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1935ref. 886T21London: Chatto & Windus 1935-1937. Cloth. Near Fine. 10" by 7.5". Not Stated. A smart set of two volumes of The Geographical Magazine with illustrations throughout. Two volumes. Founded in 1935 Geographical formerly The Geographical Magazine is the magazine of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers. The magazine is published monthly and contains illustrated articles on people places adventure travel and environmental issues as well as the latest academic research and discoveries in geography. Each volume is highly illustrated with photographs and maps many of which are in colour. Edited by Michael Huxley an English diplomatist and editor. This set includes: Volume I Nos. 1 - 6 May - October 1935. With articles on: our Stone-Age Contemporaries Pilgrim to Mecca Flying to India Across the Greenland Ice-Cap the German Universities and a Turtle Hunt in the Solomon Islands. Volume V Nos. 1 - 6 May - October 1937. With articles on: The National Trust Stones of Angkor a Festival in Yugoslavia the Dead Cities of Ceylon Australia's Flying Foxes and the Yami of Koto-Sho. In the original green cloth binding. Externally very smart with light fading to the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with a few pencil annotations. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper of volume I. Near Fine Chatto & Windus hardcover
1955ref. 39281NY: Harper 1955. First Edition. 8vo pp. 168. VG. Harper unknown books
1955ref. 105600London:: Chatto & Windus. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. First British edition. Foxing to edges and endpapers else very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. . Chatto & Windus, hardcover books
1955ref. 1406390London: Chatto and Windus Limited 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 127 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine light orange with dark brown lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including slight scuffing slight reddish staining to the rear and minor edge wear. Boards have slight wear including slight sunning and light edge wear. Mild cocking to the spine. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges and faint offsetting to the end papers. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Column X. 1406390. FP New Rockville Stock. Chatto and Windus Limited hardcover books
1955ref. 618481New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Slight toning and edgewear else about fine in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine chips and creasing. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1955ref. 601533New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Edges lightly toned and bumped endleaves with light foxing rear pastedown with staining from two runs of tape very good in a price-clipped price in dollars remains very good dust jacket with toning and light soiling a sunned spine and several chips and small creased tears. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1955ref. 11758London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on ffep to Oliver Sacks: "To Ol with love Tony." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Folding chipping and loss to upper/lower spine on dj staining to cloth evenly toned minimal shelfwear else very tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards. 8vo. 127pp. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1955ref. 567712New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Early owner name on front fly else about fine in lightly chipped very good dust jacket. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1955ref. 557675New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Edges modestly rubbed near fine in a near fine age-toned dust jacket with front flap corner clipped price intact short tears on spine ends. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1955ref. 63027New York: Harper and Brothers 1955. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 21.5cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over grey cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board light bumping to spine ends some of the gilt a trifle dulled in a clean strong pricelipped dustjacket a touch faded to the spine panela small closed tear to the front panel and with some abrasion and two pinholes to the lower edge of the rear panel. A very good copy. 168pp. Internally clean. Fore-edge untrimmed. An unsurprisingly philosophical and exploratory novel dealing with the tangled lives of a Nobel winning genius his wife and the man who came between them. Harper and Brothers unknown books
1955ref. 540412New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Faint crease on the spine with bumping at the spine ends slight foxing on topedge very good in a price-clipped very good dust jacket with tiny chips and short tears a sunned spine and an interior tape reinforcement on the rear panel. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1955ref. 05003THE GENIUS AND THE GODDESS Harper 1955 first edition some brown staining to several leaves else vg in like dust-wrapper save for some shallow chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities and 4 closed tears. Harper unknown books
1955ref. mon0000991254Chatto & Windus 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. First edition Second Impression Pages clean and bright Binding firm Light wear to edges Dust jacket price clipped. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1955ref. mon0000997197Chatto & Windus 1955. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Contains previous owners name in pen on FFEP. Some rubbing to edges of jacket. First edition first printing. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Binding tight. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1955ref. 1081london: chatto & windus 1955. first edition 1955. huxley's novella chronicles the life of john rivers a student physicist in the 1920s who is hired as a laboratory assistant to the nobel-prize-winning henry maartens. explores ideological themes regarding god sex history and death. london: chatto & windus. 5.15x7.5". 127 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: minor bumping to head of spine stain to back board owners inscription to front-free-end paper. near fine. jacket condition: bumping to head and foot of spine shelfwear to spine. fine-. chatto & windus unknown
1955ref. 23656London: Chatto and Windus 1955. A first edition first printing published by Chatto and Windus in 1955. A very good copy without inscriptions - some spotting in the very good unclipped wrapper with some rubbing to the edges. Chatto and Windus unknown
1955ref. blb02184New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarter black cloth over grey linen-like cloth boards. Typical of Huxleys books with Harper multiple horizontal gilt rulings on spine with gilt publishers device on front grey. Book is tight square and sharp-cornered with no markings or flaws inside or out. Near Fine or better. Clipped Dust Jacket has just one clipping in bottom of front flap original price of $2.75 is on top of flap. DJ has sharp definition with it's rust colored pictorial on front and slight fading on spine with sharp b/w photo of author on rear. First Edition as stated - with G-E code. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1955ref. 243London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First Edition First Impression. Publisher's Turquoise Cloth with Cream and Gilt Detailing. Near Fine/Very Good. A Near Fine Book in a Very Good Illustrated Dust Jacket Price Clipped. Book is lightly shelf worn and sunned to extremities. A small impression is present to the bottom of the front board. Text block is moderately toned. FFEP has a shadow from dust jacket flap. Binding is tight and square and text is unmarked. Charles Mozley designed dust jacket presents beautifully despite its flaws. Jacket is generally shelf worn to extremities with rubbing and chipping present to corners tail and crown including small losses to crown. Rear panel shows soiling and has a small closed tear. Hinges have whitened where front and rear panel meet spine. Hardcover. Small Octavo. 127pp. Chatto & Windus unknown
1955ref. 11758London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on ffep to Oliver Sacks: "To Ol with love Tony." From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Folding chipping and loss to upper/lower spine on dj staining to cloth evenly toned minimal shelfwear else very tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards. 8vo. 127pp. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1955ref. 8732New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. Book. Very Good . Hardcover. 1st Edition. Octavo. 8vo. 168 8 pp. stated First Edition 1955. boards with lightly age-toned text block else Pristine Interior. No markings binding tight clean white and bright. 5.75" x 8.25". Grey cloth with black cloth back strip decorative gilt lettering to spine. DJ Price clipped. Very light wear age-toning. Decorative dj in acetate protector. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
1955ref. 63027New York: Harper and Brothers 1955. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. 21.5cm x 15cm. Publisher's black cloth spine over grey cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board light bumping to spine ends some of the gilt a trifle dulled in a clean strong pricelipped dustjacket a touch faded to the spine panela small closed tear to the front panel and with some abrasion and two pinholes to the lower edge of the rear panel. A very good copy. 168pp. Internally clean. Fore-edge untrimmed. An unsurprisingly philosophical and exploratory novel dealing with the tangled lives of a Nobel winning genius his wife and the man who came between them. Harper and Brothers unknown
1955ref. 228766London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First U.K. Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Hardcover; 8vo; 127 pp. First UK ed. Teal paper hardcovers with gilt titles on a white label on spine. Lightly rubbed edges bumped corners. Bright and clean interior. In a yellow illustrated jacket with black titles on spine. NPC. Some rubbing around edges. In a mylar jacket. VG/NF Chatto & Windus hardcover
ref. 0586053433.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2009ref. Q-0061724904Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2009-10-20. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback
1955ref. 00007933New York: Harper & Brothers 1955 1955. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 8 9-168 8 pp. Quarter black cloth over grey cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $2.75 on the jacket's front flap. Jacket design by Emil Antonucci. Very Good book with some toning to the endpapers and pastedowns in a Very Good dust jacket with toning to its rear panel and rubbing resulting in a tiny chip to the rear fold. Harper & Brothers [1955] hardcover
