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1992ref. 06051scsLondon: Macmillan 1992. Four Volumes. Quarto cloth lviii 815 pp viii 747 pp vii 888 pp. Illus. maps. Former-owner embossed stamps; otherwise Fine. Macmillan, [1992]. Four Volumes. hardcover
1999ref. 944F1London: The Folio Society; Royal Horticultural Society 1999 . Cloth. Fine. 12" by 9.5". Samuel Holden et al. A fine four volume edition of the 'New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening' complete in four volumes and beautifully illustrated throughout. Complete in four volumes and housed in the publisher's original slip case.Alphabetically arranged volume I covers the years A-C volume II covers C-J volume III covers J-P and volume IV covers P-Z.Each of these richly illustrated volumes includes between seven hundred and eight hundred monochrome line illustrations.With colour frontispieces.A fascinating work presenting a wealth of information on gardening both for the amateur and the professional. In the publisher's original cloth binding with cloth covered slip case. Externally fine. Slip case in fine condition also. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Fine The Folio Society; Royal Horticultural Society hardcover
1999ref. 27175Macmillan 1999. 1st paperback edition. Fine/No Jacket. Paper covers in box Owner's labels. As new. Macmillan paperback
1992ref. 31815Macmillan 1992. New edition. V.g./No Jackets. Cloth no jackets Generally fine with no inscriptions. The ‘Rolls Royce’ of horticultural reference works. Macmillan hardcover
1921ref. 131158The sole printing published by London and Paris: Chelsea Book Club for X. M. Boulestin in 1921. No. '339' of 550 copies printed on velin a la cuve. Some text in French some in English. The BOOK is in Very Good condition with the publisher's beveled yellow cloth having moderate age related markings and toning to the edges. Errata slip present. Light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions. A little toning to the text-block. The contents are otherwise very good to fine with just a little light spotting to the edges in places. All plates are present. Highlights in this wonderful anthology include 'Imaginary Conversation'- Kenelm and Venetia Digby ; D. H. Lawrence's 'Adolf' ; 'The Black Cap' by Katherine Mansfield ; Paul Nash's striking woodcut 'The Sea Wall' ; Gromaire's woodcut 'Bois au canif' ; 'La fille au litre' by Laboureur ; Marie Laurencin's etching 'La Perruque' ; original etching by A. Dunoyer de Segonzac a weird poem on a Tarzan movie by John J. Adams perhaps the first literary work based on a Tarzan film 'Jazz' a tune with a foxtrot beat and lyrics by Aldous Huxley. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Scarce. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. London and Paris: Chelsea Book Club for X. M. Boulestin hardcover
1920ref. 016460London. Paris: X. M. Boulestin by the Chelsea Book Club 1920. Number 34 of 50 copies on Japon from an edition of 620 this copy with the scarce errata slip.127pp with 9 plates. Bound in original white buckram with gilt lettering top gilt edge other rough. Cloth lightly dustdirt marked. Binding in very goood condition. Internally pages clean. A very nice copy. F. Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. X. M. Boulestin by the Chelsea Book Club Hardcover
1992ref. 229031MacMillan Great Britain 1992. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. This book encompasses a vast range of plants grown on a domestic or commercial scale in private gardens or present in specialist and botanical collections. They are plants grown for ornament for amenity or for economic use and they include a selection of cultivars. 50000 plants are described including many hundreds of cultivars. It gives concise botanical accounts of species in cultivation throughout the world in line with the latest taxonomic thinking and it gives practical advice on how to grow every plant described. There are over 500 articles on horticultural science and practice newly commissioned from leading authorities. Light foxing to outer page edges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Horticulture::Gardening; Gardening; ISBN: 1561590010. ISBN/EAN: 9781561590018. Inventory No: 229031. 9781561590018 This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries. MacMillan hardcover
1962ref. D20703London: Chatto and Windus 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Cloth in attractive pictorial dustwrapper by Rosemary Seligman. A fine association copy INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley on the half title to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. Huxley's inscription is dated 1975. There is an early gift inscription from a previous owner dated in the year of publication on the front endpaper. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1962ref. 50075London: Chatto & Windus 1962. Fine in near fine jacket. First edition of Huxley's second memoir of her early life in Kenya under British rule a continuation of her previous THE FLAME OF THIKA. 8.5'' X 5.5''. Original rose cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped 21s dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble. 335 1 pages. Light foxing to endpapers and dust jacket; minor scuffing to jacket edges. Chatto & Windus unknown books
ref. 86153Chatto & Windus. Hardcover. Good/Poor. corner of cover is damaged Chatto & Windus hardcover
1982ref. 187702London: Chatto & Windus 1982. First Edition; 3rd impression. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1962ref. 161390London: Chatto and Windus 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good price clipped dust jacket. Owner imprint stamp on FEP. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1962ref. D20703London: Chatto and Windus 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Cloth in attractive pictorial dustwrapper by Rosemary Seligman. A fine association copy INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley on the half title to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. Huxley's inscription is dated 1975. There is an early gift inscription from a previous owner dated in the year of publication on the front endpaper. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1964ref. mon0001614021The Reprint Society 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 3.3974 21.7834 14.3891. Hardback. With dust jacket. The Reprint Society hardcover
1962ref. 50075London: Chatto & Windus 1962. Fine in near fine jacket. First edition of Huxley's second memoir of her early life in Kenya under British rule a continuation of her previous THE FLAME OF THIKA. 8.5'' X 5.5''. Original rose cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped 21s dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble. 335 1 pages. Light foxing to endpapers and dust jacket; minor scuffing to jacket edges. Chatto & Windus unknown
1982ref. Q-014005958XPenguin Books 1982-03-24. paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
1962ref. 043079London: Chatto and Windus 1962. First British Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Huxley on the first endpaper. A nice solid copy that could easily go a grade higher. Jacket has a few tiny closed tears and light stressing at extremities and some minor foxing mostly to verso. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1962ref. 000368London: Chatto & Windus 1962 From the dust jacket: In The Flame Trees of Thika Elspeth Huxley described her early childhood in Kenya where her parents went as pioneer farm ers. Now in The Mottled Lizard she carries on the story when the family return to Kenya after the First World War. She re creates in vivid detail their home their native servants their European friends their ponies travels shooting expeditions and above all the wonderful wild life of the country with its forests bushveld and open spaces; its beasts birds and reptiles. The relationships of the girl with her forceful mother her gentle ineffective father and the young man Alan who is her hero are delicately handled. Nature 'provides unforgettable backgrounds and episodes - a big waterbuck by the pool at dawn an elephant family playing in the river the splendour of the African sunset the escapades of Rupert the de lightful pet but not tame cheetah. At the end when the girl leaves Kenya to return to Europe the reader shares her regret for the loss of this wild exciting country that has vanished now for ever and whose magic is preserved in pages written with insight wit and love. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 335 pages ------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: Approx 6" Wide and 8½" Tall Chatto & Windus hardcover
1962ref. 46332London: Chatto & Windus 1962. First edition of this sequel to Huxley's The Flame Trees of Thika. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Elspeth Huxley on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Rosemary Seligman. Uncommon signed. In this sequel to The Flame of Thika Elspeth Huxley takes up her story after the family returns to Kenya after the First World War. Her family and friends their home and their travels the glorious wildlife and scenery described in rich and loving detail all spring to life in this enchanting book. 'She knows East Africa and she loves it. . . with a critical and understanding sympathy. ' The Times 'What a marvelous writer. . . and what a Kenya it was" Financial Times. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1938ref. AA1460Los Angeles:: Jake Zeitlin 1938. 1938. Small 4to. 7 pp. White printed wrappers. Fine. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by The Ward Ritchie Press. (Jake Zeitlin, 1938). unknown books
1938ref. AA1460Los Angeles:: Jake Zeitlin 1938. 1938. Small 4to. 7 pp. White printed wrappers. Fine. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by The Ward Ritchie Press. (Jake Zeitlin, 1938). unknown
1974ref. 1001H16London: John Murray; Faber and Faber; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Faber and Faber 1974-2009 . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 5.5". None Stated. A smart four-volume collection of modern travel writing and memoir including a signed first edition by Elspeth Huxley. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Complete with the original dust wrappers all but one of which The Minaret of Djam remain unclipped.A collection of twentieth-century travel and memoir writing across Afghanistan Spain Africa and more by four major figures in modern travel literature.Compromising: 1974 The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan by Freya Stark. Reprint of the work first published in 1970. Illustrated with twenty-four double-sided monochrome photographic plates a map numerous in-text illustrations and an illustrated frontispiece. Collated complete. The dust wrapper of this copy is clipped. 1979 Spain by Jan Morris. Revised edition of the work first published in 1964 as The Presence of Spain. Illustrated with a map preceding the text and numerous in-text illustrations. 1980 Nellie: Letters from Africa by Elspeth Huxley with a memoir by the author. First edition. Signed and dated by Huxley to the title page 9th March 1980. Illustrated with three double-sided monochrome photographic plates and a map preceding the text. Collated complete. 2009 Contact!: A Book of Glimpses by Jan Morris. First edition first impression complete with full number line. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally very smart. The slightest trace of shelf wear and fading to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers of "Spain" and "Minaret." Author's inscription to title page of "Nellie." Dust wrappers very smart. Slight edge wear to extremities resulting in one or two small closed tears and creases. Dust wrapper of ""Minaret" clipped. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two very minor spots and handling marks to fore edges. Near Fine John Murray; Faber and Faber; Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Faber and Faber hardcover
1963ref. D20704London: Chatto and Windus 1963. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in dustwrapper. Review slip laid in. INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. He was murdered in his home in 2017 a tragic and still unsolved event quite possibly related to his anti-poaching efforts. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1963ref. D20704London: Chatto and Windus 1963. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in dustwrapper. Review slip laid in. INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. He was murdered in his home in 2017 a tragic and still unsolved event quite possibly related to his anti-poaching efforts. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1937ref. 22934Los Angeles: Los Angeles Public Library. Printed by Ward Ritchie 1937. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Original printed blue wrappers octavo xi 1 79 pp. 2 plates. Descriptive catalog of 118 works in manuscript. Text also includes an Introductory Note by Jake Zeitlin. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press in an edition of 750 copies. Los Angeles Public Library. Printed by Ward Ritchie paperback