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1936WRCLIT25747London: Chatto & Windus 1936. Printed wrappers. First edition. Light stain and small nick at lower edge otherwise a good copy. Chatto & Windus unknown books
19241321363New York: George H. Doran Company 1924. Hardcover. Octavo; G- Hardcover; Yellow spine with Light Green text on White spine label; Boards strong cocking to spine bumping and rubbing to corners moderate edgewear heavy shelfwear fraying along front joint color fading/bleeding on front cover brown stains on front cover; Textblock has writing in pencil on front pastedown embossed stamp on front endpaper foxing on forward and rear pages otherwise clean; 312 pp. 1321363. FP New Rockville Stock. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
192545689NY:: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1925. Hardcover. No statement of printing. Minor shelf wear and aging else very good in paper covered boards. No dust jacket. ; 63 pages . D. Appleton and Company, hardcover books
19271333912London: Chatto & Windus 1927. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 299; G-/G-; beige spine with green text; dust jacket shows some damp staining to spine and edges; other slight wear to exterior; mylar wrap; cloth has very light wear to exterior; mildly cocked spine; text block has some foxing to exterior edges; interior clean;. 1333912. FP New Rockville Stock. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
193124346London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Edition. 8vo pp. 104. VG in little worn dj spine soiled. Eschelbach & Shober 69. A play. Chatto & Windus unknown books
19481321179New York: Harper & Brothers 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG- Hardcover w/ G Dustjacket; Gold spine with Black and Blue text; Dustjacket has moderate edgewear some shelfwear closed tear along front joint closed tear along head edge of rear cover small closed tear along tail edge of rear cover otherwise clean; Boards strong slight cocking to spine some edgewear some shelfwear bumping to corners otherwise clean; Textblock has staining to front endpaper and pastedown some age toning otherwise clean; 205 pp; F-X Code on Copyright Page. 1321179. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
193758195New York and London: Harper & Brothers 1937. First American edition 16mo pp. 2 104 2; original green paper wrappers; wrappers soiled underlining and marginal notes in pencil throughout otherwise very good and sound. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers unknown books
193252371Minneapolis: The Attic House 1932. 14 x 11 cm pp. 16; self-wrappers colophon states edition size was "about 90" fine. Rulon-Miller Wulling 17. <br/><br/> The Attic House unknown books
1962262426Ragusa Italy: La Fiaccola 1962. Pamphlet. 16p. stapled wraps 5x7 inches lightly toned small stain on front wrap else very good condition. Text in Italian. At head of title: 1 "Credo" di non credienti. "Collana Anteo" Opuscoletti di Propaganda atea antireligiosa e anticlericale; No. 4. La Fiaccola unknown books
1939107162New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1939. Octavo pp. 1-4 1-2 3-356 title page printed in brown and black original brown pebbled cloth front and spine panels stamped in blue and gold fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed. First U.S. edition. Jeremy a young English scholar is engaged to catalogue a manuscript collection in Los Angeles belonging to the eccentric and malignant Mr. Stoyte whose live-in physician Dr. Obispo is searching for a longevity drug. "At once comic and ironic philosophic religious and erotic and in its development both tragic and horrific the narrative leads -- by way of the eighteenth-century manuscript journal of the 5th Earl of Gonister found by Jeremy among the Hauberk Papers -- to a conclusive anticipation of Stoyte and Obispo's search for the elixir of life." - Longman Companion to Twentieth Century Literature p. 7. Huxley moved to Los Angeles in the late 1930s and lived there off and on until his death in 1963. Anatomy of Wonder 1976 4-322; 1981 3-413; 1987 3-219; and 1995 2-55. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I pp. 33-7. Baird and Greenwood An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1273. Powell California Classics no. 30. A Burgess 99 novel. Spine panel just a bit dull else a very good bright copy; no dust jacket. #107162 Harper & Brothers Publishers unknown books
1958WRCLIT74948New York: Harper 1958. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition. Boards a trace sunned at the edges pencil erasures on endsheets else very good in a lightly soiled dust jacket with modest chipping at the head of the spine at corners. Harper hardcover books
1922137590London: Chatto & Windus 1922. Octavo pp. 1-8 1 2-229 230: printer's imprint 231-232: blank note: last leaf is a blank original light blue cloth printed paper label affixed to spine panel top edge stained blue other edges untrimmed. First edition. The author's second story collection. Five stories including the classic "The Gioconda Smile." Private owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down slight spine lean several spots to rear cover some tanning to free endpapers fore and bottom edges of text block foxed a very good copy. #137590 Chatto & Windus unknown books
1932WRCLIT33234London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Thick octavo. Cloth. First edition. Foxing to rear endsheet corners and spine ends rubbed but a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1971WRCLIT34282New York: Harper 1971. Cloth. First U.S. edition. Edited by Donald Watt with an introduction by Richard Church. A few light scuffs to cloth else a fine copy in dust jacket with minor edge wear. Harper hardcover books
1946132854London: Chatto & Windus 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Anthology that collects some of Huxley's early poems and the play "World of Light." A near fine copy in an about very good price clipped dust jacket that has some edge tears and wear with some skillful internal repairs. A bright copy. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1999WRCLIT33347New York: St. Martin's 1999. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first U.S. edition. Originally written as a screen story. A fine copy. St. Martin's unknown books
1926291534New York.: George H. Doran. 1926. 1st Edition. Quarter red cloth over patterned boards. Good cover extremities worn pages slightly toned complete and unmarked. 22.5x14.5 cm. Huxley’s travels to India Burma Malaya the Pacificand America. weight: 1.3 lb. 12 photo illustrated plates. George H. Doran. hardcover books
1974WRCLIT84467London: Chatto & Windus / Collins 1974. Pale green printed wrapper. Frontis and plates. Spine cocked with closed horizontal tear but a very good copy. Uncorrected proof of the UK edition utilized for review in the US in anticipation of Knopf's publication of the US edition The title page and upper wrapper are annotated accordingly. Chatto & Windus / Collins unknown books
1971150755Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Vintage studio still photograph from the US release of the 1971 British film showing actors Oliver Reed and Georgina Hale. <br/><br/>Based on the 1960 play by John Whiting and on Aldous Huxley's 1952 book "The Devils of Loudun." A dramatization of the fall of Urbain Grandier a Catholic priest accused of witchcraft and demonic conspiracy by a group of hysterical nuns. Often regarded as one of the more controversial films of the twentieth century due in large part to its heavily violent and sexual content in a religious context widely censored before its release. <br/><br/>Set in 17th century Loudun France.<br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with a small closed tear to the right edge. Warner Brothers unknown books
1974WRCLIT73073Los Angeles: Friends of the UCLA Library 1974. Pictorial green cloth. Photographs and facsimiles. Fine without dust jacket as issued. First edition. One of 1250 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom. Introduction by Lawrence C. Powell. A 1952 panel discussion involving Huxley Powell Dorothy Conway Friede Lawrence and Majl Ewing edited here for first publication by Haruhide Mori. Friends of the UCLA Library hardcover books
195550032New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good-. New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. Dustjacket designed by Emil Antonucci. First edition. 168 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth backed grey paper covered boards. Heel bumped; head heel and corners rubbed very small tear to heel; former owner symbol to front free endpaper; edges and gutters lightly toned. Price clipped and spine faded dustjacket lightly chipped at head heel and corners with toning to front and rear panels. Still a clean and sound interior. Very good/Very good-. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
192710341London: Chatto & Windus 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 300 pp. Publisher's green cloth stamped gilt rather sweet and fine in dustjacket with small closed tears minimal loss. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19495600London: 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
1934WRCLIT49604London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Gilt cloth endsheet maps. Frontis and photographs. First edition trade issue. A few faint marks to cloth otherwise a very good bright copy without dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1934WRCLIT33244London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Cloth. Frontis photographs. First edition trade issue. Some foxing to prelims spine a bit darkened and rubbed but a good or better copy lacking the jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
