning dampstaining else tight bright and unmarred. illus b/w. hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 35426London: Chatto and Windus 1928. . First edition 8vo. pp.iii601 terracotta cloth gilt top edges red; foxing to edges spine lightly rolled else clean and very good in very good complete unclipped dust-jacket which has 2.5cm closed tear to head of rear flap-fold and light creasing to extremities - now in a protective cover. London: Chatto and Windus, 1928. hardcover
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1932Best.-Nr. 239313Garden City. : Doubleday Doran & Company. 1932. First American edition. . Decorated hard cover. . Fine owner name on end paper copy. . Octavo. . Very scarce in this condition. Doubleday, Doran & Company. hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 508430Chatto & Windus 1946. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE. First British Edition following the US edition of the previous year. 12mo 358pp. Sewn binding in brick red cloth with gilt spine lettering red topstain. Bit of foxing very clean and sharp otherwise. DJ with a small chip at the spine head abutting the author name and losing the very tip of the 'l' and 'd' just a hint of fading to the spine but much brighter than typically seen with this red jacket price intact and now wrapped in mylar. With a neat inscription and bookplate from the noted South African book collector Michael Scott whose collection is now mainly housed at the University of Stellenbosch. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 00009562New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 4-150 8 including 6 unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Dark green pebbled cloth with paper label on the spine light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. A few in-text diagrams and illustrations. Contemporary owner's name and date written on free front endpaper George R. Brush a surgeon in the US Navy from the time of the Civil War until his death in 1895 tiny collector's sticker on the front pastedown and a brief inscription on the final page indicating Brush completed reading the book on May 29 1865 on board the steamship Guatemala near Puntarenas with Professor Seebach on board Karl von Seebach was a well-known geologist at Gottingen who published work on Central American volcanos and was presumably returning from the extended trip he made to perform this research. ADB: Seebach Karl Albert Ludwig von; Oxford DNB Adrian Desmond "Huxley Thomas Henry"; Suffolk County News New York March 7 1902 p. 3. Huxley was an early advocate of Darwinism and in fact was the first to use the term 'Darwinism' and did much to popularize and support the theory of evolution in the nineteenth century. The present work is based on lectures delivered by Huxley during the period 1860 - 1863 in which he explained Darwin's ideas to a more popular audience. An attractive copy of this book from an important period in the history of science. A Very Good volume with toning to the first and final blank leaves a few traces of minor discoloration to the cloth and darkening and a tiny bit of loss to the spine label. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1959Features: Cover photo of the statue of J.Q.A. Ward in Central park; D-Day - An account of the operation from twelve hours before the first seaborne landing to twelve hours after, by Hanson W. Baldwin; France's first year under Charles de Gaulle; Great photo feature on Ethel Merman who stars in "Gypsy"; When the Public Judges the Supreme Court; Science, Psychiatry - or Witchery? - Elspeth Huxley examines what, if anything, the witch doctor does for his patients that might be of value for the rest of the world; Big League Pitching - In addition to brawn, a pitcher needs a brain; Fashion photos of women's sunshade suits; The Business of Baby-Sitting; Danish recipes; How to show off art in your home; One-page ad for Phillies Cheroot cigars inside front cover; and more. 48 pages. Many fascinating black and white reproductions of photos plus nice fashion ads, some of which are in color. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Best.-Nr. cbs 9798886263480US Edition. New. Brand New! Fast Delivery US Edition and ship within 24-48 hours. Deliver by FedEx and Dhl & Aramex UPS & USPS and we do accept APO and PO BOX Addresses. Order can be delivered worldwide within 6-10 days and we do have flat rate for up to 2LB. Extra shipping charges will be requested if the Book weight is more than 5 LB. This Item May be shipped from India United states & United Kingdom. Depending on your location and availability. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 793P55London: Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins 1941. First edition. Leather. Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A finely bound first edition travel work on East Africa in a striking binding by Sangorski and Sutcliffe made for Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. The first edition of this work.A charming concise travel work on East Africa by Elspeth Huxley part of the series 'The British Commonwealth in Pictures'.Illustrated with twelve colour plates and monochrome illustrations throughout.Collated complete.Huxley was an author journalist farmer and also the cousin of the author Aldous Huxley.In a striking binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Pleydell-Bouverie was a close friend of Stanley Bray who worked at the firm for over 60 years. He often bound books for her as gifts.From the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie from her library at Julians Park Hertfordshire. After being widowed at 25 Audrey married the fabulously wealthy American department store heir Marshall Field III later divorcing him and marrying the Honorable Peter Pleydell-Bouverie. In 1940 she bought Julians Park and redesigned the interior. Her library was impressive with many examples of her own bookbinding.Audrey was an extravagant socialite and renowned beauty the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII though she was also rumoured to be his daughter or the lover of King Edward VIII featured in the 'Book of Beauty' by Cecil Beaton. She had many high profile friends such as Winston Churchill Coco Chanel Fred Astaire and Nancy Mitford a sparkling hostess of the Edwardian period her hedonistic antics bringing her into the Bright Young Things. In a half morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Externally fine. A couple of very faint marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. HUXLEYAL000690Chatto & Windus London. 1923. First edition. Octavo. pp iv 328. Spare title-label at rear.Free endpapers partially tanned. Tail of spine slightly pushed. Near fine in very good slightly nicked and rubbed dustwrapper darkened at the spine and with a chip at head of spine. Chatto & Windus, London. unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 10468London; Chatto & Windus 1928. 1928. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo pp. 8 601 1. Bound in burnt orange cloth with gilt titles. Top edge orange. In the unclipped original publisher's cream dust-jacket with red borders. Cloth clean and vibrant with bright gilt. Lightly foxed to fore-edges and endpapers else contents very clean and free from inscriptions and annotations. Dust-jacket spine-sunned with miniscule chips and nicks to dust-jacket edges rubbed to edges else clean and unclipped. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dust-jacket. First edition first impression of a book widely considered to be Huxley's "most complex and ambitious work" scarce in the original 1928 dust-jacket. A modern literary classic by one of the best known authors of the inter-war years. London; Chatto & Windus, 1928. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 4412Chatto & Windus 1959 1st edition . 288 pages frontispiece : memories of an East African childhood among the Kikuyu just before WW1; hardback tiny mark to spine barely visible ow vg vg dw closed tear repaired small rub to spine not price-clipped protected from the library of Terence Gavaghan SIGNED by Elspeth Huxley to the title page UNIQUE afmar25 Chatto & Windus 1959 1st edition hardcover
