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1974Best.-Nr. 614539London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd. 1974. Hardcover in very good condition. Revised 3rd edition 1974. Price-clipped jacket a little shelfworn with some creasing to the spine foot. Tanning to the inside of the jacket and to a lesser extent on the pastedowns and endpapers. Several folded down and dog-eared page corners throughout. The binding is sound and all text is clear. CM. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. George Allen and Unwin Ltd. Hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 610364Folio Society 1999. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. SMALL QUARTO. 4 volume set in slipcase. Gilt tops of text blocks. page marker ribbons. some very minor dust marks to edges of text blocks. volume 4 has small mark to top edge of text block. headband coming away from text block in volume 3. books otherwise near fine clean bright tight set. slipcase a little rubbed with some small marks minor bowing to sides. heavy set may require extra postage. No Jacket Folio Society hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 32693London: Chatto & Windus / William Heinemann Ltd 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. First Vanguard Library edition. Vanguard Library No. 16. 245pp. Boards. Text block toned. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket with a closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel some faint spots on the inside and the small bookstore sticker of The American Book Shop of Caracas on the front panel. Barron Anatomy of Wonder 1981 3-413. ; 12mo. Chatto & Windus / William Heinemann Ltd hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1414265573.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1428044086.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1330411250.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 133039111X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1023123177.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. 00009562New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 5 4-150 8 including 6 unnumbered pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Dark green pebbled cloth with paper label on the spine light yellow endpapers and pastedowns. A few in-text diagrams and illustrations. Contemporary owner's name and date written on free front endpaper George R. Brush a surgeon in the US Navy from the time of the Civil War until his death in 1895 tiny collector's sticker on the front pastedown and a brief inscription on the final page indicating Brush completed reading the book on May 29 1865 on board the steamship Guatemala near Puntarenas with Professor Seebach on board Karl von Seebach was a well-known geologist at Gottingen who published work on Central American volcanos and was presumably returning from the extended trip he made to perform this research. ADB: Seebach Karl Albert Ludwig von; Oxford DNB Adrian Desmond "Huxley Thomas Henry"; Suffolk County News New York March 7 1902 p. 3. Huxley was an early advocate of Darwinism and in fact was the first to use the term 'Darwinism' and did much to popularize and support the theory of evolution in the nineteenth century. The present work is based on lectures delivered by Huxley during the period 1860 - 1863 in which he explained Darwin's ideas to a more popular audience. An attractive copy of this book from an important period in the history of science. A Very Good volume with toning to the first and final blank leaves a few traces of minor discoloration to the cloth and darkening and a tiny bit of loss to the spine label. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 048433378X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0666028109.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1332790828.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1932Best.-Nr. 000930Chatto and Windus 1932. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. First edition first impression published by Chatto & Windus in 1932. Huxley's seminal work and a classic of modern literature. Unclipped dust jacket has strong colours with loss to the spine ends and also into the adjoining panels with some small tears and chipping to the corners and some creasing. Jacket is now in a very tidy removable protective wrapper. Blue covers bright gilt lettering to the spine slight lean or spine curve secure binding blue top edge bottom edge of pages untrimmed a few spots to the edge of the page block pages otherwise bright and tidy. Good condition. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. blb02184New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarter black cloth over grey linen-like cloth boards. Typical of Huxleys books with Harper multiple horizontal gilt rulings on spine with gilt publishers device on front grey. Book is tight square and sharp-cornered with no markings or flaws inside or out. Near Fine or better. Clipped Dust Jacket has just one clipping in bottom of front flap original price of $2.75 is on top of flap. DJ has sharp definition with it's rust colored pictorial on front and slight fading on spine with sharp b/w photo of author on rear. First Edition as stated - with G-E code. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1872Best.-Nr. BOOKS23649New York NY: D. Appleton & Company. G/No Dustjacket. 1872. . Cloth. Early American Edition . 8vo. 431 pp. rubbed bumped edges scuffed spine tips chippedsmall gouge in TP page yellowing . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1112364161.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1937Best.-Nr. 55195NY: The Museum of Modern Art. Near Fine. 1937. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Publisher's stiff pictorial staplebound wrappers. Hint of foxing to inner covers. Very near fine. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 28 pages . The Museum of Modern Art paperback
1928Best.-Nr. OF-GMGS-ULDCGrosset & Dunlap 1928-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1928 Doubleday Doran hard cover - 1st US edition 1st printing - no dust jacket - some wear to cover - some staining to closed page edge - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 167153London: William Heinemann LTD 1932. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good or better in good plus dustwrapper. Chips and rubs on dustwrapper edges spine and corners Ink name on front free endpaper rubs on cloth edges corners and spine sticker on front free endpaper. William Heinemann LTD hardcover
1930Best.-Nr. 12895London: C&W 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Edges of the boards a trifle soiled still about fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a bit of darkening to the spine and extremities and some light chipping at the crown. A nice copy of a fragile little volume. C&W hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 87600London: Chatto & Windus 1932. c.1932 First edition. 8vo. Original dark cloth. Dust-jacket with price sticker '3/6 first cheap edition'. Book very good; jacket rather worn with a few closed tears. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 200721Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Company 1931. First American edition. Spine stamping dulled a bit slight shelf wear else fine in a lightly sunned dust jacket with a bit of wear at the ends of the spine. 8vo decorative moire with black cloth spine. With the book label of Wlater Chrysler on the front pastedown. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown
1954Best.-Nr. 6845New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1954. First American Edition First Printing. First American edition with "FIRST EDITION" stated on the copyright page. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 79 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor wear to the board edges. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping and paper loss to spine. Original $1.50 price is present on the front flap. "The Doors of Perception" elaborates on Huxley's psychedelic experience under the influence of mescaline in May of 1953. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced ranging from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # O12-87. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 6766London: Chatto & Windus 1928. First UK Edition. First UK edition first printing with no additional printings listed on the copyright page. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.5" with 601 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Gilt lettering is bright and well preserved. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown. Interior pages are otherwise clean. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Moderate staining and surface wear to the panels. Minor creasing and chipping the the extremities. Point Counter Point is a novel by Aldous Huxley first published in 1928. It is Huxley's longest novel and was notably more complex and serious than his earlier fiction. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number O12-55. Chatto & Windus unknown
1957Best.-Nr. 1406428London: Chatto and Windus Limited 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 397 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine orange and light blue with blue and off-white lettering. Exterior has very slight wear including light edge wear. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning and few frays to the head spine edge. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the fore/tail edges with head edge colored dark blue. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column X. 1406428. FP New Rockville Stock. Chatto and Windus Limited hardcover