HUXLEY AldousMareMagnum
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19508vo., First Edition, on laid paper; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss (affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. With the trade ticket of Rubin of Jannesburg on front paste-down.
1951réf. 4001192241951. 1951. Aldous Huxley: Themes et variations. Essais./ Nouvelle serie Plon 1951 Etat correct unknown
1965réf. 245248New York: Simon and Schuster 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Tiny stain on title page owner stamp on topedge and bottom edge spine ends slightly worn very good. Other contributors include Rhys Davies Rumer Godden Elizabeth Janeway Joseph Wood Krutch Aubrey Menen Dom Moraes Alan Pryce-Jones and Santha Rama Rau. From House and Garden magazine. Uplifting short stories about everyday objects. Simon and Schuster hardcover books
réf. 1962508021.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1938réf. 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
réf. 0366664077.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1938réf. 179852New York: Spanish Child Welfare Association of the American Friends Service Committee 1938. The elaborate bestiality of modern war First edition signed limited issue number 57 of 100 copies signed by Huxley. Created to raise money for the Quakers to distribute food in Spain the pioneering collection gathers 60 artworks produced by children during the Spanish Civil War. This copy retains the scarce donation form. An accompanying exhibition opened at the Lord & Taylor department store in New York City then travelled to museums in Boston and Worcester. By shining a light on the lives of children within Spain the project "was not just about denouncing the situation endured by these minors. They meant to open up a space where the latter could directly retell their own experiences" Fernández-Fontecha. This was one of the first times that "the image of children as innocent victims was visually developed within a war context" and contemporaneously to the conflict Fernández-Fontecha. Octavo. Captioned illustrations throughout. Original spiral-bound red card wrappers silver title label printed in blue on front cover. Rubbing to extremities nick to foot of front wrapper occasional offsetting from captions. A very good copy. Bromer B54.2. Leticia Fernández-Fontecha quoted in "Eighty years later book of children's drawings prefaced by Aldous Huxley sees the light in Spain" El País 16 July 2019. unknown
1938réf. 12853New York: The Spanish Child Welfare Association of America 1938. Wraps. Octavo original red printed card covers with title and illustration in blue spiral bound 72 pp. Published for the American Friends Service Committee Quakers with profits going to children affected by the war. Contains 60 drawings by schoolchildren collected throughout Spain and from refugee colonies in France. A very good copy with inscription to front blank "May the loyalists win. In remembrance of the awful time I spent in insurgent territory 1936 New York City N.Y. January 8th-1938." pages toned with occasional spotting covers with wear along edges faint soiling to covers. The Spanish Child Welfare Association of America paperback
1939réf. 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
réf. MA09C-04470Spanish Child Welfare Association. Collectible - Good. NY: The Spanish Child Welfare Association of America for the American Friends Service Committee Quakers 1938. 1st edition Hanson R. Duval pp 134 contains all points such as: No space between paragraphs L. 18 parallel text and L. 56 incorrect text. Precedes limited edition. 8vo Spiral-bound. 71pp. B/W plates. Good book. Maroon crushed paper covers with silver label on front cover printed in blue. Text on rectos only. Moderate edgewear. Offsetting and slight dampstaining to the covers. Penciled markings to the title label page 43 and rear free endpaper. Penned notation to the upper right front cover. Pages age toned. Blue penciled 2.5 inch diagonal strike marl on page 56. In polypropylene bag. spanish civil war childrens art drawings history Inquire if you need further information. Spanish Child Welfare Association unknown
1938réf. 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
1939réf. 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
1975réf. 1217953Celestial Arts 1975. paperback. Used-Very Good/N/A. Celestial Arts paperback
1969réf. 116295London: Chatto & Windus 1969. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. Hardcover. Good/good. blue cloth gilt lettering dust jacket unclipped 330 pp first edition dj worn torn and chipped on the edges. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1969réf. SBBIH-M5NOVHVUKCOCChatto & Windus 1969. hardcover. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1969réf. 908738UK: Chatto & Windus 1969. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. no dustjacket. 1st edn. binding tight. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1975réf. Q-0890870225Celestial Arts 1975-02-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Celestial Arts paperback
réf. 0916515958.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 0890879680.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1991réf. Q-0916515958Mercury House 1991-02-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Mercury House paperback
1930réf. 23657London: Chatto and Windus 1930. A first edition first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1930. A very good copy without inscriptions - some spotting in the very good unclipped wrapper with some rubbing to the edges and a small snag to the top left of the front panel. Preface by Aldous Huxley. Chatto and Windus unknown
réf. 39170New York: D. Appleton and Company. Authorized Edition. Leather. Very Good. Authorized Edition 1896-97. 6 Volumes. 8vo. uniformly bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards title in gilt on spine top edge gilt. Light rubbing to tips edges and top/base of spine. Text appears unmarked. Paper is lightly age toned at edges. A Very Good set. Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. D. Appleton and Company unknown
1968réf. 919P9London: Imperial College of Science and Technology University of London 1968-69. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 12" by 8.5". Thomas Henry Huxley. Two uncommon first edition bibliographical works on Thomas Henry Huxley on his scientific papers and his correspondence with his future wife. The first edition of these uncommon works.Two bibliographical works on Thomas Henry Huxley both compiled by Jeanne Pingree who was the College Archivist at the Imperial College of Science and Technology.'Thomas Henry Huxley: A List of His Scientific Notebooks Drawings and Other Papers Preserved in the College Archives' published in 1968.'Thomas Henry Huxley: List of His Correspondence With Miss Henrietta Anne Heathorn Later Mrs. Huxley 1847-1854' published in 1969. Illustrated with a frontispiece and one plate.Collated complete.Huxley was an important biologist and anthropologist earning the nickname of 'Darwin's Bulldog' due to his ardent advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper wraps. Externally smart with only a couple of very light marks and very minor edge wear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London hardcover
réf. 1718721005.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
réf. 1026149053.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
