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ref. 6166C & W 1948 1st edition . 16319 pages : a novel about two antipathetic types of colonial administrator in Northern Nigeria; hardback vg vg dw SIGNED by Elspeth Huxley FIRST EDITION RARE jun25af C & W 1948 1st edition hardcover
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ref. 6003Letter 27 January 1966; on letterhead 31 Pond Street Hampstead N.W.3. Reply 29 January 1966. Juliette Huxley's letter is 4to: 2 pp. Good though lightly creased and attached to the other items by a paperclip. The correspondence mainly concerns a book by Cowell's eventually published under the title 'The garden as a fine art: from antiquity to modern times' 1978. She begins by describing Mary Wellesley: 'quite a character . lives in a small house off St. James's Palace and entertains by candlelight. Her uncle is the Duke of Wellesley . She has acquired a forest and soon after went to various forestry meetings and school to learn all about it.' 'About your gardens: have you quoted Song Solomon I 14 I think it is'. Discusses henna and Engeddi 'a beautiful oasis with several springs flowing from high cliffs and nourishing what otherwise would be a salty hellish desert . Also 'Herod's palace at Massada' 'Of course your book will be accepted for publication; have you tried Weidenfeld and Nicholson the eventual publishers I am thinking of going to him with MY Israel book. And of course those flower photos would be available to you for illustration.' The Huxleys hope to return to Israel that March 'to see the spring flowers' and she would 'inquire further' if they did. The unsigned copy of Cowell's reply is 4to: 3 pp. On typing paper creased and worn at extremities. Begins 'You have always been at a high altitude in the hierarchy of angels but now if there is any further step to take you may be regarded as having made it by your splendid letter of the 27th.' 'Lilian' is grateful 'for Miss Wellesley's story' and he is urging her 'to lure her down one fine day when the daffodils are in full song with other floral excitements to match . She would be a splendid counsellor on such bits of timber and planting as we have on our modest five acres.' Discusses their neighbour 'Mrs. Frederick Balfour now rising 85 I believe' who 'helped her late husband in perilous journeys on horseback in the Rockies of Oregon to discover some of the splendid things that now flourish there'. Discusses the biblical passage quoted by Huxley and is sending 'a carbon of my stuff on the gardens of the Holy Land' present as the last page of the letter. Mentions a few scholars in the field. 'Walter Neurath founder of the publishers Thames and Hudson has gone rather sour on the book. He seems to have imported one of those rewrite men from America whose activities have been the subject of such splendid denunciation in the T.L.S. and this young man offered to rewrite some of my stuff. I should like to hear the explosion if any such trick were tried on Julian or Ric Mortimer Wheeler. I expect they were all trained in 'Creative Writing' in some Mid-West college.' Discusses Weidenfeld as an option. He wishes Julian Huxley to know that he has received 'a splendid letter from Roger Saydoux from New York two days ago picking up and returning my nostalgia for those grand early days'. Letter, 27 January 1966; on letterhead 31, Pond Street, Hampstead, N.W.3. Reply, 29 January 1966. unknown
ref. 50229John Murray. London. 1947 Cheaper Edition Reprint. 8vo XX and XVI 497pp and 431pp. Both vols hardcover in publisher's blue cloth with sound firm spines and titles in gold on spine only showing very little shelfwear o/t edge flecking on Vol.2 with beige coloured non price clipped d/w's bearing titles and details of publication in brown both in excellent condition devoid of markings damage or edge wear. Both volumes protected in removable clear plastic covering with white d/w reinforcement too internally both are in very good condition or better with the eight illustrations and fold-out maps still present in excellent order. A famous detailed description of arguably the bravest and most tragic episodes of polar exploration with Vol I being Scott's journals and Vol II being the reports of the journeys and the scientific work undertaken by Dr. E.Wilson and the surviving expedition members. This is the smaller 'cheap edition' for 21 shillings originallynot the small 4to First Edition but it is still a handsome compact set in overall excellent condition. John Murray. London. 1947 (Cheaper Edition Reprint) hardcover
ref. 0070315604.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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1932ref. 104591932 Doubleday Doran hardcover no printing listed. No dj spine a little tilted title faded from spine a lot of fraying including a chip on top of spine and some soil on cover corners bumped two owner's and a note from one of them name on ffep pages tanned with stains on some else text clean binding still good. Doubleday Doran hardcover
ref. dola3032London: Chatto & Windus 1954. First Edition Third Impression. 12mo. pp. 62 2. cloth bit spotted a bit musty. dola3032 London: Chatto & Windus, 1954 hardcover
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1949ref. 030825UK 1949. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Letter Headed Paper Signed and Handwritten by Biologist Sir Julian Huxley. Dated 1949. Undated. Sir Julian Huxley 1887 - 1975 was an English 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 the president of the British Eugenics Society 1959-1962 and the first president of the British Humanist Association. Undated. Size is 200mm x 125mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease and small punch hole. More images can be taken upon request. Ref19182 unknown
1936ref. BOOKS344988London UK: Chatto & Windus. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1936. . Hardcover. All plates included . 8vo. 154 pp. cover rubbed bumped endpaper foxing . Chatto & Windus hardcover
1958ref. D20114New York: Harper & Row 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket ; 8vo; pp. x 147. Previous owner's bookplate of an owl. A nice copy with minor wear only. Harper & Row hardcover
ref. D197064pp. London 178 x 108 mm. Creased where folded light soiling small dampstain in upper margin but very good. Huxley states that he is sending Dunn a copy of his paper on the brain of Ateles paniscus Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1861 which contains full details of "transverse" convolutions found in the brains of the great majority of the apes and which in the higher members of that group are exceedingly well developed. He adds that the equivalent part of the brain in carnivores has not been fully compared with that in primates. The article formed part of the longstanding debate between Huxley and Richard Owen over Owen's classification of mammals 1857 in which Owen argued primate brains; his demonstration that man must be zoologically be considered one of correspondent was a surgeon with a strong interest in the human brain and mind; he was the author of several works on psychology anthropology ethnology etc. Any ALS from Huxley discussing brain comparative anatomy is rare. Robert Dunn was an eminent surgeon with a strong interest in brain and mind. Huxley's paper on the paper "On the Brain of tge Ateles" was important in providing definitive evidence that man's brain does not contain any unique structures not present in the brains of Apes thus disproving Owen's theory. He cites this work in his major work Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. unknown
1995ref. 23916New York: Appleton Century Crofts 19951. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket. Octavo original green cloth xxx 290 pp several illustrations from photographs Helen Parkhurst was an innovative American educator who developed a nationally broadcast radio and television program "Child's World" featuring interviews and unscripted discussions with children. In his Introduction Aldous Huxley observes of these broadcasts rendered here in print: "How delightful to read the record of these Socratic dialogues between groups of randomly selected children and an adult whose love is made effective by knowledge and intelligence!" Appleton Century Crofts hardcover
1948ref. 50933Beverly Hills: Modern Institute of Art 1948. First edition. Softcover. Very good condition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Original tan stiff wraps with blue green lettering on cover. Catalog for the exhibition Modern Artists in Transition at the Modern Institute of Art from February 13 to March 28 1948. Includes the list of Trustees paintings exhibited and a "Brief Transitional Chronology" for various artists:Georges Braque Marc Chagall Marcel Duchamp Juan Gris Toulouse-Lautrec Fernand Leger and others. illustrated with full page b/w reproductions of thirty-three paintings. Wraps with minor wear but lightly sunned along edges. Modern Institute of Art unknown
ref. 9781408274354PEARSON EDUCATION. new. Contemporary / British English Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is one of the great works of science fiction. It is the year After Ford 632 in the New World. People are born and by scientific methods. There is worldwide happiness and order. Then John comes from the Savage Reservation to the New World and with him he brings strong emotions - love hate anger fear. Suddenly danger threatens the New World. Book and MP3 pack. PEARSON EDUCATION unknown
ref. 9786558301332BIBLIOTECA AZUL. new. O retorno de Huxley ao Admirǭvel mundo novo Quase trinta anos ap��s lan��ar sua obra-prima e um dos monumentos da fic��o cient�fica Aldous Huxley retorna ao seu Admirǭvel mundo novo. Neste livro Aldous Huxley se prop��e a avaliar as previs��es de sua obra original e trata sobre amea��as �� humanidade tais como a superpopula��o a manipula��o genǸtica e psicol��gica o uso de drogas prescritas como forma de controle social e a ascens�o de regimes autoritǭrios. Huxley compara sua distopia com a de George Orwell de quem fora professor e coloca lado a lado acertos e erros de ambas. Alguns dos temas de seu Admirǭvel mundo novo permanecem atuais e urgentes neste seu Retorno publicado em 1958. S�o assuntos que ainda repercutem em nosso tempo como o refor��o positivo de comportamentos e a flexibiliza��o da no��o de verdade. E de que forma atuam as redes sociais sen�o como refor��os de boa conduta e espa��o para veicula��o de mensagens falsas Ao lan��ar quest��es para o futuro prop��e que as na����es devem educar seus cidad�os para a liberdade sob risco de ca�rem na m�o de ditaduras. Esta edi��o traz notas que contextualizam dados e informa����es do texto original e tambǸm um posfǭcio escrito por Carlos Orsi pesquisador do Instituto Quest�o de Ci�ncia que contextualiza o exerc�cio especulativo de Huxley e tambǸm prop��e debates para o nosso tempo como a manipula��o emocional da publicidade a tecnologia a servi��o do controle total e o efeito de hipnose das redes sociais. BIBLIOTECA AZUL unknown
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1962ref. 530026Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First separate edition. Octavo. Stapled printed self-wrappers. 68pp. Light pencil notes on front wrap and a few in the text all erasable else near fine. "Reprints from Gerhard S. Nielsen Ed. Clinical Psychology. Proceedings of the XIV International Congress of Applied Psychology volume 4." Texts of the presentations about psychedelic experiences and the only time Huxley and Leary lectured together. Munksgaard unknown
ref. 9788525056009BIBLIOTECA AZUL. new. ADMIRAVEL MUNDO NOVO BIBLIOTECA AZUL unknown
ref. 9788525060211GLOBO. new. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1954 ""As portas da percep��o"" antecipou as experi�ncias psicod�licas que marcaram os escritores da gera��o Beat e o rock n' roll na d�cada de 1960. A edi��o da Biblioteca Azul traz ""As portas da percep��o e C�u e inferno"" em novas tradu��es e posf�cio do neurocientista Sidarta Ribeiro sobre a morte de Huxley. Com a intelig�ncia caracter�stica de sua prosa Huxley fala sobre suas expectativas ao usar mescalina e descreve suas sensa��es e pensamentos ao observar objetos cotidianos e ao ouvir m�sica. Huxley tamb�m divaga sobre o tempo as religi�es e sobre como a altera��o da consci�ncia � usada como uma maneira de alcan�ar a transcend�ncia. O texto continua provocativo e relevante o que faz de ""As portas da percep��o"" uma das obras que marcaram o s�culo XX. GLOBO unknown
