1964Best.-Nr. UHUXFOR00acmfChatto & Windus 1964. Very Good. Huxley Elspeth. Forks and Hope. London: Chatto & Windus 1964. 1st edition. 272pp. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and bumping. Yellowed edges and spotting on top edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed and lightly bumped edges. In DJ protector. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. UHUXNEL00drpWeidenfeld and Nicolson 1980. Good. Huxley Elspeth. Nellie Letters from Africa. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1980. 326pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Glossary. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with bumped spine ends and foxing on top edge. Small stain on fore edge of textblock. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with faint soiling on rear flap. In DJ protector. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover books
1922Best.-Nr. 608253New York: George H. Doran 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green cloth with spine paper label. Small bookstore label on rear pastedown edges lightly rubbed and bumped spine mildly cocked else a very good copy. Three short stories a novel and a play. George H. Doran hardcover books
1913Best.-Nr. RSCOSCO00tpmSmith Elder & Co. 1913. Very Good. Scott R. F. Scott's Last Expedition In Two Volumes. 2 volume set in folding box. Huxley Leonard. London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. 2nd edition. 633 534pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with rubbed extremities and slightly faded spines. Pages are subtly toned. The second volume has slightly ragged page edges and a previous owner's marks on the front endsheet. The first volume has a newspaper clipping that shows an image of Scott on a sled. Each volume has protective mylar and they both fit snugly in the custom box. Smith, Elder & Co. unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 598341London: Chatto and Windus 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 303pp. Slight offsetting on endpapers light toning on the spine and board edges near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small tears and a darkened spine. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 014902London: Chatto and Windus 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. 59pp. Sharp First Edition bound in tan cloth with titles illustration and decoration in red on front board and spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a gentle bump to the crown. Mild off-setting to end-papers. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket 2s. net has some small chips to the crown and tips. A couple of closed edge-tears. Still fresh and bright. A pretty collectable copy at a great price. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 014900London: Chatto and Windus 1936. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 303pp. Sharp First British Edition of this anthology of essays. Bound in green cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Spine and edges toning else Fine. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket 7s. 6d. net has some small chips to the crown and tips. Tiny closed tears at the heel. Spine panel toned. Two small pieces of reinforcing tape on the verso. Still solid and complete and quite presentable. A pretty collectable copy at a great price. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1930Best.-Nr. 540369Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. A touch of soiling on the spine light bumping at the spine ends near fine in an about very good dust jacket with loss at the crown affecting text chips at the edges and small tears on the front flap fold. Doubleday, Doran hardcover books
1926Best.-Nr. 23590London: Chatto & Windus 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 257 pages. 22 x 17.5 cm. First edition. Limited edition copy 366 of 560 signed by Huxley. Spine sunned edges of boards slightly faded. printed at the Florence Press with wide text margins. Interior clean. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1931Best.-Nr. 23588London: Chatto and Windus 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter brown cloth lettered in gilt and decorated blue boards. Teg. Near fine. 104 pages. 21 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition copy 103 of 160 signed by Huxley. Sharp bright copy bookseller label of Philip P. Duschnes. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1883Best.-Nr. RHELHUM00twHumboldt Publishing 1883 1884. Very Good. Helmholtz H. Humboldt Library vol. 1. A sammelbande containing 10 articles from 1883 and 1884. Clifford W.M.; Keary C.F.; Clodd Edward; Pollack Frederick; Huxley T.H.; Proctor Richard A.; Rawlinson M.A. New York: Humboldt Publishing 1883 1884. 47 49 52 51 50 47 33 45 48 92pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Heavy tan cloth with black gilt lettered labels. Book condition: Very good but covers are soiled. Lightly bumped and rubbed. A contemporary ownership label is mounted on front pastedown. Rear pastedown is filled with notes referencing religious content. Internally quite clean with a few marks in margins a few spots and minor damp stains. Humboldt Publishing hardcover books
1941Best.-Nr. 45795Paris: Plon 1941. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 306 pp. Light tanning and foxing to the spine price sticker on the bottom of the spine light tanning to the front and back else very good in publisher's wraps. Text in French. Plon paperback books
1948Best.-Nr. 446380Harmondsworth: Penguin Books 1948. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 254 2pp. Mass market paperback. Modestly age-toned pages near fine. Penguin Books unknown books
1954Best.-Nr. UHUXFRO00HMRCrown 1954. Good. Huxley Julian. From an Antique Land: Ancient and Modern in the Middle East. New York: Crown 1954. 310pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Good. Cocked spine bumped edges and light stains in cover. Former owner's name penned on front pastedown. Another former owner's rubber stamp on front free ensheet but the name has been scribbled out with pen in an attempt to assert new ownership or perhaps rivalry. Index entries penciled on rear free endsheet. Crown hardcover books
2009Best.-Nr. WELLER9780061729072Harper Perennial 2009. New. New book. Harper Perennial unknown books
1925Best.-Nr. 2393Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. Author John Bowles copy with his name and date on front free endpaper. 63pp Bound in decorative paper covered boards paper spine label couple of chips to spine; light foxing on some leaves. In all a very good copy. Basil Blackwell hardcover books
1941Best.-Nr. 396578New York: Harper 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Very good with wear at the edges and some loss at the crown. A biography of Father Joseph of Paris Cardinal Richelieu's right-hand man. Distinctive ownership Signature of Elsa Schiaparelli one of the world’s premiere designers during the 1930s who pioneered numerous now-iconic fashions elements such as the divided skirt trompe-l'oeil detailing synthetic materials and exposed fasteners and as well as incorporated surrealist designed into her work through her collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali. Harper hardcover books
1965Best.-Nr. 283828London: Chatto and Windus 1965. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with slight rubbing and yellowing to spine. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
2000Best.-Nr. 274918Austin: University of Texas Press 2000. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Edited with an introduction by David Bradshaw and James Sexton. Near fine in lightly worn wrappers. University of Texas Press unknown books
1980Best.-Nr. 2354736London: The Folio Society 1980. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x6x0. Foreman Michael. First thus Ford-Smith Folio 76 #471. Two seams of slipcase repaired otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1980 Hard Cover. 239 pp. Introduction by David Holloway color frontispiece and plates by Michael Foreman. A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity - these are the elements of Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live indefinitely. Originally published in the UK as After Many a Summer the title was added to for the US release: After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. The Folio Society hardcover books
2009Best.-Nr. 2348246New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2009. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 0x5x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2009 Trade Paperback. 259 22 pp. Includes P.S. section for reading groups. "A novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. Set in London in the year AD 2540 632 A.F. - "After Ford" - in the book the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology sleep-learning psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that combine profoundly to change society. Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback books
1932Best.-Nr. 565426London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in especially bright and very near fine dust jacket with small chips at the spine ends and a tiny and seamless internal repair of a miniscule tear. Housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell case with gray morocco gilt spine label. A nice copy of Huxley's masterpiece a bleak and despairing vision of future society. Increasingly rare in collector's condition. A much fresher than usual example. Connolly 100. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1928Best.-Nr. 443690New York: Modern Library 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 520 publishers adspp. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Introduction by Lewis Gannett. Spine faded with foxing and some wear to the spine foot very good lacking the dust jacket. Modern Library hardcover books
1923Best.-Nr. 443689New York: Modern Library 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint. 350 publishers adspp. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Introduction by Lewis Gannett. Spine faded with bumped spine ends and corners very good lacking the dust jacket. Modern Library hardcover books
1948Best.-Nr. 011487London: Chatto & Windus/Book Society 1948. First Edition. cloth. Fine in a price-clipped Very Good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper art by Edward Bawden. Chatto & Windus/Book Society hardcover books
