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1924rif. 9026769London: Chatto & Windus 1924. 1st. Hardcover. fine. Written by Mrs. Frances Sheridan and adapted for the stage by Aldous Huxley. One of 210 nmberd copies. Unopened. Extra paper label fixed at rear. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1931rif. 9026782New York & London: Fountain Press & Chatto & Windus 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. One of 840 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in marbled paper covered boards with black cloth spine printed paper label on spine. Glassine dust cover is torn. Corners and edges show minor wear. Lacks slipcase. Fountain Press & Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1918rif. 9026837Oxford: Blackwell 1918. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original stiff green printed paper. Original glassine wrap has small chip at top near spine.and tear at bottom of cover otherwise intact. This is the author's third published book. 8 x 5 and 3/4 inches. 52 pages uncut including colophon and two pages of Blackwell's advertising of the period at the back of the book. Blackwell hardcover books
rif. 9019420Oxford: Blackwell n.d. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original decorated boards labels on the cover and spine printed in black. Boards have started and are chipped and worn at the extremities particularly on the spine. All pages bright. Huxley's 3rd book. Blackwell hardcover books
1982rif. 9006858London: Chatto & Windus 1982. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Bound in cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1964rif. 9001849New York: Harper & Row 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in publisher's original green and orange cloth stamped in gilt. Full page photographs throughout many in color. Photographic endpapers. Dust jacket is lightly chipped and worn at head and heel of spine and extremities otherwise very good condition. Harper & Row hardcover books
rif. 3503Huxley Matthew and Cornell Capa. FAREWELL TO EDEN. New York Harper & Row 1964. 1st edition. Cloth. Dust jacket. Very good condition. hardcover books
1955rif. 43750London: The Reprint Society 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 12mo 18.3 cm pp. 320. Black cloth with gilt titling on red spine label. Red publisher's topstain. Light purple and black illustrated jacket. Several plates of black and white photography five maps and index. Accounts of the author's explorations in Gambia Sierra Leone The Gold Coast and Nigeria. Rubbing and bumping to boards Jacket spine is sun-faded with moderate edge wear and closed tears. The Reprint Society hardcover books
1957rif. 42370Munchen: R. Piper & Co 1957. Reprint. Near fine in a very good jacket. POINT COUNTER POINT in a charming German edition. Vol. Band 33 in the Die Bucher der Neunzehn series; first published by R. Piper & Co. Verlag in 1951. A handsome copy. 8'' x 4.5''. Blue cloth with orange stamped titles in original printed dust jacket. 509 1 pages. Some edgewear to jacket small chips and tears to spine at head and tail light sunning to spine. Interior bright and clean throughout. Binding tight. R. Piper & Co unknown books
1931rif. 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 books
1896rif. 48606New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896. Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company 1896. Authorized Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 272. Octavo 21.5cm; contemporary half crimson goat over marbled paper-covered boards gilt spine in six compartments top edge gilt marbled endpapers; ix1451pp.; author portrait frontispiece. Very light rubbing to margins leather a bit darkened and spine crown slightly pulled else a Very Good internally clean and sound example. D. Appleton and Company unknown books
1934rif. 2353949Norwalk Connecticut: The Heritage Press 1934. Reissue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 10x7x2. Kent Rockwell. Reissue. Includes publisher’s slipcase and Sandglass insert. Spine faded. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1934 Hard Cover. xxi 3 228 1 pp. A satirical utopian novel which has been compared to Gulliver's Travels. This edition modeled after the 1934 Limited Editions Club reissue of the 1901 revised edition includes a special introduction by Aldous Huxley and woodcut illustrations by Rockwell Kent as well as prefaces to the first second and revised editions - in one of these Butler addresses public perception that Erewhon's success was owed to the contemporary publication of The Coming Race by Edward Bulwer-Lytton another utopian novel. Both were originally published anonymously and it was widely and erroneously assumed that Butler's work was a sequel to Bulwer-Lytton's. Butler explains in the preface that his novel was completed before the other was printed and that the two bear no relation to one another. The Heritage Press hardcover books
rif. UHUXBRA03drpEast. Fine. Huxley Aldous. Brave New World. Norwalk Connecticut: East ND. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine. In shrink wrap. East unknown books
1978rif. 1418245Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1978. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo xxxi 237 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated dark green leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Edges of text block gilt. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418245. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1962rif. UHUXTHE00ajsWilliam Morrow 1962. Very Good. Huxley Elspeth. On the Edge of the Rift: Memories of Kenya. NY: William Morrow 1962. 409pp. 8vo. 1/2 brown cloth. Book condition: Very good with light bumping. Front hinge split along title page but secure. Sticker residue on front pastedown and former owner's initials on front free endsheet. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed and chipped edges. Price clipped. In dust jacket protector. William Morrow hardcover books
1957rif. UHUXRED00drpChatto & Windus 1957. Good. Huxley Elspeth. The Red Rock Wilderness. London: Chatto & Windus 1957. 256pp. 8vo. Orange cloth. Book condition: Good with bumping and foxing on edges. . Dust Jacket Condition: Good with chipping and tears. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1964rif. UHUXFOR00acmfChatto & Windus 1964. Very Good. Huxley Elspeth. Forks and Hope. London: Chatto & Windus 1964. 1st edition. 272pp. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and bumping. Yellowed edges and spotting on top edge. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with rubbed and lightly bumped edges. In DJ protector. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1980rif. UHUXNEL00drpWeidenfeld and Nicolson 1980. Good. Huxley Elspeth. Nellie Letters from Africa. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1980. 326pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Glossary. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with bumped spine ends and foxing on top edge. Small stain on fore edge of textblock. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with faint soiling on rear flap. In DJ protector. Weidenfeld and Nicolson hardcover books
1922rif. 608253New York: George H. Doran 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Green cloth with spine paper label. Small bookstore label on rear pastedown edges lightly rubbed and bumped spine mildly cocked else a very good copy. Three short stories a novel and a play. George H. Doran hardcover books
rif. WELLER9780063482708New. New book. unknown books
1913rif. RSCOSCO00tpmSmith Elder & Co. 1913. Very Good. Scott R. F. Scott's Last Expedition In Two Volumes. 2 volume set in folding box. Huxley Leonard. London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. 2nd edition. 633 534pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good with rubbed extremities and slightly faded spines. Pages are subtly toned. The second volume has slightly ragged page edges and a previous owner's marks on the front endsheet. The first volume has a newspaper clipping that shows an image of Scott on a sled. Each volume has protective mylar and they both fit snugly in the custom box. Smith, Elder & Co. unknown books
1936rif. 598341London: Chatto and Windus 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 303pp. Slight offsetting on endpapers light toning on the spine and board edges near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small tears and a darkened spine. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1930rif. 014902London: Chatto and Windus 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. 59pp. Sharp First Edition bound in tan cloth with titles illustration and decoration in red on front board and spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a gentle bump to the crown. Mild off-setting to end-papers. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket 2s. net has some small chips to the crown and tips. A couple of closed edge-tears. Still fresh and bright. A pretty collectable copy at a great price. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1936rif. 014900London: Chatto and Windus 1936. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 303pp. Sharp First British Edition of this anthology of essays. Bound in green cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Spine and edges toning else Fine. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket 7s. 6d. net has some small chips to the crown and tips. Tiny closed tears at the heel. Spine panel toned. Two small pieces of reinforcing tape on the verso. Still solid and complete and quite presentable. A pretty collectable copy at a great price. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
rif. WELLER9780892817580New. New book. unknown books