4.082 Ergebnisse
19564 pages of illustrations 278 pages. Slight soiling to covers.
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.
1949Best.-Nr. 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
1949Best.-Nr. RO60112649Chatto & Windus. 1949. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 153 pages. Tranche en tête verte. Jaquette manquante.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1948Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
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 books
1948Best.-Nr. 15883APE AND ESSENCE Harpers 1948 first edition just about fine in vg/near fine dust-wrapper Harpers unknown books
1949Best.-Nr. 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
1949Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
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
1948Best.-Nr. 139018New York: Harper & Brothers 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Few small open tears. Harper & Brothers hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0006547400.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1948Best.-Nr. 76889New York. 1948. 8vo. Originalbind med smussomslag. 205 s. Harper & Brothers Publishers. Engelsk. Smussomslaget med små slitasjer ellers et meget pent eksemplar. unknown
1949Best.-Nr. 146156London: Chatto & Windus 1949. First English edition of this cautionary tale and satire. Small octavo original cloth top edge blue. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer philosopher and notable pacifist widely known for his recording of psychedelic experience 'The Doors of Perception' and his dystopian narrative 'Brave New World.' He published 'Ape and Excess' in 1948 a satire of the rise of large-scale warfare and warmongering in the 20th century. An excellent commentary of progress and nationalism the novel presents a pessimistic view of the politics of mutually assured destruction through the surreal imagery of humans apes who as a whole are certain to kill themselves. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1949Best.-Nr. 054861London: Chatto & Windus 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1949. Hardback. Black cloth; gilt lettered onto a blue panel to spine. Bottom-edge untrimmed as issued. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. v 153 pages.Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books Cumberland Everyman Inklings Literature Rarities Theology and History. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 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
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. 15883APE AND ESSENCE Harpers 1948 first edition just about fine in vg/near fine dust-wrapper Harpers unknown
1948Best.-Nr. 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
1949Best.-Nr. 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
1948Best.-Nr. 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
Best.-Nr. 1804283452.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 1804284300.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
