HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963)Biblio.com
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réf. 75752London: Chatto and Windus 1932. Dystopian novel FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.8 306 2. Elegantly hand-bound in recent full blue oasis morocco twin black title labels gilt tooling top edge gilt publisher's cloth backstrip bound in. Contents clean but for light sporadic foxing exterior as new. A modern highlight and a landmark of 20th century fiction suggesting that a future of boundless materialist happiness designer narcosis and no strings sex might not be all its made out to be. Aldous Huxley was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 'After Many A Summer Dies The Swan'. London: Chatto and Windus, 1932 unknown
1946réf. 152885London: Chatto & Windus 1946. First British edition of this classic work by Huxley. Octavo original cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The Perennial Philosophy" Aldous Huxley writes "may be found among the traditional lore of peoples in every region of the world and in its fully developed forms it has a place in every one of the higher religions." With great wit and stunning intellect—drawing on a diverse array of faiths including Zen Buddhism Hinduism Taoism Christian mysticism and Islam—Huxley examines the spiritual beliefs of various religious traditions and explains how they are united by a common human yearning to experience the divine. The Perennial Philosophy includes selections from Meister Eckhart Rumi and Lao Tzu as well as the Bhagavad Gita Tibetan Book of the Dead Diamond Sutra and Upanishads among many others. Chatto & Windus hardcover
réf. 116480ABLondon: The Folio Society; 2013. 24 cm. xxiii 197 S. Ill. Oppd. - Schuber. Exlibris im Einband. Sehr guter Zustand. 2013 unknown
réf. 75910London: Smith Elder and Co. 1913. Polar travel FIRST EDITION. Complete in two volumes. Large octavo 24 x 17cm pp.2 xxvi 633 3; pp.xvi 534 2. Title page printed in red and black. With eight photogravure plates including a frontispiece portrait for each vol.; 18 coloured plates; and 260 photographic plates taken by members of the expedition. Complete. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spines and upper boards. Top edges gilt others untrimmed. Contents clean no inscriptions or bookplates covers a little marked and rubbed small pull at crown of volume one discreet repaired tear to tissue guard opp. p.548. Very good. Personal accounts of the fateful Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13 from surviving team members and 'Scott of the Antarctic' himself. Listed in National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure books. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1913 unknown
1926réf. 195191Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1926. First edition signed limited issue one of 106 copies signed by the author on the half-title. The poems in the volume were previously collected in The Burning Wheel 1916 and The Defeat of Youth 1918. Octavo. Original quarter japon spine lettered in gilt red and brown patterned sides front cover lettered in red edges uncut. Spine darkened spine ends bumped wear to corners split to foot of front inner hinge. A very good copy. Bromer A13.2 unknown
1976réf. 115886Thames & Hudson. London. 1976. Thames & Hudson. 1976. First edition. Hardback in DW. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR "Edward Wakeling On the occasion of joining the Society of Carrollians. Francis Huxley 10.12.76." A very clean and fresh copy in wrapper that is faded to spine and slightly worn along top edge. hardcover
1901réf. 5380031New York: D. Appleton & Company 1901. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary marks. Sound binding and hinges. Clean lightly tanned pages. Cloth over boards is shelf worn with label at lower spine of each volume. Author was Thomas Henry Huxley's son. Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D. Appleton & Company hardcover
réf. 122292London Chatto & Windus 1948. . First edition first impression; 8vo; bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown else unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth titles to spine gilt with the unclipped dustjacket ghosting through the dustjacket to the fugitive blue cloth; a very good copy in the dustjacket with some fading to spine panel. Adapted from the short story in Mortal Coils. London, Chatto & Windus, 1948. hardcover
réf. 133937Chatto & Windus London 1931. First edition. 8vo 146pp. A very good copy in blue cloth boards which are foxed at the edges and spine. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Foxed. Dust jacket in very good condition; price-clipped and a small chip and mark to spine. Chatto & Windus, London, 1931. First edition hardcover
1980réf. mon0000586852Flamingo 24/04/1980 00:00:01. paperback. Good. 1.5988 in x 17.5866 in x 10.9916 in. NOT an ex-library book. Clean copy in good condition. Flamingo paperback
réf. 15132001-6Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
2023réf. SKU1737164Vintage Ltd 2023-09-20. paperback. New. 0x0x0. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Vintage Ltd paperback
1954réf. 0037293London: Chatto & Windus 1954. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. 19cm x 13cm. 64 pages. Blue cloth gilt lettering illustrated jacket. First Edition of Huxley's classic psychedelic essay The Doors of Perception wherein he recalls his first experience on mescaline. The first English Edition with the jacket designed by John Woodcock. BROMER A68.2. Minor tanning to endpapers very minor to jacket. 3cm closed tear to jacket lower tail near flap edge. Category: Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia; 20th Century: 1950s; Inventory No: 0037293. BZDB407 Ethnopharmacology & Psychedelia; 20th Century: 1950s; Unbranded Aldous Huxley The Doors Of Perception Chatto & Windus hardcover
1939réf. 151687London: Chatto & Windus 1939. First edition of this classic novel. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery marbled endpapers all edges gilt frontispiece illustrated. Founded over a century ago in 1900 the Harcourt Bindery is the oldest and largest traditional bindery in America exclusively devoted to fine traditional leather bookbinding by hand. Harcourt Bindery uses 22 karat genuine gold leaf top grades of Nigerian moroccos and hand marbled papers from craftsmen representing seven countries. In fine condition. After Many a Summer tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death. It was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture particularly what he saw as its narcissism superficiality and obsession with youth. This satire also raises philosophical and social issues some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The novel's title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1932réf. 190207London: Chatto & Windus 1932. The signed issue of his famous dystopian novel First British edition signed limited issue number 36 of 324 copies signed and numbered by the author and specially bound. The British edition was split into signed and trade issues published simultaneously on 2 February following publication of the signed issue of the US edition on 21 January and preceding the US trade issue on 4 February. Huxley's enduring dystopian novel which meditates on the negative consequences of eliminating unhappiness turned him into the most famous British novelist of the inter-war period. Octavo. Original yellow cloth over bevelled boards blue morocco spine label top edge gilt others untrimmed. Spine lightly toned and bumped at centre and foot cloth very lightly mottled sides bright browning to endpapers else contents fresh. A very good copy. Bromer A29.2. hardcover
1954réf. 190560London: Chatto & Windus 1954. First UK edition. In 1952 Huxley contacted the psychiatric researcher Humphry Osmond requesting that he be allowed to take the psychedelic drug mescaline under observation. Huxley felt that the brain restricts consciousness and was hoping that mescaline would increase awareness; The Doors of Perception was Huxley's account of the subsequent experiment which took place in May 1953. The work takes its title from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell 1793: "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is: Infinite. For man has closed himself up till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern". Huxley's detailing of the aesthetic and psychological revelations he experienced while under the influence of mescaline prompted his publishers to say of the manuscript that: "You are the most articulate guinea pig that any scientist could hope to engage" Murray p. 399. The UK edition was preceded by the US edition by eight days. Octavo. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt bottom edge untrimmed. With dust jacket designed by John Woodcock. Gilt lettering partially faded top edge of book block foxed; jacket unclipped spine and rear panel a little toned a few nicks and one short closed tear to edges colours bright: a near-fine copy in like jacket. Bromer A68.2; Eschelbach & Shober 22. Nicholas Murray Aldous Huxley Abacus 2003. hardcover
réf. 123099London Chatto & Windus 1932. . First edition; 8vo 18.5 x 13 cm; slight age toning to text block as usual occasional small spot or mark throughout otherwise very good internal condition; modern full aquamarine morocco one-line gilt-panelled back by Bayntun Riviere gilt dentelles cockerel endpapers all edges gilt mild age-toning fading to spine otherwise a handsome finely-bound first edition; viii 306pp 4pp. A very good first edition example of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World in a modern fine-binding by Bayntun Riviere. This groundbreaking and chilling dystopian classic is set in the futuristic World State whose citizens are engineered into a social caste system based on their intelligence. The social hierarchy is challenged by the novel's protagonist and sleep-learning specialist Bernard Max as he fights against the psychological conditioning of the State. The novel has consistently been ranked among the Top 100 books of the 20th Century. London, Chatto & Windus, 1932. unknown
1932réf. 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
réf. 85508-28Paperback. New. Four Against the Bank of England paperback
1864réf. 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
1982réf. mon0000574611London: 1982-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Some marking due to age on pages but overall book remains in good condition considering age. With Dust Cover. London: hardcover
réf. 75298London: Chatto and Windus 1932. Dystopian novel FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.8 306 2. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Contents clean no inscriptions edges of text block gently toned joints and extremities rubbed some acceptable marks to covers. A modern highlight and a landmark of 20th century fiction suggesting that a future of boundless materialist happiness designer narcosis and no strings sex might not be all its made out to be. Aldous Huxley was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for 'After Many A Summer Dies The Swan'. London: Chatto and Windus, 1932 unknown
1963réf. 149296Boston: Little Brown and Company 1963. First edition of this 1963 scientific progress conference anthology. Octavo original publisher's cloth with eight illustrations. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Ira Goldblatt. Uncommon in this condition. Man and His Future is an anthology derived from a 1963 London symposium sponsored by the Ciba Foundation that brought together sixteen internationally recognized biologists to discuss the long-term prospects of human evolution and scientific progress. Among its most significant contributions is J. B. S. Haldane’s essay “Biological Possibilities for the Human Species in the Next Ten Thousand Years” which contains what is widely regarded as the first scientific reference to the concept of human cloning—marking the initial use of the terms “clone” and “cloning” outside of agricultural contexts. The collection also features a contribution by Julian Huxley whose evolutionary humanism and familial connection to Brave New World underscore the intersection of science and speculative ethics. Little, Brown and Company hardcover
1920réf. 016460London. Paris: X. M. Boulestin by the Chelsea Book Club 1920. Number 34 of 50 copies on Japon from an edition of 620 this copy with the scarce errata slip.127pp with 9 plates. Bound in original white buckram with gilt lettering top gilt edge other rough. Cloth lightly dustdirt marked. Binding in very goood condition. Internally pages clean. A very nice copy. F. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. X. M. Boulestin by the Chelsea Book Club 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
