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1962Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 9788525056009BIBLIOTECA AZUL. new. ADMIRAVEL MUNDO NOVO BIBLIOTECA AZUL unknown
Best.-Nr. 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
1971Best.-Nr. 4145462Littlehampton Book Services Ltd 1971. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:0713705337 Littlehampton Book Services Ltd hardcover
1959Best.-Nr. 67066London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 288pp. Octavo 22 cm Green paper over boards. The spine and boards show light edgewear. The front free endpaper has the partial remains of a previous owner's bookplate. In the dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble with a loss from the paper at the foot of the spine and the surrounding area of the rear panel and a few lesser tears to the extremities. Huxley's account of her childhood in Africa amongst the Kikuyu during the years just before the First World War. From the personal collection of Nelson Algren with his signature and his trademark drawing of a cat in yellow and black on the front free endpaper. Algren grew up in Chicago a city that he would make famous through his portrayals of its poor working and criminal classes. His affinity for the marginalized sections of American society marked his entire career. Algren won the 1950 National Book Award for The Man With the Golden Arm. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 63052New York: Harper & Brothers 1948. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 205 pp. Octavo. 21 cm. Navy blue cloth over boards with light blue stamped author initials on front board and blue and gilt stamped decorations and title on spine. Deckled edges. Pages slightly sunned. With original dust jacket which is in very good condition with some tearing and subtle creasing to fore edges. Some mild wear to corners and head/tail of spine. Previous owner's name penned in black on front free end paper. Known for its interesting plot structure divided into a frame narrative: readers are introduced to two writers: a novelist and screenwriter. We are then immersed ine fictional work they resurrect together which is set in a dystopic universe Huxley is famous for painting. Using a setting after mass nuclear destruction and "World War Three" a post apolocalyptic society emerges which engages in annual orgies and ritualistic murder of babies with cancerous effects from radiation. Its iconic vignettes of baboons performing 20th century human daily tasks add an extra layer of haunting thrill. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 184New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A Very Good clean and unmarked book block and case. Good jacket heavily worn and scuffed though missing very little paper. Stated first edition. 205 pages. 6” x 8.25”. Ape and Essence 1948 is a post-nuclear war dystopian novel by Aldous Huxley 1894–1963. The violent self-destructive nature of man is the basic premise guiding the satire. . Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
Best.-Nr. A9783382127152Hardback. New. hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 78614Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. First edition bound in patterned paper boards rubbed at spine ends and corners. Bright internally with a private collector's bookplate. . Basil Blackwell hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. COLLECTI014756IGARDEN CITY NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY DORAN & CO INC. FINE IN A VG D.J. 1928. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BROMER A18.4.1 . PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL LIGHT GREEN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH TAN PAPER TITLE LABEL TO THE SPINE WITHE LIGHT GREY DECORATED ENDPAPERS AND TOP EDGE STAINED PURPLE. THE BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. THE PALE GREEN PRINTED D.J. HAS SOME MODEST LOSS TO THE CORNERS AND SPINE-ENDS WITH A TRACE OF DUSTING AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCE LLENT CLEAN BRIGHT UNFADED COPY. . DOUBLEDAY DORAN & CO, INC hardcover
Best.-Nr. 9786558301486-11-10383Biblioteca Azul. New. Biblioteca Azul unknown
Best.-Nr. 9786558301660-11-00004FisicalBook. New. FisicalBook unknown
Best.-Nr. uocl08iaab-21201Biblioteca Azul. New. Biblioteca Azul unknown
Best.-Nr. 1023456400.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1999Best.-Nr. 250419002BLACKWELL SCIENCE 1999-03-22. hardcover. Good/GOOD. 7x1x10. 1998 LARGE HARDCOVER WITH JACKET. JACKET HAS SLIGHT EDGEWEAR. BOOK HAS SOME HIGHLIGHTING. FULLY USABLE. BLACKWELL SCIENCE hardcover
1870Best.-Nr. 307491870 Origin of Species EVOLUTION Thomas Huxley Essays Darwin Philosophy Science "Life is too short to occupy oneself with the slaying of the slain more than once." – Thomas Huxley Charles Darwin is unquestionably the most prolific evolutionist of the 19th-century; however biologists such as Thomas Henry Huxley were important advocates for Darwin's studies. Huxley was best known for his studies on evolution moral philosophy and scientific ethics. This rare 1870 printing of Huxley's reaction to Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' fully supported many of Darwin's evolutionary theories. Item number: #30749 Price: $499 HUXLEY Thomas Henry On the origin of species: or The causes of the phenomena of organic nature. A course of six lectures to working men. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1870. 1st American edition Details: <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->150 6 <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->5 in-text figures <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Bookplate – James P. Marsh <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure <!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Cloth <!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~8in X 5.25in 20.5cm x 13cm Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 30749 Photos available upon request. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. blb06835London: Statesman Publishing 1928. Softcover. Very Good. Patterned stiff orange and cream wraps with title box on front. Spine slightly sunned otherwise would be near fine. Certainly at least Very Good with fantastic period ads in front and rear. This volume has the all-stars with writings by the editor MacCarthy Literary Taboos as well as Virginia Woolf The Neice of an Earl Aldous Huxley Wordsworth in the Tropics and Hilaire Belloc Belinda. Statesman Publishing paperback
1933Best.-Nr. blb00583London / New York : Harper & Brothers 1933. 1st Am ed. Hardback. VG - Near Fine. Heavy cloth decorative covers - gilt on front and spine are bright - book is clean and tight Harper & Brothers hardcover
1942Best.-Nr. blb07172New York: Harper & Brothers 1942. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Heavy gray buckram cloth quarter-bound to spine over red cloth on boards. Red titling to spine. Book is tight square sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out. Book is Near Fine. Clipped Dust Jacket has moderate scuffing chipping and some closed tears but is at least Good and perhaps very good. First American Edition later printing. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1963Best.-Nr. blb02185New York: Harper & Brothers 1963. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Quarter black cloth over grey 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 other than prior owners signature on inside front cover and two small notes on 2 separate pages. Near Fine or better. Unclipped Dust Jacket shows original price of $3.50 is on top of flap. DJ has sharp definition with its half red/half white design. Only very mild fading to spine. Pencil sketch of author on rear. Really no scuffing or shelfwear to speak of colored pictorial on front and slight fading on spine with sharp b/w photo of author on rear. First Edition as stated - with G-N code. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. blb08553New York: Avon / Bantam / Meridian / 1955. Softcover. Near Fine. Conditions the same for all unless noted: Illustrated card-stock wrappers - all with color illustrations to front. Books are tight square relatively sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside or out - some creasing of course but generally all are either NF or at least VG. 1. Brave New World - Bantam A1369 stated as 3rd Printing from 1956 early - yellow and red illustrated cover. 2. Those Barren Leaves - Avon G-1027 - price of .50 cents on cover - couple in color on cover. 3. Collected Essays - Bantam 1960 - appears to be first Bantam printing. 4. Eyeless in Gaza - Bantam - F1233 shows price of .50 cents - June 1954 printing - First Bantam. 5. Crome Yellow - Bantam 1959 - appears to be first Bantam. 6. After Many a Summer Dies the Swan - Avon G-2001 7. Antic Hay - Bantam 1142 - shows price of .25 cents on front - 2nd Bantam Printing - August 1953 8. On Art and Artists - Meridian Books M99 - Appears to be 2nd Meridian Printing Sept. 1960 Avon / Bantam / Meridian / paperback
Best.-Nr. B9781164953371Paperback / softback. New. paperback
Best.-Nr. 9354443249.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1954Best.-Nr. 018London: Chatto & Windus 1954. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition second impression. Tight and square binding in blue cloth; bright gilt; darkened a little at the edges. Flyleaf has a gift inscription to an unnamed previous owner else bright crisp and clean. The unclipped first-state dustwrapper 6s net stated is Very Good: slightly yellowed but bright colours with toning to the spine minor chipping to bottom spine. 63 pp. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. Alibris.0004648Chatto & Windus 1922. First edition. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. A Near Fine Copy In Very Good Dust jacket. Jacket has foxing. 229p. 19 cm. Contents: The Gioconda smile. -Permutions among the nightingales. -The Tillotson banquet. -Greentunnels. -Nuns at luncheon. Published 23rd Jan 1950. Chatto & Windus hardcover