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1928rif. 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
1869rif. 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
1950rif. 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
1978rif. 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
1979rif. 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
rif. 1843340690.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1950rif. FB9515 /L19In the original dust cover. Beige cloth binding with black title on the spine. We provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this item to stimulate your feeling and touch. More traditional book descriptions are immediately available Whilst regarded as liberal in its day this book is often regarded today as a product of British Imperial thinking. Hardback with the rather rubbed pictorial dust-jacket. pp 285. Four colour photographs 14 in b/w frontispiece and a map. Original maroon cloth boards. Great copy in the rather worn jacket. Please read book details on flyleaf. Francis Huxley was a British botanist and anthropologist son of Julian Huxley and nephew of Aldous. Affable Savages is his first book. Book. Francis John Heathorn Huxley 28 August 1923 – 29 October 2016 was a British zoologist anthropologist and author. With a short professional career at St Catherine's College Oxford he is best known for his several anthropological expeditions to The Gambia the Amazon and Haiti among other places from which he wrote several notable books. NOTE: This is an original book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don computer scientist food and wine connoisseur Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide 'Midsummer House'- Cambridge's paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. In 2008 Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation alongside other members of the Department and acted as the Foundation's Chair. The project's original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a "success disaster" as Jack would say as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK's most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning. The Scientific Book Club. hardcover
1932rif. 2318Very good condition Fresh inside no writing hardcover
rif. sf sf 4EASTON Book. Near Fine. First Thus. full leather with gilt edges. EASTON hardcover
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1931rif. 000022167London: Chatto & Windus 1931. first edition. hardcover. near fine/very good. Octavo approx. 5" wide by 7 1/2" tall vi 269 1 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt spine titles; top edges dyed light blue small water spot top edge. Top cover corner lightly bumped light scattered foxing on edges of book block near fine. Dust jacket tanned at spine and edges minor chipping. Studio Chatto & Windus hardcover
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rif. Q-0586059709HarperCollins Publishers. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins Publishers paperback
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1979rif. CCJD0367Reader's Digest 1979. Hardcover. Like New. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Edited by Anthony Huxley Like New no stamps no labels Reader's Digest hardcover
rif. CCTM3490HarperCollins Publishers. Trade Paper Back. Good. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Trade Paper Back with wear on the cover there may be markings on the edge of the book pages are clean prompt shipping with tracking HarperCollins Publishers paperback
1958rif. brownRR19np581New American Library 1958. mass market paperback. good; used. Prompt shipment with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes 12mo; 479 pages; good mass market paperback; nicks to edges cover; tips bumped; tanning to cover; slight stain; tanning to pages; tips bumped; clean pages; prompt shipping with tracking New American Library paperback
