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Best.-Nr. 1330542800.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1935Best.-Nr. 218278DLondon: Chatto and Windus 1935. 1st UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 371 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Colour frontispiece. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Darkened and scuffed on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges with a small tear on the head of the spine. 1ST UK EDITION. VG/- - Chatto and Windus hardcover
1962Best.-Nr. 228723London: Chatto & Windus 1962. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 286 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Page edges are lightly darkened and smudged. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. Red dustjacket in very good condition. Lightly faded on the spine smudged on the back of the jacket. Lighlty worn around the edges. 1ST EDITION. VG/VG Chatto & Windus hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. 228766London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover; 8vo; 127 pp. First UK ed. Teal paper hardcovers with gilt titles on a white label on spine. Lightly rubbed edges bumped corners. Bright and clean interior. In a yellow illustrated jacket with black titles on spine. NPC. Some rubbing around edges. In a mylar jacket. VG/NF Chatto & Windus hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 229499Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited 1932. 1st Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo: 5 x 7 1/2. 306 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature and stamp on the ffep. Endpapers are lightly foxed. Page edges are lightly darkened and spotted. Bound in blue cloth with black titles on the spine. Worn and lightly bumped around the edges. Wrinkled and faded on the spine. Lower cover lightly faded and scuffed. 1ST CANADIAN EDITION. SCARCE. VG-/- - The Musson Book Company Limited hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 225191London: Chatto & Windus 1937. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Hardcover; 8vo; 335 pages. First U.K. edition. Red-orange cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Edges gently rubbed. Top dyed red. Erased penciling on ffep. Lightly age-toned but bright and clean interior. In a yellow jacket with white titles on black labels. Gently sunned spine. Scuffed around edges. Chips missing from top-edge. NPC. VG/VG- Chatto & Windus hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 225266London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover; 12mo/small 8vo; 323 pages. First U.K. Edition. Red cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Tops dyed red. Clean and crisp interior. In a paper jacket black titles on cover and spine red/orange borders. Yellowing and lightly scuffed. Bumped edges. NPC. In a mylar jacket. FINE/NF Chatto & Windus hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 225270London: Chatto & Windus 1929. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover; 8vo; 310 pages. First U.K. Edition. Yellow cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Gently bumped edges. Tops dyed yellow. Tail-edge deckled.Lightly foxed fore-edge otherwise pristine and crisp. In a white paper wrap black titles red borders. Bumped top-edge. A little yellowed overall esp. spine. NPC. In a mylar jacket. NF/VG Chatto & Windus hardcover
1940Best.-Nr. 221673Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover; 8vo 583 pages. Navy blue buckram covers with gilt lettering on spine. Light to moderate edgewear/rubbing. Yellowed end papers and page ends but the pages themselves are bright and clean. Bottom edge deckled. Prev. owner's signature on ffep and lightly penciled notes on the ffep. With an agenda of a Linnean Society meeting from 1940 laid in back. VG/-- Oxford at the Clarendon Press hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 219583London: Chatto and Windus 1938. 1st UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 341 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Black and white plates throughout. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Page edges are lightly darkened and foxed. Brown cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges. Dark orange dustjacket with white titles and black and white photography. Worn around the edges. Lightly faded on the spine. Jacket is lightly stained and scuffed. 1ST UK EDITION. VG/G Chatto and Windus hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 211256Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1925. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. VG-. 5 1/2 x 8. 63 pages in very good condition; light foxing on the fore-edge and endpapers. Water stain at the bottom edge of the paste-down back endpaper. Minor wrinkling on the free back endpaper. Brown/beige patterned paper covered boards. Spine is darkened and scuffed. Corners bumped. Light stain on the bottom edge of lower cover. Binding tight. VG- Basil Blackwell hardcover
1943Best.-Nr. 301030London: Chatto & Windus 1943. 1st UK Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Covers worn and spine discoloured light foxing previous owners name ffep otherwise unmarked 143pp G/--. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1892Best.-Nr. 201319New York: D. Appleton and Company 1892. Hardcover. Very Good. Scarce. 596 pages in good condition. Small tear in front endpapers exposing slightly front cover board. Brown cloth cover with black decorative border on front and similar border embossed on back. Gilt titles on spine. Worn corners and spine folds. Top of spine cloth worn off for 2 mm from top and spine generally darker. Stains 3 on back cover. VG/. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1462Boards gently rubbed bumped to lower corners and spine tail jacket lightly sunned and torn. Very good. Elspeth Huxley. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood. London: Chatto & Windus 1959. First edition. Octavo. 288pp. Publisher's green cloth spine lettered in gilt original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of $16s net. From the collection of Robin and Kathryn Smiley. . unknown
Best.-Nr. 897Slight spine lean minor wear with light hinge breaks at pages 161 and 176. Very good. CDK-897. Aldous Huxley. Point Counter Point. London: Chatto & Windus 1928. First British edition. Octavo. 601pp. Publisher's red cloth spine lettered in gilt red top-stain. . . unknown
1980Best.-Nr. 303665Bombay India: Popular Prakashan 1980-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 0x0x0. First edition. Complete in two volumes. Popular Prakashan 1980; "First published 1980" stated no later printings indicated; xix 301pp. / xxii 500pp. Bindings are tight sturdy and square; very minor wear to edges of green Vol. 1 and black Vol. 2 cloth boards gilt tiltling remains bright and bold; text very good throughout. Light wear toning to unclipped dust jackets; jackets arrive wrapped in protective mylar. Contributions by Richard Wollheim Roger Money-Kyrle Donald Winnicott Julian Huxley John Bowlby Michael Polanyi Ramkant Sinari and J.H. Rey. A vigorous revisioning of metaphysics with case studies. Due to the size/weight of this offer extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Popular Prakashan hardcover
1923Best.-Nr. 290737New York: George H. Doran Company 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. First American Edition in good condition missing the dust jacket. George H. Doran Co. 1923; Doran logo on title/copyright pages correct statement at bottom of copyright page; 350pp.; blue cloth binding yellow top-stain with paper title plate on spine. Spine slightly cocked forward binding is otherwise sturdy and fully intact; text is very good throughout; light foxing to page block edges; light wear to edges/corners of book; light toning/dust scuffing to title plate blue text remains clearly legible; small bookseller stamp fixed to rear paste-down Mabel Ulrich's Book Shop Minneapolis. No dust jacket. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 282593New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1946. Hardcover. Good/Missing. Harper & Brothers 1946; early printing of 1946 Edition with new forward by the author; 1946 on title page publisher's code 'M-V' on copyright page. Good- hardcover with detached rear panel and flap included for the hell of it. Binding is sturdy and intact spine has slight lean; previous owner inscriptions on front end page and paste-down red pencil markings scattered throughout text/margins primarily first 50 pages; moderate amount of wear to edges of blue cloth boards; light rubbing to gilt/blue titling otherwise remains bright and bold; foxing to top edges of page block. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 256454New York NY: Doubleday Doran 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Good-/Missing. Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1928. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. No Jacket. Red cloth over boards. Paper label on the spine is sunned and rubbed. Closed tear and fraying at head. Else good minus with boards and edges lightly rubbed. Top edge tinted red. Bookplate. This story of 1920s intellectual life is inspired by classical music employing a large cast of characters who are compared to instruments in an orchestra each playing his separate portion of the larger piece. These characters are based on artists politicians and socialites of the time including D. H. Lawrence Katherine Mansfield Sir Oswald Mosley Nancy Cunard and John Middleton Murray. Philip Quarles Huxleyâ_x0080__x0099_s alter ego in the novel acts as the readerâ_x0080__x0099_s guide speculating upon the actions of the other characters. The novelâ_x0080__x0099_s title Point Counter Point is a reference to the flow of arguments in a debate and of music. Doubleday Doran hardcover
1869Best.-Nr. 141504London: John Churchill & Sons 1869. Hardcover. Near fine. First Edition. 8147 40 pp. Octavo. Original dark purple blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine. Coated brown endpapers. 47 figures in text. Paper slightly browned but overall a very attractive copy. First Edition under this title of "the substance of six lectures in the first part of the lectures on Elementary Comparative Anatomy 1864 Uncommon in nice condition 1869 John Churchill & Sons hardcover
1950Best.-Nr. 14076841950-1961. Other. An unnumbered pressing of an art piece by Jerome Salzmann titled "My Self-Doubt Goes On"; plus seven letters from artists and writers one of which is an inscribed photograph. The letters are dated 1950 1960 and 1961. Shelved in Room A Ephemera. Letter 1: Dated May 4 1950. From Norman Cousins who was a journalist and editor of The Saturday Review. One page TLS. On The Saturday Review stationary Cousins recommends Jerome Salzmann's work titled "Atomic Age Fables". Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 2: Dated December 13 1960. From Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was Vice President of India at the time. Radhakrishnan gives encouragement to Jerome Salzmann for his work. Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 3: Dated January 1st 1961. From British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell. One page TLS plus the envelope. Russell apologizes for the delay in response and explains that he had been overwhelmed with correspondence since his release from prison. Light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 4: Dated January 17 1961. From Julian Huxley English evolutionary biologist. One page TLS. Huxley rejects writing a formal letter for Salzmann who hopes to obtain a publisher. Light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 5: Dated January 23 1961 Le 23 Janvier. From French author André Maurois. One page TLS. Text in French. Light age toning overall. Letter 6: Dated February 9th 1961. From Spanish diplomat and writer Salvador de Madariaga. One page TLS. Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding. Letter 7:Undated. From Danish author Karen Blixen. An inscribed photograph of Blixen with her cows with a hand-written note on the back. The photograph has light age toning. Jerome Salzmann is an artist and writer. He compiled an anthology on chess titled "The Chess Reader: The Royal Game in World Literature." 1407684. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
1978Best.-Nr. 050944Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1978. Collector's Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. McAfee Mara. 237pp.; HB green leather w/gilt & green ribbon-trimmed in gilt; fine condition w/clean tight pgs.end papers sunned " with the author's foreword & a new introduction by Ashley Montague" illus. Easton Press hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 510001David R. Godine Publisher 1979. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. FINE/FINE. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Stephen Spender on half-title 'To Stathis and Ralph.' Stathis Orphanos was a photographer noted for his portraits of writers including Stephen Spender. He and his partner Ralph Sylvester also operated the Los Angeles fine-press publishing company 'Sylvester & Orphanos.' Spender collaborated with them in the publication of Graham Greene's Weed Among Flowers and Tsarouchis: The Face of Modern Greece. First Printing. 80pp. Heathered cloth orange paper label gilt spine lettering orange endpapers colour plates throughout. An exceedingly clean and crisp copy. Dust jacket has some trivial shelf wear otherwise sharp. David R. Godine Publisher hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1843340690.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0701108371.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
