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1971150756Burbank CA: Warner Brothers 1971. Collection of three vintage color studio still photographs from the US release of the 1971 British film.<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. Two Near Fine one Very Good plus with light wear to the bottom edge. Warner Brothers unknown books
198757186NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987. First illustrated edition. Pelizzoli Francesca. Small 4to pp. 288. Illustrated in color by Francesca Pelizzoli; also with photographs. Black paper over boards. Light stain on front edges of leaves o/w a nice copy in slilghtly scuffed and soiled dj with decorations and an applied illustration. Weidenfeld & Nicolson unknown books
193255816London and New York: William Heinemann Ltd. and the Viking Press 1932. Special edition limited to 525 copies this copy #456; 8vo pp. 2 xxxiv 2 889 3; printed on onionskin paper and bound in Japanese vellum title printed in black on spine vignette on upper cover; vellum split on spine very good. <br/><br/> William Heinemann, Ltd. and the Viking Press hardcover books
200037837Chicago: Ivan R. Dee 2000. Two volumes. 8vo pp. xx 487; xvii 587. Edited by Robert . Baker and James Sexton. Frontis portraits. Fine in djs. Ivan R. Dee unknown books
19649001849New York: Harper & Row 1964. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Bound in publisher's original green and orange cloth stamped in gilt. Full page photographs throughout many in color. Photographic endpapers. Dust jacket is lightly chipped and worn at head and heel of spine and extremities otherwise very good condition. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
19641652New York: Harper & Row 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 148 photos 48 in color. Covers the story of the Amahuace Indians in Peru. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
1972287858Devon: David & Charles Reprints 1972. Facsimile reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good dust jacket. Reprint edition with illustrated plates in black and white not color. Complete with four volumes in three. "Autumn and Winter" is lacking the front endpaper and has foxing to the front pastedown and half title only. Front flaps all priceclipped. Small chip to the dustjacket of "Summer" at the top edge of the front cover. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good binding / Good dust jacket. David & Charles Reprints unknown books
193908013New York: Harper & Brothers 1939. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good-. Octavo. A near fine copy with neat owner inscription ffep. In a very good- dust jacket with chips short closed tears mild scuffs spine of dust jacket. 356 pp. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1948WRCLIT33235New York: Harper 1948. Cloth. First U.S. edition. Near fine in a bright example of the gold foil jacket that is chipped at the head of the spine and has a crease and some short closed tears at the top of the lower panel. Harper hardcover books
193009011London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 3231pp. Bound in red cloth spine lettering gilt top edge stained red. A near fine copy with light scattered foxing in very good unclipped dust jacket with short closed tears mild edge wear and minimal darkening spine. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
192953493London: Chatto & Windus 1929. First U.K. Edition. First Impression trade issue one of 5600 copies. Octavo 19.5cm; tan cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; tan topstain; dustjacket; vi3102pp. Base of spine gently nudged some fraying to crown subtle offsetting to endpapers with a tiny indentation to upper front board edge and some faint foxing to text edges; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7s.6d. net lighlty edgeworn and gently spine-sunned with several tiny nicks and tears to extremities; Very Good. Collection of 12 essays. BROMER A21.3. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1937WRCLIT33237London: Chatto & Windus 1937. Cloth. First edition trade issue. Tiny ink name and date two corners and spine ends gently bumped else near fine in a near very good price-clipped lightly soiled first issue dust jacket that is a bit frayed with old inner tape reinforcement at the head and toe of the spine. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1937WRCLIT33343London: Chatto & Windus 1937. Cloth. First edition trade issue. A very good bright copy in modestly dust soiled and nicked second issue dust jacket with blurbs. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1926JC10712London: Chatto and Windus 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Blue cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 8 291 5 ads plus frontispiece and 13 plates. Spine tips and corners gently bumped; edges of boards just a little tanned; ownership signature on FFEP. Dust jacket chipped along the edges; two large tears down front panel. On India Burma Malaya the Pacific and America. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1920WRCLIT20810New York: George H. Doran Co. 1920. Cloth and boards paper label. First edition American issue of the author's first collection of stories bound from the British sheets. Small tasteful bookplate otherwise a very nice copy without dust jacket. George H. Doran Co. hardcover books
1923D4879London: Chatto and Windus 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Cloth paper label on spine; dust jacket. Boards and spine sunned and faintly spotted; light rubbing at spine tips corners and along edges of boards; prelims and terminals browned otherwise internally clean. Dust jacket foxed; scuffed and chipped along the edges. A good reading copy with additional spine label tipped-in at the rear. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1927WRCLIT75005London: Dulau & Co. 1927. Cloth and gilt boards. First edition trade issue. One of 550 copies. Fine in dust jacket. Dulau & Co. hardcover books
1977291414New York.: Stonehill Publishing Company. 1977. 1st Edition. Burgundy cloth silver spine title. . Very good tight and unmarked in a very good lightly soiled dust jacket. 23.5x15.5 cm. . weight: 1.5 lb. Stonehill Publishing Company. hardcover books
199451112London: André Deutsch 1994. First edition. xiii 158 pp w/index. Fine in full red cloth and publisher’s white slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Erratum slip present. Color reproductions of 24 items. One of 900 copies. Golding contributes a foreword to this work. London: André Deutsch hardcover books
1962W52667London: Chatto & Windus 1962. Original terra cotta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Edges have some light soiling and boards have minor bowing. Faint offsetting on endpapers from dust jacket flaps. Price clipped dust jacket has a bit of foxing internally. Also soiled on upper edge of rear portion and on rear flap fold. Overall a very suitable copy of the sequel to The Flame Trees of Thika. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books
1932WRCLIT37911Oxford: Blackwell 1932. Gilt cloth. First edition. A bit foxed at edges boards ever so slightly bowed else a very nice copy in like dust jacket with one tiny edge tear. Blackwell hardcover books
18733431baGNew York: D. Appleton 1873. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Science; philosophy education; First American edition. xiv 317 pages of text and 4 pages of advertisements. Hardcover binding; original blind stamped maroon cloth slightly rubbed with moderate fading to spine. Soiled spot and owner marks on front flyleaf. D. Appleton Hardcover books
19231321450London: Chatto & WIndus 1923. First Edition Second State. Hardcover. Octavo 229 pages; VG/VG-; spine is beige with black lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering has wear along the top and bottom edges with chipping at the top and bottom edge and several small closed tears spine has discoloration; binding has moderate shelf wear at the top and bottom of the spine; pages have age toning and blotching at the hinges have faded green coloring at the top edge of the text block; shelved lit crit. 1321450. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Chatto & WIndus hardcover books
193008007London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Small Octavo. A fine copy bound in cream cloth with red lettering and illustration spine and covers in a very good price clipped dust jacket with chips. 59 pp. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1985101423London: Chatto & Windus 1985. First edition early printing of Huxley's memoirs of her adult life. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "Elspeth Huxley For Joe Ferrier with gratitude for a continuing interest 1986." The recipient Joe Ferrier was a fan and pen pal of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Nellie and Major Josceline Grant arrived in Thika in what was then British East Africa in 1912 where they became colonial settlers and established a coffee plantation. Their daughter Elspeth had quite an unconventional childhood which she later wrote about in her best known work The Flame Trees of Thika 1959 which examined how unprepared for rustic life the early British settlers really were. Out in the Midday Sun: My Kenya continues the story of Huxley's adult life beginning in 1933 when she returned to Kenya after an interval of eight years. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
