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2017Best.-Nr. x-113852283XTaylor & Francis 2017. Hardcover. New. 412 pages. 8.50x5.43x1.06 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
Best.-Nr. Z1-W-007-02256Clarendon Press. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Clarendon Press unknown
1955Best.-Nr. 53265Paris: Plon 1955. Fine. Plon Paris 1955 12 x 19 cm broché First edition in French one of 40 numbered copies on alfa paper the only deluxe copies. Bibliophile's blind stamp at foot of half-title page handsome copy. Plon unknown
1951Best.-Nr. 74220Paris: 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 deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Plon unknown
1951Best.-Nr. 65107Paris: Plon 1951. Fine. Plon Paris 1951 12 x 19 cm broché First edition of the French translation one of 60 numbered copies on alfa paper ours one of 10 hors commerce copies the only deluxe copies. Spine very lightly yellowed otherwise handsome copy. Plon unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 947F14New York; London: The Fountain Press; Chatto and Windus 1929 . First edition. Cloth. Fine. 10" by 6.5". None. A signed copy of the first edition of Aldous Huxley's early collection of poetry. A limited edition work. Flat signed by Huxley to the half title.No. 433 of 692 copies produced 300 of which were reserved for distribution in America.This collection of poems by Huxley explores a new aspect of his personality that he sought to develop that of the 'salvationist-seer'.The collection is viewed to be a departure from Huxley's usual satirical writing style.The work of celebrated English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley best known for 'Brave New World'. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards. Externally excellent. Front board just a touch age toned to fore edge. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine The Fountain Press; Chatto and Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 4401Paris, Plon, 1937. 19,5 x 13 cm, 284-282 pp. Deux volumes reliés demi-maroquin violine à coins, dos à nerfs, titres dorés, têtes dorées, couvertures conservées. Dos passés sinon beaux exemplaires.Édition originale française, un des 48 ex. num. sur papier pur fil des Papeteries Lafuma (premier grand papier).
Best.-Nr. 4401Paris, Plon, 1937. 19,5 x 13 cm, 284-282 pp. Deux volumes reliés demi-maroquin violine à coins, dos à nerfs, titres dorés, têtes dorées, couvertures conservées. Dos passés sinon beaux exemplaires.Édition originale française, un des 48 ex. num. sur papier pur fil des Papeteries Lafuma (premier grand papier).
1893Best.-Nr. 92213New York: Appleton 1893. Hardcover Octavo. Hardcover. Very good. blue cloth gilt decorative lettering top edge gilt 9 volumes 430 475 451 372 419 321 329 392 334 pp number 17/1000 stain to spine of volume 2 and 6 Standard shipping no tracking or insurance / Priority with tracking / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Appleton hardcover
Best.-Nr. 43735saying that he hasn't said when he would be in London but hoping that his invitation to "come & dine on Saturday at 7pm and we can discuss matters afterwards. Also bring your pipe if you like to smoke - for I have Russian tobacco at any rate for the present. No dressing - we shall be alone." 3 sides 8vo. The Athenaeum headed paper 3rd December year illegible This letter is is extremely likely to be addressed to the zoologist/physiologist William Benjamin CARPENTER F.R.S. 1813-1885 who was a colleague and frequent correspondent of Huxley. Carpenter makes several appearances in the multi-volume Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley which was edited by his son Leonard. unknown
Best.-Nr. 42673John Henry 1831-1883 Architect based in Birmingham saying that "Far be it from me to forget the Birmingham & Midland Institute & the many kind receptions I have met with from its members - but I have had a warning to abstain from all work that can be avoided and I am sorry to say that I must give you the Popes answer 'Non possumus'." 2 side 8vo. 26 Abbey Place London NW 21st July date not clear but From 1870 onwards Huxley was to some extent drawn away from scientific research by the claims of public duty. He served on eight Royal Commissions from 1862 to 1884. From 1871 to 1880 he was a Secretary of the Royal Society and from 1883 to 1885 he was president. He was president of the Geological Society from 1868 to 1870. In 1870 he was president of the British Association at Liverpool and in the same year was elected a member of the newly constituted London School Board. Huxley is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Some time in 1871 Huxley had been found to have a heart condition and hence his reference to reducing his work load. The phrase 'decree of non possumus' means 'We Cannot' and would be the first words of a Papal decree when he is refusing something. The red armorial stamp is from an auction of 1917 to raise money for the War Effort. The previous owner had acquired this item from a collection sold in this auction. unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 546325London: Chatto & Windus 1954. Hard cover in very good condition for its age with DJ in good condition. Previous owner has penned FEP. General shelf and handling wear including light chipping creasing and wear to DJ cover edges corners and folds. Tanning and age-related discolouration present. Several small closed tears noted. Boards are very clean with tanning to pageblock endpapers and lightly to pages edge. Within leaves are tightly bound and content is unmarked. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Used. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1913Best.-Nr. 956Z10London: Smith Elder Co 1913. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". None stated. The second edition of this important official account of the renowned expedition to the geographic South Pole lead by Captain Robert Falcon Scott written from Scott's own journals and heavily illustrated throughout. The second edition printed the same year as the first edition. Illustrated with photogravure monochrome frontispieces six original sketches in photogravure by Dr E. A. Wilson eighteen coloured plates sixteen from drawings by Dr. Wilson two hundred and sixty full-page and smaller illustrations from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition two panoramas from photographs by Herbert G. Ponting and two folding maps with the errata slip tipped in to volume I. Collated complete. The official account of the famed expedition to Antarctica lead by Captain Robert Falcon Scott written by Leonard Huxley and Sir Clements R. Markham. The work was compiled from the journals of Captain Scott and the scientific reports undertaken by Dr E. A Wilson. The expedition aimed to continue the scientific work they had started during their previous expedition with the hopes of being the first people to reach the geographic South Pole. The Expedition met a tragic end with Scott and his party dying on the return journey from the Pole with their journals and photographs being found later by a search party. In the publisher's original cloth. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with minimal rubbing to the extremities and joints and the odd very small closed tear to the head and tails of the spines and slight bumping to the extremities. Minimal spotting to the endpapers with owner's signature to the front free endpaper. Internally binding strained between pp.112 and113 with two plates disbound but present otherwise firm. Pages generally bright with light scattered spotting throughout and the odd very minor tidemark to the odd plate. Very Good Smith, Elder Co hardcover
Best.-Nr. MA09C-04470Spanish Child Welfare Association. Collectible - Good. NY: The Spanish Child Welfare Association of America for the American Friends Service Committee Quakers 1938. 1st edition Hanson R. Duval pp 134 contains all points such as: No space between paragraphs L. 18 parallel text and L. 56 incorrect text. Precedes limited edition. 8vo Spiral-bound. 71pp. B/W plates. Good book. Maroon crushed paper covers with silver label on front cover printed in blue. Text on rectos only. Moderate edgewear. Offsetting and slight dampstaining to the covers. Penciled markings to the title label page 43 and rear free endpaper. Penned notation to the upper right front cover. Pages age toned. Blue penciled 2.5 inch diagonal strike marl on page 56. In polypropylene bag. spanish civil war childrens art drawings history Inquire if you need further information. Spanish Child Welfare Association unknown
1927Best.-Nr. mon0000214429John Murray 1927-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Well read copy with some spine wear and staining / damage to the cover but still very useable. John Murray hardcover
Best.-Nr. alb3f9375fba1bd6647Library for Self-Education. Moscow type. Comrade Sytin I. D. 1902 VI and 762 p. 342 figure in the text. Professor T. Hexleys guide to practical training in the laboratory of zoologist and botanist. Several common and easily extracted plants and animals have been selected so that they can serve as a visual example of the most important structural changes observed in the animal and plant world. Contents: Frog. Ordinary cancer. Earthworm. Ordinary snail. Freshwater shell. Freshwater polyps. Superior. Proteus and white blood calves. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book. SKUalb3f9375fba1bd6647. unknown
Best.-Nr. alb6c801650f6faccf0Six readings read by a worker. Translation from English by N. Berezin. St. Petersburg Type. Yu.N. Erlich 1897. 149 Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book.�SKUalb6c801650f6faccf0. unknown
Best.-Nr. T11OS-01466Philosophical Library. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. piano instruction and study A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Philosophical Library unknown
1863Best.-Nr. 54347NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first American edition; no date to copyright page. Textured dark green cloth spine label. Some fraying to spine ends/points somewhat soiled cloth. PO name. Frontis. Illustrations in text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1848 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 000209Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Binding still holds. Brown boards and spine spine is faded. Top of book leaves was dyed red but has faded. Top of spine has ripped slightly and bottom has shelf wear. Inside front cover is a pencil marking denoting "1st ed 2.50" from old book store. No markings otherwise within. From the Estate of James Gunn. Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 88805London: Horizon 1943-1949. First Edition. 51 issues with nos. 93&94 and 120&121 released as double-issues all softcovers. 51 Octavos 21cm; pictorial paper wrappers; black-and-white and colorful photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Full pagination available upon request. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Edward Michael Mendelson pseud. Nathaniel Tarn with his ownership to title pages of nos.61-67 and his occasional pencilled notes to interior and occasional inked and pencilled notes to rear wrapers. All issues lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil and tiny tears to edges; overall Very Good. U.K. liteary magazine published from 1939 to 1950. Fifty-one issues include contributions by Raymond Mortimer Edmund Wilson Edward Sackville West Robert Penn Warren Ian Fleming and Christopher Isherwood. 88805. Horizon unknown
1943Best.-Nr. 88805London: Horizon 1943-1949. First Edition. 51 issues with nos. 93&94 and 120&121 released as double-issues all softcovers. 51 Octavos 21cm; pictorial paper wrappers; black-and-white and colorful photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Full pagination available upon request. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Edward Michael Mendelson pseud. Nathaniel Tarn with his ownership to title pages of nos.61-67 and his occasional pencilled notes to interior and occasional inked and pencilled notes to rear wrapers. All issues lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil and tiny tears to edges; overall Very Good. U.K. liteary magazine published from 1939 to 1950. Fifty-one issues include contributions by Raymond Mortimer Edmund Wilson Edward Sackville West Robert Penn Warren Ian Fleming and Christopher Isherwood. 88805. Horizon unknown books
1939Best.-Nr. 4348vo. Publisher s brown cloth; covers are brown with git lettering; 314pp: English language; the dustjacket is not price clipped There is slight edge wear to the di; the top and bottom of the spine are a little rubbed; a previous owner's details are written on the endpapers; the pages are slightly browned; there is slight foxing to the page edges but a near-fine copy. Previous owner's name 'Vivian Cox' to ffep; This book is one of many bought at a local auction that belonged to Vivian Cox. Following demobilisation in 1946 Vivian Cox began a film production career that spanned time at both Shepherd's Bush and Pinewood studios before he joined Rank studios as an independent producer and screenwriter in 1959 until 1967. From 1960 to 1976 Cox produced all the stage shows for the annual Royal Command Film Performance and hosted the royal party. From 1975 until his retirement in 1982 he worked with Sir Bernard Miles as administrator at London's Mermaid Theatre. Vivian Cox died in April 2009 aged 93. This novel by Aldous Huxley tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire fearful of imminent death. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 63946London: Chatto and Windus 1939. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 314pp. Octavo 19.5 cm Brown cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Publisher's brown top stain. With darkened strips to the endpapers and toning to the pages else very fresh. In the dust jacket which is torn in half. The story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his approaching death. Originally published in the UK this novel was published later the same year in the United States under the title "After Many a Summer Dies the Swan." From the dust jacket- "Central to this extravaganza is the story at once grotesque and painful farcical and reflective of an attempt to prolong the span of human life. But in terms of this rather nightmarish tale of the adventures of a rich man terrified of death the book treats of the ultimate topics of all philosophy- bondage and liberation reality and illusion the problem of good the nature of evil and finally of course causality the great empirical fact that God is not mocked together with that other empirical fact that men are for ever trying to mock God with results that are invariably disastrous. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 403-3379New York: George H. Doran 1925. Very Good in the publisher's brown paper-covered boards half-bound in ivory vellum. Burgundy leather spine-label gilt-stamped. Top-edge gilt. 266pps. Neither the rare dustjacket nor the slipcase are present. There is modest sunning and wear in the area of the spine. The boards have light touches of soiling. Internally there is some browning to the endpapers and a previous owner's unassuming namestamp is near the top of the ffep and again on the rear pastedown; there is a spot of browning also on pgs 178-179 from where a newspaper clipping had been laid in. The binding is slightly brittle though sound with all pages intact. Other than the aforementioned minor flaw to page 178 the text is in excellent clean condition. One of 250 copies SIGNED by Huxley on a limitation page. ".Some people travel on business some in search of health. But it is neither the sickly nor the men of affairs who fill the Grand Hotels and the pockets of their proprietors. It is those who travel 'for pleasure' as the phrase goes. What Epicurus who never travelled except when he was banished sought in his own garden our tourists seek abroad. And do they find their happiness Those who freqeuent the places where they resort must often find this question with a tentative answer in the negative fairly forced upon them. For tourists are in the main a very gloomy-looking tribe. I have seen much brighter faces at a funeral than in the Piazza of St. Mark's. Only when they can band together and pretend for a brief precarious hour that they are at home do the majority of tourists look really happy. One wonders why they come abroad. The face is that very few travellers really like travelling. If they go to the trouble and expense of travelling it is not so much from curiosity for fun or because they like to see things beautiful and strange as out of a kind of snobbery. People travel for the same reason as they collect works of art: because the best people do it. To have been to certain spots on the earth's surface is socially correct; and having been there one is superior to those who have not." -- from the quite witty and splendid opening. Purchase with confidence: all books gradings and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision photos can be emailed upon request. SIGNED by the Author. First American Edition. Hard Cover. George H. Doran Hardcover
