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1974réf. 1001H16London: John Murray; Faber and Faber; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Faber and Faber 1974-2009 . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". None Stated. A smart four-volume collection of modern travel writing and memoir including a signed first edition by Elspeth Huxley. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Complete with the original dust wrappers all but one of which The Minaret of Djam remain unclipped.A collection of twentieth-century travel and memoir writing across Afghanistan Spain Africa and more by four major figures in modern travel literature.Compromising: 1974 The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan by Freya Stark. Reprint of the work first published in 1970. Illustrated with twenty-four double-sided monochrome photographic plates a map numerous in-text illustrations and an illustrated frontispiece. Collated complete. The dust wrapper of this copy is clipped. 1979 Spain by Jan Morris. Revised edition of the work first published in 1964 as The Presence of Spain. Illustrated with a map preceding the text and numerous in-text illustrations. 1980 Nellie: Letters from Africa by Elspeth Huxley with a memoir by the author. First edition. Signed and dated by Huxley to the title page 9th March 1980. Illustrated with three double-sided monochrome photographic plates and a map preceding the text. Collated complete. 2009 Contact!: A Book of Glimpses by Jan Morris. First edition first impression complete with full number line. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally very smart. The slightest trace of shelf wear and fading to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers of "Spain" and "Minaret." Author's inscription to title page of "Nellie." Dust wrappers very smart. Slight edge wear to extremities resulting in one or two small closed tears and creases. Dust wrapper of ""Minaret" clipped. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two very minor spots and handling marks to fore edges. Near Fine John Murray; Faber and Faber; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Faber and Faber hardcover
2003réf. x-0415289297Routledge 2003. Hardcover. New. reprint edition. 400 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. Routledge hardcover
1913réf. 981Y14London: Smith Elder and Co. 1913. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 7". Not Stated . An early edition of this profusely illustrated work on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition. The second edition published the same year as the first.Complete in two volumes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Volume I comprises Scott's journals and Volume II comprises the reports and scientific work undertaken by Dr. E. A. Wilson and the expedition's surviving members. Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two major expeditions to the Antarctic regions known as the Discovery expedition of 1901-04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13 the latter of which this work covers. Copiously illustrated throughout including photogravure frontispieces eighteen colour plates three double-page plates six further photogravure plates and eight folding maps.Collated complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Backstrip to Vol I has a tear running down the tail of the spine. Marks to the cloth more so to Vol I. Slight fading to the spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with scattered spotting of varying degrees throughout. Offsetting to the endpapers. Good Smith, Elder and Co. hardcover
1935réf. mon0000151413Jonathan Cape 1935T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. 1935 first Jonathan Cape edition on red cloth slightly faded spine cover Jonathan Cape hardcover
1954réf. mon0000994005Chatto and Windus 1954. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. 1st edition 1st impression. Pages clean no markings wear to edges. Chatto and Windus hardcover
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1992réf. 1-0333581296Palgrave Macmillan 1992. Paperback. New. new edition. 53 pages. 10.00x7.00x2.00 inches. Palgrave Macmillan paperback
1959réf. 89460New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. c.1959. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of Aldous Huxley's complex novel which first appeared in 1928 and which presents characters and plots which were quite similar to the author's own life between World Wars I and II. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i / verso advertises 388 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959 though 1928 date appears in book. ML #180.1. --- An about-Near Fine copy: clean tightly-bound bright and lacking apparent damages. Bright price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing to front panel and spine else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; 6 514 8 ads pages . The Modern Library / Random House hardcover
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2019réf. x-1939125456Boydell and Brewer 2019. Hardcover. New. 40 pages. 9.29x6.30x0.39 inches. Boydell and Brewer hardcover
1929réf. 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
1913réf. 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
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1956réf. 60231London: Chatto & Windus 1956. First edition. 8vo pp. 88. Red cloth. Top portion of front blnak clipped off; edges spotted cover rubbed at corners and ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy in some chipped and worn dj. A companion copy to The Doors of Perception experices with mescalin. Chatto & Windus unknown
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1923réf. 1390293New York NY: George H. Doran Company 1923. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo vi 217 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Parchment white spine with dark blue lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering has moderate shelving wear large open tears along the fore corners and spine tears along the head edges and stains throughout. Boards have mild shelving wear and moderate age-toning along the head and tail edges. Textblock is splitting along the front hinge has stains on the end-pages and pastedowns mild wear along the edges and moderate age-toning along the edges. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1390293. Special Collections - Downstairs. George H. Doran Company hardcover
