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1948rif. 29339New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948. First edition. A fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with moderate shelf wear along the upper and lower edges with two tiny closed tears. 29339. Octavo pp. 1-6 1-205 206: blank 207: colophon 208-210: blank note: last leaf is a blank publisher's blue cloth Harper's device stamped in light blue on front panel spine panel stamped in light blue and gold fore-edge untrimmed. "After a comprehensive atomic bomb catastrophe man undergoes biological changes. Love is extinct only collective seasonal sexual intercourse remains. The place of traditional religion has been taken by a hysterical worship of Belial the god of evil." - Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 pp. 156-57. ". scalpel-like satirical account of twentieth-century humans' failure to understand their nature. Lesser writers would not handle this scenario and theme intelligently until the 1960's." - Anatomy of Wonder 1995 3-97. "Bleak and timely." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction p. 17. Reference: Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-557. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 235. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 78-83. Baird and Greenwood An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1274. Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown
1948rif. 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
rif. 0701107863.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1948rif. 15883APE AND ESSENCE Harpers 1948 first edition just about fine in vg/near fine dust-wrapper Harpers unknown
1992rif. Q-0929587782Ivan R. Dee 1992-08-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Ivan R. Dee paperback
1948rif. 005617Harper & Brothers . DJ in archival cover chips edge ware. $2.50 on the flap. Stated first edition "FX" code. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1948. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1949rif. 05001APE AND ESSENCE Chatto & Windus 1949 first British edition just about fine in vg/near fine dust-wrapper with some minor chipping at head of the dust-wrapper spine and slight dust soiling to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Chatto & Windus unknown
1948rif. 1000249New York: Harper `1948 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in very good dust jacket with some light edgewear and one small tear at top of front cover. Jacket is bright and unprice-clipped. Laid in is a post card/order form from the Gotham Book Mart soliciting orders for this book: "Be sure of a first edition copy of Ape and Essence. Return this order card today. Harper, hardcover
1948rif. 557664New York: Harper & Brothers 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Offsetting on front endpapers light foxing on page edges else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with tiny nicks on spine ends. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1948rif. 540366New York: Harper & Brothers 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Slight toning on pastedown endpapers else near fine in very good dust jacket with tiny nicks and tears and three tiny puncture holes on the rear panel. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1948rif. 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 books
1948rif. 15883APE AND ESSENCE Harpers 1948 first edition just about fine in vg/near fine dust-wrapper Harpers unknown books
1949rif. 05001APE AND ESSENCE Chatto & Windus 1949 first British edition just about fine in vg/near fine dust-wrapper with some minor chipping at head of the dust-wrapper spine and slight dust soiling to the rear dust-wrapper panel. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1949rif. 5600London: Chatto & Windus 1949. First Edition. 8vo pp. 153. A nice copy in chipped dj. Eschelbach & Shober 5. A futuristic novel of life after atomic warfare. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1948rif. 1000249New York: Harper `1948 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in very good dust jacket with some light edgewear and one small tear at top of front cover. Jacket is bright and unprice-clipped. Laid in is a post card/order form from the Gotham Book Mart soliciting orders for this book: "Be sure of a first edition copy of Ape and Essence. Return this order card today. Harper, hardcover books
1949rif. 98410London:: Chatto & Windus. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. A novel. First British edition. Spine slant else very good in a very good moderate edge wear and age toning dust jacket. . Chatto & Windus, hardcover books
19498vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; grey cloth, gilt back, blue top, a bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed and creased at edges.
1963rif. Q-B0007E1KDUTime Incorporated 1963-01-01. Paperback. New. New. Time Incorporated paperback
19564 pages of illustrations 278 pages. Slight soiling to covers.
1956No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny bump to spine foot and no bumping to very sharp corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with rubbing/nicks to upper edge. 278pp. A joint biography of Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley, the latter known as Darwin's Bulldog for his advocacy of Darwin's theory of evolution.
rif. ria9783752384949_inpHardcover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Reproduction of the original: Aphorisms and Reflections by Henrietta A. Huxley hardcover
rif. B9783752384949Hardback. New. hardcover
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
rif. 1024069818.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
rif. 102339054X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
