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1932rif. 52371Minneapolis: The Attic House 1932. 14 x 11 cm pp. 16; self-wrappers colophon states edition size was "about 90" fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 17. The Attic House unknown books
1928rif. 58996London: Chatto & Windus 1928. First trade edition. 601 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine in slightly chipped at corner cream unclipped dust jacket. First trade edition. 601 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1875rif. 2618261875. 2 pp. old folds small tape repair. 2 pp. Huxley and Fayrer met in 1844 at the University of London. "Fayrer became a firm friend. The two often worked through the night." Desmond. Indeed it was Fayrer who suggested Huxley take to the sea and thus he joined the Rattlesnake under the command of Owen Stanley 1846-50. Having returned from the Rattlesnake voyage 1846-50 he became the professor of natural history at the Royal School of Mines and later president of the Royal Society. Though is best known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his strident advocacy of his theory of evolution. He also coined the term "agnostic". Fayrer was famous for the treatment of snakebite and at the time of writing was gearing up for membership of the Royal Society. He was proposed for election in March and finally admitted in April 1877. Desmond A; Huxley From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest. Reading 1997 p.36 unknown books
1872rif. 267086New York: Appleton 1872. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Purple wrappers paper label on upper cover. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Appleton unknown books
1929rif. 76277London: Fleuron Ltd 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 64p. Original cloth. 26cm. Covers rather heavily brownspotted and darkened. A few scattered spots of foxing in text. No Jacket. Copy No. 136 of an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Fleuron Ltd hardcover books
1893rif. 25026New York: D. Appleton 1893. 8vo pp. xi 1 378 6; library pocket on rear pastedown small accession numbers on spine; all else bright and near fine in orig. terracotta cloth stamped in gilt and black. D. Appleton unknown books
1901rif. 9898New York: D. Appleton & Co 1901. First American edition 2 vols. 8vo pp. xii 539-540; viii 541-542; 12 plates 7 photogravures 1 illus. in the text. A good sound set in original brown cloth t.e.g. D. Appleton & Co unknown books
1918rif. 218754Oxford: B.H. Blackwell 1918. First edition. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original green decorated paper wrappers labels on spine and upper cover joints and lower edges of covers rubbed internally fine an unopened copy with unused extra labels tipped in. Preserved in a half green morocco slipcase with inner wrapper. Bookplate of Joan Whitney. First edition. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. An attractive copy of the author's third book preceded by "The Burning Wheel" & "Jonah". Eschelbach and Shober 19 B.H. Blackwell unknown books
1966rif. 50225Cambridge MA: Houghton Mifflin Company 1966. A very useful guide in very good condition with dust jacket. . Cambridge MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1966. A very useful guide in very good condition with dust jacket. 20.5 cm. xi; 257 pp. Color photographic plates 310 b/w line drawings and maps. . Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1943rif. 88805London: Horizon 1943-1949. First Edition. 51 issues with nos. 93&94 and 120&121 released as double-issues all softcovers. 51 Octavos 21cm; pictorial paper wrappers; black-and-white and colorful photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Full pagination available upon request. From the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Edward Michael Mendelson pseud. Nathaniel Tarn with his ownership to title pages of nos.61-67 and his occasional pencilled notes to interior and occasional inked and pencilled notes to rear wrapers. All issues lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil and tiny tears to edges; overall Very Good. U.K. liteary magazine published from 1939 to 1950. Fifty-one issues include contributions by Raymond Mortimer Edmund Wilson Edward Sackville West Robert Penn Warren Ian Fleming and Christopher Isherwood. 88805. Horizon unknown books
1934rif. 84717New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1934. First American Edition. Octavo 21.5cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt and navy blue on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; map illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 295pp; with 30 pages of black-and-white illustrations. Decorative stamp and previous owner's name pencilled to front endpaper. Rubbing to titling with shelf-soil to covers and interior and crack to front hinge; Good. Dustwrapper price-clipped tanned with shelf-soil and chips and tears to spine ends and extremities; Good. The author's account of traveling through Guatemala and southern Mexico in 1933. 84717. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1938rif. 63527New York: Spanish Child Welfare Association 1938. First Trade Edition. Octavo 23cm; printed sheets rectos spiral bound into red and blue pictorial card wrappers; 34-711pp with 60 captioned illustrations. Light wear to cover extremities with a few of the faint inevitable stress creases to same and a small bump to crown; contents fresh; Near Fine. The first exhibition of children's drawings of the Spanish Civil War was held in 1937 in Valencia; it was organized by the Ministry of Education and included over 3000 drawings. Subsequently 118 of those drawings were selected for showing in England and the United States to raise funds for children's relief efforts in Spain. Of these the sixty best were selected for publication in the exhibition catalog for which Aldous Huxley agreed to write the introduction; the catalog went through three printings in 1938-1939 ref. Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives online. A well-preserved copy of a notoriously wear-prone title. BROMER B54.1. 63527. Spanish Child Welfare Association unknown books
1939rif. 9032402New York: Oxford University Press 1939. 1st. Softcover. Very Good. Introduction by Huxley. Bound in publisher's original orange and black wrappers. Illustrated through with black and white reproductions. Minor wear to extremities wear to spine. 6 x 9 inches. 74 pages. Oxford University Press paperback books
1925rif. 9032412London: Chapman & Hall 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. One of 1000 copies. Translated by Sutton from La Nuit Et Le Moment introduction by Huxley. Bound in publisher's original quarter tan cloth with illustrated boards. Top edge gilt. Book is fine except for slight sunning along top and bottom edges. Patterned dust jacket has sunning and wear to extremities head and heel of spine. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. 187 pages. Chapman & Hall hardcover books
1929rif. 82422London: The Fleuron Ltd 1929. First Limited Edition. One of 300 numbered copies this being copy no.222. Quarto 25.75cm; tan cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and decorations stamped in gilt on front cover; top edge gilt; publisher's patterned paper-covered slipcase; viii642pp; with color illustrations by Albert Rutherston. Gentle sunning to spine with a very shallow indentation to upper rear board edge resulting in a mild ripple to text at upper margin; some offsetting to endpapers a handful of faint foxed spots to half-title else clean throughout; about Near Fine. Slipcase is shelfworn a bit sunned with some partial splits and general tenderness along the joints; still sound but only Good to Very Good. The first and only printing of this collection of five essays. BROMER A20. 82422. The Fleuron Ltd unknown books
1955rif. 63027New York: Harper and Brothers 1955. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 21.5cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over grey cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board light bumping to spine ends some of the gilt a trifle dulled in a clean strong pricelipped dustjacket a touch faded to the spine panela small closed tear to the front panel and with some abrasion and two pinholes to the lower edge of the rear panel. A very good copy. 168pp. Internally clean. Fore-edge untrimmed. An unsurprisingly philosophical and exploratory novel dealing with the tangled lives of a Nobel winning genius his wife and the man who came between them. Harper and Brothers unknown books
1932rif. 63867London: William Heinemann Ltd 1932. First Edition. First Impression trade issue one of 10500 copies. Octavo 23.5cm. Brown cloth with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxxvi8893pp with portrait frontispiece and 17 plates of illustrations. Lightly rubbed at edges slight foxing and dustiness to edges of textblock foxing to endleaves but contents clean: Very Good or better. Jacket unclipped priced 21/- net rubbed and dustsoiled with short tears and chips at folds: just Very Good. A lengthy selection of Lawrence's correspondence edited and with an introduction by Aldous Huxley. ROBERTS A61b. 63867. William Heinemann Ltd unknown books
1931rif. 61293London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue-grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Crown gently nudged upper corners bumped though still sharp with a pictorial bookplate to front pastedown; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped pricd 7s.6d. net spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with some corresponding wrinkling to upper corners and a tiny puncture to rear joint; Very Good. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1937rif. 59956New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1937. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.25cm; turquoise cloth with titling and decorative elements stmaped in gilt and royal blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x3073pp. Some beginning oxidation to the gilt rules else a clean very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.75 with modest external wear and a few small nicks and tiny tears to extremities; Very Good. A collection of 16 essays on largely literary subjects. BROMER A42.3. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1978rif. 58350London: Hamish Hamilton 1978. First Edition. First impression. Quarto; tan buckram hardcover in dustjacket; 244pp; illus. Tight fine unmarked copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper; Near Fine. Scholarly study of the history of maritime trade in the Near and Middle East with particular attention to the history and culture of the dhow the ubiquitous trading vessel of the gulf states. Somewhat uncommon; this an especially pretty copy. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1875rif. 57388Paris: J. B. Baillière et Fils 1875. First Edition. First French translation. Octavo 19cm. Rebound in tan paper with much of original front wrapper laid down; viii5284pp; 4pp of publisher's ads at rear; wood engravings throughout. With ownership stamps to title page cover and one or two leaves. Straight rebound sewing much loosened but holding: Good. Huxley was one of the greatest specialists in comparative anatomy in the later 19th century as well as a dedicated advocate for Darwin's theory of evolution. J. B. Baillière et Fils unknown books
1978rif. 9028134Norwalk: Easton Press 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Mara McAfee. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Introduction by Ashley Montagu and illustrations by Mara McAfee. Bound in the publisher's original dark green genuine leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Four raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. Easton Press hardcover books
1931rif. 53491London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Light wear to spine ends touch of dust-soil to upper oard edges with scattered foxing to right edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7s.6d. net edgeworn and sunned with a few tiny nicks and tears a spot of soil and two faint cup rings to front panel; Very Good only. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1962rif. 46531Copenhagen: Munksgaard 1962. Second Separate Printing. One of appoximately 100 copies printed for distribution to members of the International Federation for Internal Freedom in 1963. Slim octavo 23cm; white wrappers printed in black stapled; 40pp. Gentle sunning along spine-fold and upper edge of front wrapper with a faint tiny scuff beneath Leary's name else a fresh Near Fine copy. An offprint revised of the first book appearance of this talk - the first and only occasion Huxley and Leary lectured together. "The XIV International Conference of Applied Psychology took place in Copenhagen Aug. 13-19 1961. In addition to Leary Frank Barron of the Harvard psychology department and author Aldous Huxley were also invited to speak.Huxley's lecture was entitled "Visionary Experience"; it was delivered earlier than Leary's and concludes with a reference to Leary's upcoming lecture "We shall hear from Dr. Leary about the induction of such experiences by such substances as psilocybin". Barron's talk contains the first reference in print to his "commending the mushroom to the attention of Dr. Leary who immediately seized upon its possibilities as a vehicle for inducing change in behavior as a result of the altered state of consciousness which the drug produced" HOROWITZ WALLS & SMITH AA23D. Huxley who had written extensively about his psychedelic experiences under the influence of mescaline in Doors of Perception 1954 here writes about the pursuit of the visionary experience as a vehicle for change and a more beautiful reality. He elaborates on the various methods of access to the visionary world including spontaneous induced and chemical access with separate sections on the usage of mushrooms and how light can enhance the visionary experience. This and the first separate printing are substantially expanded from the two which precede them both produced by mimeograph and issued in small numbers. BROMER B113. Munksgaard unknown books
1908rif. 9027070London: Macmillan 1908. Hardcover. Fine. Henrietta A. Huxley's selections from the essays letters and memoirs of T. H. Huxley. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in black morocco with spine elaborately stamped in gilt with five raised bands boards ruled in gilt inner dentelles gilt edges gilt marbled endpapers. 6 x 4 inches. 200 pages. Macmillan hardcover books
