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Paris, Librairie Stock, Delamain et Boutelleau, Le Cabinet Cosmopolite, N° 61, 1931. In-8, broché, 258 pp., couverture imprimée. (Masereel). Edition originale de la traduction française. Un des exemplaires numérotés sur Alfa satiné, bel exemplaire.
8vo., Second Edition, Ninth Thousand, with a double-page coloured map as frontispiece, a coloured plate, 2 coloured maps (one double-page; one full-page) and 122 engraved illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original red cloth, upper board framed, blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, yellow endpapers, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), case a little shaken else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1877, this is a systematic approach to natural science presented with characteristic clarity by 'Darwin's Bulldog'. Freeman, 1866 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; pale green cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, green top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned, two corners mildly bruised else a very good, clean copy. With spare paper label tipped-in at end. SCARCE. Muir and Van Thal, p.25
8vo., First Edition, title and a few leaves very lightly spotted; green cloth, gilt back, green top, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt wholly legible), a very good, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Mitchell of Buenos Aires on front paste-down.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 25 plates on 13; grey cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little faded else a very good, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue of the author's works at end. SCARCE. Muir and Van Thal, p.280
8vo., First Edition; original brown buckram, backstrip with printed paper label, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. the latter unevenly sunned at backstrip.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with a portrait frontispiece, 14 plates on 12 and endpaper maps in brown; pictorial cloth, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. The pictorial cloth binding depicts the river port of Brazzaville. Cross & Perkin A40(a)
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Impression, with 2 fine portrait frontispieces toned in sepia (original tissue guards present), 9 plates (original tissue guards present where called for) and an illustration in the text, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary of first volume; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, uncut, backstrips faded (but all lettering just legible), backstrips slightly pulled at heads else a very good, crisp, clean set. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of both volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and front free endpapers, and small blind stamp on titles. Published a month after the first edition.
8vo., Sixth Impression, with very numerous illustrations in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Gavin de Beer's classic survey was first published in 1928. All early printings are scarce in the dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition,top and fore-edge lightly spotted; original yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip and mildly age-spotted. Cross & Perkin A31.
8vo., First Edition, small neat signature on front paste-down; burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at folds-ins and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Huxley reviews the facts concerning cancer in the light of modern biological advances, and concludes that its study can no longer be regarded merely as a specialised branch of medicine but is a focal field of general biology.
8vo., 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.
8vo., First Edition, neat illustration on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed at extremities, chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and mildly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. With the trade ticket of Rubin of Jannesburg on front paste-down.
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The dustwrapper was designed by William Hewison. Cross and Perkin, A34.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. The dustwrapper was designed by Michael Charlton. This copy has the backstrip lettered in black rather than the usual gilt. See Cross and Perkin, A22.
8vo., boards gilt, cloth back gilt, uncut, cancelled stamp on title else a very good copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 550 COPIES
8vo., small neat signature on front free endpaper; plum cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Published as Collected Essays Vol. IX. Collects five major essays written between 1886 and 1894.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Dustwrapper artwork by Delia Delderfield. 'I didn't choose Oaksey it chose me'. From 1974-5 Huxley recorded this evocative diary of Wiltshire village life. Cross and Perkin A39.
8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; grey cloth, gilt back, blue top, a bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed and creased at edges.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Cross & Perkin B11.
8vo., First Edition thus, endpapers very lightly browned; original series binding of grey ribbed cloth, gilt back, grey top, pictorial endpapers, a near fine copy. EL 498; Seymour 547.0.
8vo., First Edition, fore-edges a little dust-soiled; green cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Huxley compiles a fascinating selection of letters writen by her mother, Nellie Grant. The letters cover the period from immeditely before the Great War to the 1960s. Cross & Perkin A42.
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece map and numerous plates; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Second edition of a Kenyan classic first issued in 1957. Huxley adds a frank and insightful Preface. Astonishingly, not recorded by Cross & Perkin.