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réf. 1162805854.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1147087199.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1163103926.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1931réf. 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
réf. 1014899494.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1954réf. 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
1928réf. 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
1963réf. 5185New York: Harper & Row Publishers 1963. First American Edition. First American edition. Measuring approximately8.5" x 5.25" with 118 numbered pages. This book is in good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate sunning around all edges of both boards. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Dust jacket is in good condition. Moderate chipping to both ends of spine and around all edges of jacket. Minor staining and scuffing to both panels. Original 3.50 price on front flap. 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 #N10-52. Harper & Row, Publishers unknown
1928réf. 4248London: Chatto & Windus 1928. First UK Edition. This book is a first UK edition. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.25" with 601 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and tearing to both ends of spine. Minor staining on spine. Moderate staining on front board. Moderate scuffing on front and rear boards. Moderate staining on all edges of textblock. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Front hinge cracked exposing mesh on page 16. This 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 #C12-44. Chatto & Windus unknown
1957réf. 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
1977réf. 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
1975réf. 1217953Celestial Arts 1975. paperback. Used-Very Good/N/A. Celestial Arts paperback
réf. 190048613X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1989réf. 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
1934réf. 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
réf. 0060120355.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
réf. 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
1970réf. 333674London: Chatto & Windus 1970. First edition. hardcover. very good/very good. 8vo. pp.336 Chatto & Windus hardcover
réf. 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
1863réf. 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
réf. 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
réf. 9356905649.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1931réf. 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
1974réf. 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
réf. 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