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1934ref. 16228Harper & Brothers New York 1934. 1st edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Spine sunned. Bookplate. Uncommon . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Philosophy; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 16228. . Harper & Brothers hardcover
1875ref. 2618261875. 2 pp. old folds small tape repair. 2 pp. Huxley and Fayrer met in 1844 at the University of London. "Fayrer became a firm friend. The two often worked through the night." Desmond. Indeed it was Fayrer who suggested Huxley take to the sea and thus he joined the Rattlesnake under the command of Owen Stanley 1846-50. Having returned from the Rattlesnake voyage 1846-50 he became the professor of natural history at the Royal School of Mines and later president of the Royal Society. Though is best known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his strident advocacy of his theory of evolution. He also coined the term "agnostic". Fayrer was famous for the treatment of snakebite and at the time of writing was gearing up for membership of the Royal Society. He was proposed for election in March and finally admitted in April 1877. Desmond A; Huxley From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest. Reading 1997 p.36 unknown
1875ref. 2618261875. 2 pp. old folds small tape repair. 2 pp. Huxley and Fayrer met in 1844 at the University of London. "Fayrer became a firm friend. The two often worked through the night." Desmond. Indeed it was Fayrer who suggested Huxley take to the sea and thus he joined the Rattlesnake under the command of Owen Stanley 1846-50. Having returned from the Rattlesnake voyage 1846-50 he became the professor of natural history at the Royal School of Mines and later president of the Royal Society. Though is best known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his strident advocacy of his theory of evolution. He also coined the term "agnostic". Fayrer was famous for the treatment of snakebite and at the time of writing was gearing up for membership of the Royal Society. He was proposed for election in March and finally admitted in April 1877. Desmond A; Huxley From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest. Reading 1997 p.36 unknown books
1942ref. 3248First Edition; a Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. From the library of noted evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould. A handsome copy of this treatise on Evolution from one of the leading evolutionary scientists of the 20th century; this book scarce in the first printing particularly with the original jacket. The book is in very good condition with a square tight binding and pages free from markings; the book does show some light staining to the text block some mild rubbing and bumping to the edges and corners and some inconspicuous spotting to the boards; housed in a completely intact original jacket that shows some age-darkening to the spine and edges with some alternate areas of sunning and some light staining and soiling to the panels and spine. Overall a very presentable and collectible copy with a unique association to Gould. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover
1942ref. 3248First Edition; a Very Good book in a Very Good dust jacket. From the library of noted evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould. A handsome copy of this treatise on Evolution from one of the leading evolutionary scientists of the 20th century; this book scarce in the first printing particularly with the original jacket. The book is in very good condition with a square tight binding and pages free from markings; the book does show some light staining to the text block some mild rubbing and bumping to the edges and corners and some inconspicuous spotting to the boards; housed in a completely intact original jacket that shows some age-darkening to the spine and edges with some alternate areas of sunning and some light staining and soiling to the panels and spine. Overall a very presentable and collectible copy with a unique association to Gould. Not remaindered not price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar sleeve and will ship carefully wrapped in a sturdy box. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover books
1968ref. 14097New York: Greenwood Press 1968. Cloth. Near Fine. A very handsome example of this 1968 Greenwood Press re-issue of T.H. Huxley's collected essays complete in 9 volumes. Save for a tiny former owner name and date stamped to the top-edge of each front pastedown all 9 volumes are tight and crisp and virtually pristine. Thick uniform octavos in their wine-red cloth with bright unrubbed gilt-lettering along the spines each volume is solid and well-preserved and easily Near Fine. This collection of essays from the renowned English biologist even in this re-issue is uncommon as such in its complete run. Greenwood Press unknown
1968ref. 14097New York: Greenwood Press 1968. Cloth. Near Fine. A very handsome example of this 1968 Greenwood Press re-issue of T.H. Huxley's collected essays complete in 9 volumes. Save for a tiny former owner name and date stamped to the top-edge of each front pastedown all 9 volumes are tight and crisp and virtually pristine. Thick uniform octavos in their wine-red cloth with bright unrubbed gilt-lettering along the spines each volume is solid and well-preserved and easily Near Fine. This collection of essays from the renowned English biologist even in this re-issue is uncommon as such in its complete run. Greenwood Press unknown books
1907ref. 918P35New York: Broadway Publishing Co 1907. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. A very scarce biographical study on the life and teachings of Thomas Henry Huxley including a signed note from Huxley. The first edition of this very scarce work.With a signed letter from Huxley loosely inserted to a German bookseller dated 1893. Irving Wilson Voorhees' interesting study on the teachings and ideal of Thomas Henry Huxley. This work includes a brief biography on Huxley followed by sections devoted to his teachings such as biological theological and educational. Huxley was an important biologist and anthropologist earning the nickname of 'Darwin's Bulldog' due to his ardent advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Two pages of adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally generally smart. A small amount of loss to the head and tail of the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Spine is a little faded. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Good Broadway Publishing Co hardcover
1977ref. 139440U.S.A.: Stonehill Publishing 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Poor. Book is in excellent condition in chocolate brown cloth with silver lettering on spine. Very clean book. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's stamp a purple flower on front end paper. Dust jacket is tattered with major chipping at top and bottom of spine 1"" tear at top front cover and edge wear now wrapped in clear protective covers not price clipped. Edited by Michael Horowitz and Cynthia Palmer with intros by Albert Hofmann and Alexander Shulgin Keywords: Michael Horowitz Cynthia Palmer Albert Hofmann Alexander Shulgin Stonehill Publishing hardcover
1921ref. 23646London: Chatto and Windus 1921. A first edition first printing published by Chatto and Windus. A very good copy without inscriptions - previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. White label is in very good condition with the green top stain faded but present. Some light off-setting to the endpapers. A little wear to the corners. Beautiful rich colour to the boards with some handling marks - spare label still present to the rear. Aldous Huxley's "Crome Yellow" published in 1921 is a satirical novel that reflects the cultural and intellectual milieu of the early 20th century. Set at an English country estate it offers a dissection of the aristocracy's decline portraying a cast of eccentric characters grappling with existential and intellectual questions. The novel serves as a precursor to Huxley's more famous works including "Brave New World" and explores themes of modernity individualism and the tension between tradition and progress. Through its witty critique of society "Crome Yellow" provides a glimpse into the intellectual concerns of its time and serves as a valuable piece of social and literary history. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1987ref. 240513030Random House UK 1987-11-20. hardcover. Like New. 8x5x1. Like New Inside and Out! Crisp Pages w/no markings!Email for pictures! Random House UK hardcover
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1985ref. 11258FISCHER 04/1985. 1201.-1230. Tsd.ND. softcover. Nova Titolbildo! FISCHER paperback
ref. 184321Smith Elder & Co. London 1913. 2 volumes thick octavo: 636 pp 534 pp b&w frontispiece in each volume 2 fold-out panoramas numerous b&w photographic plates 2 facsimile letters 9 fold-out maps 3 double-page plates top edges gilt edges foxed bookplates on end-papers - very good set in blue cloth boards. . First edition. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1913 hardcover
ref. DADAX0688026397W. Morrow 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. W. Morrow hardcover
ref. 64036Smith Elder. London. 1913. First edition. 2 volumes. pp. xxvi 633 i blank ii Advertisements; xiv ii 534. 2 frontispieces 6 photogravures 18 coloured plates 260 illustrations from photographs by HERBERT PONTING and others panoramas and 8 maps. Original cloth top edge gilt uncut spine ends bruised joints intact and contents clean a very good copy. Smith, Elder. London. 1913. First edition. 2 volumes. hardcover
1959ref. 008158London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good with light shelfwear to covers and light crease to spine. Slight lean to spine. Signed and inscribed "To Cleggy with love and respect" by Elspeth Huxley on front endpaper. Lily Clague known as "Cleggie" was Huxleys nanny/housekeeper Loosely inserted is a letter about the book dated 27th August 1980 written to Elspeth Huxley by an acquaintance. Dustjacket condition: Poor to fair generally shelfworn and soiled with two sections missing to top and base of spine. Not price-clipped. 288pp. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1864ref. A58710London: Williams and Norgate 1864. 8 159 wood-engraved frontis 32 text figs. . HB. 8vo orig. dark green cloth blind-stamped decorative border to both boards minor wear some soiling gilt title to spine slightly dulled. text block cracked between two gatherings but still firm. Good. Third thousand. First published 1863. Includes the frontispiece illustrating the progression of skeletons from the lesser apes through to humans. Huxley showed that in the visible characters man differs less from thehigher apes than do the latter from lower members of the same order of primates. Huxley who earned the nickname 'Darwin's Bulldog' for his outspoken defense of the theory of evolution through natural selection wrote this present work in response to the well-known Hippocampus minor controversy of the 1860s. Huxley challenged the paleontologist Richard Owen who asserted that a human's brain differed qualitatively from those of other mammals. After a series of dissections of primate brains Huxley disproved Owen's claim that only humans possessed a Hippocampus minor a portion of the brain now known as the calcar avis.Garrison & Morton 165. Williams and Norgate hardcover
1913ref. 77022London: Smith Elder and Co. 1913. Small 4to.Illustrated. Second edition. In 2 volumes. xxvi 633; xvi 534 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to front boards & spines. Top edges gilt. Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham.With photogravure frontis portraits and sketches coloured plates with tissue guards panoramas double-page plates b&w plates and maps. All plates & maps complete. Rubbing to the spines and corners and a slight lean to the binding. Foxing scattered throughout. 24cm tall. An early edition of this hugely influential account of Captain Scott's fateful Terra Nova expedition in which he and 4 other explorers perished on their return from the Antarctic's geographic south pole. The first volume contains Scott's journals and farewell letters found with his person by a search pary 8 months after the expedition. The second volume contains the journals of crew member Edward Wilson who also died on the expedition alongside the scientific discoveries of those that survived. This second printing of the text was published the same year as the first edition as the title was so popular at the time of publication that it required 5 print runs in the 4 months between November 1913 and February 1914. Less common in such nice condition. prince dent This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. Second Edition. 1913. Smith, Elder and Co. 1913 hardcover
19328vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, and numerous plates; handsomely bound in dark green full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, gilt from original front board (incorporating DHL's 'phoenix' emblem) mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Roberts A61b.
1932ref. 065412London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 306pp; blue boards no d/j gilt title to spine pages not guillotined at bottom edge light edgewear top edge stained blue. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1913ref. 10658New York: Dodd Mead 1913. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Dustjacket as Issued. First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes photogravure plates folding photographic panoramas several maps 4 folding of various sizes and nearly 300 photographic illustrations many full page. Spence 1058. Minor shelf/edge wear gilt lightly toned discrete paper spine label near heel library bookplate at front pastedown discrete stamp at front pastedown one map shows minor creases at edges and small closed tear near tab else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering frontispieces printed tissue guards foldout maps and images teg. 8vo. 443 376pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. Appendix. Index. Dodd, Mead hardcover
1913ref. 10658New York: Dodd Mead 1913. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Dustjacket as Issued. First American Edition. Hardcover. Includes photogravure plates folding photographic panoramas several maps 4 folding of various sizes and nearly 300 photographic illustrations many full page. Spence 1058. Minor shelf/edge wear gilt lightly toned discrete paper spine label near heel library bookplate at front pastedown discrete stamp at front pastedown one map shows minor creases at edges and small closed tear near tab else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering frontispieces printed tissue guards foldout maps and images teg. 8vo. 443 376pp. Illus. color and b/w plates. Appendix. Index. Dodd, Mead hardcover books
1926ref. 260826005Chatto & Windus at the Florence Press 1926-01-01. Limited. Hardcover. Good/Good. Signed. Vintage Hardcover with original DJ 1926 Limited Edition #405 of 650 Signed By The Author Chatto & Windus at the Florence Press London 257 pages. Good in a Good DJ. Moderate shelf/edge wear to blue cloth spine with gilt titles over marble papered boards - corners lightly bumped and a touch of wear to the tips. Top edge of spine is faded to match the chip missing from the DJ. Major shelf/edge wear dust soiling and two large chips missing from the spine of original priced DJ 42s - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are unmarked with scattered foxing. Fore edge is rough cut. TEG top edge gilt. This is a Limited Edition of 650 copies of which this copy is #405. Signed by the author under the Limited Edition statement. Aldous Leonard Huxley 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963 was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books including non-fiction works as well as essays narratives and poems. Early in his career he published short stories and poetry and edited the literary magazine Oxford Poetry before going on to publish novels witty social-satirical novels and grimly serious ones travel writing and screenplays. He spent the latter part of his life in the United States living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. By the end of his life Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature nine times and was elected Companion of Literature by the Royal Society of Literature in 1962. A very respectable Limited Edition and Signed by the Author. LOC FB-02 Chatto & Windus at the Florence Press hardcover
1870ref. 52CGO. J. (um 1870). Photographie (Portrait). Format: 25 x 20,5 cm.
