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1977Best.-Nr. 1251881Stonehill Publishing Company 1977. hardcover. Used-Good/Good. Light repair. Jacket has light staining. Some wear from use. Good used book. Some Chipping Stonehill Publishing Company hardcover
1975Best.-Nr. 1217953Celestial Arts 1975. paperback. Used-Very Good/N/A. Celestial Arts paperback
1989Best.-Nr. basq10cb25This is in very good condition with minimal rubbing of covers as seen. Author dedicaction and signed first name inside .Clean pages. First page back of cover old map with a travel advisory about Newfoundland weather. Back page is an index of names. The author was a British Canadian historian of international standing and geographer died in 2020.She was awarded The Order of Canada for outstanding contribution to the story of the Nation.She "uncovered a period 1540-1600 in Canadian history about which almost nothing was known". Great Northern Peninsula Develpment Corp. paperback
1934Best.-Nr. 15749London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. London: Chatto & Windus 1934. First Edition. First Edition. 8vo. viii3191pp. Ochre cloth spine letters gilt top edges tinted brown. Very good plus condition brief wear to lower right corner edge of the front cover; dj fair long closed tears deep chip out of front panel shallow chips to top edge rear panel spine soiled price intact.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages . Chatto & Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0060120355.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 357 - 855 - 659First printing of Huxley's consumerist dystopian novel in an original dust jacket Publisher and Year: London: Chatto & Windus 1932 - Edition: First edition first printing with 1932 on the bottom of the title page and no reprint stated on the copyright page later printings would be so stated in an original dust jacket retaining the price of 7s 6d on the front flap. Condition and Description: Octavo original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorative borders blue topstain 306 pp. Boards well-preserved with some rubbing to the surface and edges. Tips lightly worn. Gilt bright. Spine very slightly slanted. Sturdy hinges. Secure binding though occasionally over-opened and a crack forming at pages 16 and 145. All pages securely attached. Prior owner's elegant gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper which is dated 1932. No other writing or owner markings. Light foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves. The jacket exhibits significant loss to the spine ends front panel and rear panel; general surface wear; crumpling to the top edge; effaced patches to the rear panel; tanning to the spine strip; and spotting on the verso and flaps. An attractive copy of the first printing book in a worn jacket that preserves most of the iconic design. "But I don't want comfort. I want God I want poetry I want real danger I want freedom I want goodness. I want sin." A defining work of dystopian literature Brave New World imagines a future where stability is purchased at the expense of individuality emotion and truth. Huxley's vision remains as unsettling as ever a critique of engineered contentment and the erasure of the human spirit. Ranked #5 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century it remains essential reading nearly a century after its publication. Inventory ID: 357 - 855 - 659 London: Chatto & Windus, 1932
1970Best.-Nr. 333674London: Chatto & Windus 1970. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.336 Chatto & Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 980Green End Oaksey etc. 1 July 1986. Author. 2pp. 8vo sl. soiled. She responds to commenmts about her "Four Guineas" and how Nigeria has changed discussing the effects of technology on employment and her pleasure in gardening. Green End, Oaksey, etc., 1 July 1986 unknown
1863Best.-Nr. 32820395Original cloth paper spine label chipped. Very good. Cloth case FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. From the library of Millard Fillmore 13th president of the United States 1850-1853 with his signatures dated May 22 1863 on the title and on the front pastedown. Huxley "Darwin's bulldog" was the leading defender and promoter of Darwinism in the years following the publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859. In this popular work Huxley attempts to "disencumber the subject of its difficulties simplify its statements relieve it of technicalities and bring it so distinctly within the horizon of ordinary apprehension that persons of common sense may judge for themselves. … Such is the character of the present volume" preface. This volume reflects the wide dissemination of Darwin's ideas in the 1860s. Appleton hardcover
Best.-Nr. alb3f9375fba1bd6647Library for Self-Education. Moscow type. Comrade Sytin I. D. 1902 VI and 762 p. 342 figure in the text. Professor T. Hexleys guide to practical training in the laboratory of zoologist and botanist. Several common and easily extracted plants and animals have been selected so that they can serve as a visual example of the most important structural changes observed in the animal and plant world. Contents: Frog. Ordinary cancer. Earthworm. Ordinary snail. Freshwater shell. Freshwater polyps. Superior. Proteus and white blood calves. Please contact us for details on condition of available copies of the book. SKUalb3f9375fba1bd6647. unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 379902Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Company 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Owner's name else fine in very good or better spine tanned dustwrapper with small chips at the spine ends. Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover
1974Best.-Nr. 334275London: Chatto and Windus 1974. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.319. Dustjacket is price clipped. Previous owner's name on FFEP. Chatto and Windus hardcover
Best.-Nr. 502187Classic dystopian tale. Hardcover. English. Chatto & Windus. 1932 First Edition Fifth Impression. 306 pp. In the original blue cloth with corners of spine bumped and frayed especially at top. Some foxing at front and rear and one owner's stamp inside. Book No: 502187 hardcover
2018Best.-Nr. 2-1981009302Independently published 2018. Paperback. New. 406 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.96 inches. Independently published paperback
1956Best.-Nr. 54812NY: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Original orange cloth stamped to spine in gilt and black with black HB logo to front cover. Later printing of the new edition with Harper code C-F March 1956. $3.50 flap price. Corners lightly worn hint of soil to text block edges. The DJ is slightly soiled/rubbed with slight edgewear and a couple of short closed edge tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
1915Best.-Nr. 58979New York and London: D. Appleton and Company 1915. Popular Uniform Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 19 x 13 cm. 12mo. Thirteen volume set. Bound in red pebbled boards with tan spine labels. Gilt top foredge. Consists of 9 volumes of his essays with the titles: "Methods and Results" "Darwinana" "Science and Education" "Science and Hebrew Tradition" "Science and Christian Tradition" "Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley" "Man's Place in Nature" "Discourses Biological and Geological" "Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays". The essays state that they are the "Authorized Edition". Four additional works are titled "An introduction to the Study of Zoology Illustrated by the Crayfish" "A Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals" "A Manual of the Anatomy of Invertebrated Animals" and "Lay Sermons Addresses and Reviews". The spine labels show some toning and "Lay Sermons" shows some fading to the front boards. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1845Best.-Nr. 4106London: n.p. 1845. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Unbound in a protective wrapper. First and only edition of this very scarce article by Huxley in which he identifies "Huxley's layer" and "membrane" of the root sheath of hair follicles. G&M 412. [n.p.] unknown
Best.-Nr. 1492A collection of original offprints in the fields of genetics heredity and evolution. From the library of Alfred Henry Sturtevant 1891-1970 renowned American geneticist. All items unless stated bear Sturtevant's signature and/or stamp and many are presentation copies. Included are works by Bateson Boveri Calvin Bridges Julian Huxley Jacques Loeb Raymond Pearl Reginald Punnett and Edmund Wilson. unknown
1869Best.-Nr. 2930625John Churchill & Sons 1869. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Medium 8vo with burgundy cloth. Blind borders on front board. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Minimal foxing on some pages. A few breaks in the page block. Interior is secure clean and clear. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item550grams ISBN: John Churchill & Sons hardcover
1873Best.-Nr. 3431baGNew York: D. Appleton 1873. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xiv 317 pages of text and 4 pages of advertisements. Hardcover binding; original blind stamped purplish-maroon cloth slightly rubbed with moderate fading to spine. Soiled spot and owner marks on front flyleaf. Huxley lived 1825-1895. Science; philosophy education. First American edition. D. Appleton Hardcover
1953Best.-Nr. 1838New York: Harper & Brothers 1953. First edition. SIGNED BY HUXLEY AN ANALYSIS OF EVOLUTION BASED ON LECTURES AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY IN 1950.-51. 13 x 20 cm hardcover blue paper-covered boards blue cloth spine ink signature of author on title page i-x 182 pp 9 photographic illustrations. SIR JULIAN HUXLEY 1887 – 1975 was a British evolutionary biologist eugenicist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth century Modern Synthesis. He was secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1935–1942 the first Director of UNESCO a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund and the first President of the British Humanist Association. Huxley was well known for his presentation of science in books and articles and on radio and television. He directed an Oscar-winning wildlife film. He was awarded UNESCO's Kalinga Prize for the popularisation of science in 1953 the Darwin Medal of the Royal Society in 1956 and the Darwin–Wallace Medal of the Linnaean Society in 1958. He was also knighted in that same year 1958 a hundred years after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace announced the theory of evolution by natural selection. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 5783335G.L. Huxley 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item200grams ISBN:0853891745 G.L. Huxley paperback
1956Best.-Nr. 6viAa0028New York: The New American Library 1956. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 4th Printing March 1956. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 143 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges. The New American Library Paperback
1950Best.-Nr. 6iDa0036New York: Hastings House Publishers 1950. Book. Illus. by Ylla Photos; Pierre Faucheux Design. Very Good. Decorative Hardcover. 4to or 4° Quarto: over 9¾" x 12" tall. Page Count: N/A. No publishing year given. Publishing year gleaned from other sources therefore it is an approximation. Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external but minimal internal wear and use. Copy with crisp pages and clean text. Dust jacket shows extensive wear and rips along the front and back. Over-sized and/or over weight book; may require additional postage. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur extra shipping charge for both domestic and/or international shipments. Hastings House, Publishers Hardcover
1969Best.-Nr. 1ivAf0022fToronto ON Canada New York & London: A Bantam Book/ Published by Arragement with Black Sun Press 1969. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Bantam Edition Published September 1969. 12mo or 12° Duodecimo: 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 188 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing around edges of pages. Slightly slanted spine. Minimal crease on top corner in front cover. Pen mark inside first front-end page. A Bantam Book/ Published by Arragement with Black Sun Press Paperback
