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1929180902008London: Chatto & Windus 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Number 164 of 260 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Yellow and white patterned paper-covered boards over green spine cloth with titles in gilt top edge gilt. Covers a bit soiled spine lettering dulled top corner of upper board is chipped. A collection of essays from the author Brave New World. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
600104"Julian S. Huxley" on University of London King's College printed letterhead February 18 1929. 1 page 8vo. Fine fresh. To Mr. Thomas: Huxley sends a book another is to follow and he has forwarded letters to his brother and H.G. Wells etc. Huxley was working on his book "Science of Life" along with H.G. Wells at this time. Huxley 1887-1975 Leading English biologist and writer; brother of Aldous Huxley. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
197007790New York: Harper & Row 1970. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED AND FROM THE LIBRARY OF FRANCIS CRICK. A Fine hardback First American Edition First Printing in a Near Fine Dust Jacket with minimal edge wear. An autobiography of Julian Huxley older brother of Aldous who considered himself a generalist but who has achieved much success throughout his life particularly in the field of science. 8vo. 296 pp. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover books
186316625London: Robert Hardwicke 1863. Robert Hardwicke unknown books
193448042London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Edition limited to 210 copies signed by Huxley this no. 202 8vo pp. xii 318 2; 30 photoreoproductive plates; green cloth-backed pattern paper boards t.e.g.; spine toned. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
194958529London: Trianon Press 1949. First edition limited to 1000 copies as distributed by Faber & Faber; there were also 100 reserved for the Trianon Press 100 reserved for Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Los Angeles and 12 hors commerce each numbered and signed; folio pp. 3-34 4; frontispiece and 18 plates plate 7 repeated to show first and second states; near fine in original brown cloth gilt lettering on spine. Huxley departs from Bentham's vision of the efficient prison and discusses the phenomenon of the panopticon. Ahead of his time this same architectural scheme shared by hospitals prisons and schools would be heavily criticized by Michel Foucalt in his controversial Discipline and Punish. Piranesi's etchings exhibit an almost attractively gothic approach to prison architecture. <br/><br/> Trianon Press hardcover books
19269026780London: Chatto & Windus at the Florence Press 1926. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. One of 650 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Spine and edges are sunned. Lacks slipcase. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus at the Florence Press hardcover books
19319026782New York & London: Fountain Press & Chatto & Windus 1931. 1st . Hardcover. Very good. One of 840 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in marbled paper covered boards with black cloth spine printed paper label on spine. Glassine dust cover is torn. Corners and edges show minor wear. Lacks slipcase. <br/><br/> Fountain Press & Chatto & Windus hardcover books
193021338London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated boards and dark salmon spine. Teg. Very good. 59 pages. 21.5 x 14.5 cm. First edition. Limited edition copy 235 of 250 signed by Huxley. Huxley takes on vulgar in a similar manner to his pointed take on the social reality of a prostitute using a bath tub. Then the fun begins. Covers front and back slightly darkened. Literature 3. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
537286233 Mulholland Los Angeles 28/Cal 8/viii/62. 1 page. 4to. About Fine remnant of paper at bottom from album. 1 page. 4to. unknown books
1936115671London: Chatto & Windus 1936. Signed limited edition one of 160 copies this is number 41. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley. In near fine condition. This is one of the best collections of essays that Mr. Huxley has ever made. The title-piece is a completely new departure in technique from anything he has written before: a meditation darting from topic to topic on the olive tree and the associations which it has for the author. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19255834New York. George H. Doran Company. 1925. Bound in 1/2 vellum and paper covered boards. 8vo. Large Paper Edition Limited to 250 numbered copies of which this is #95. Signed by Aldous Huxley. Spine label half chipped off with glue residue and various staining to vellum spine else Near Fine. A tight copy. George H. Doran Company. hardcover books
1937WRCLIT57472London: Chatto & Windus 1937. Cloth and decorated boards t.e.g. Fore-tips rubbed small rub-mark on spine otherwise a very good or better copy. First edition limited issue. One of 160 numbered copies 150 for sale specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1931140939330New York: The Fountain Press 1931. Signed Limited Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing; One of a limited 842 copies signed by the Aldous Huxley on the limitation page. Publisher's marbled paper over black cloth spine with title label. Very Good with rubbing to corners and edges chip to title label. Pages toned light small staining to front free endpaper. An increasingly uncommon collection of essays signed by the author best known for his novel Brave New World. The Fountain Press unknown books
193072687London:: Chatto & Windus. Very Good. 1930. Hardcover. B0060PD6ZA . Limited edition: this copy is number 75 of 260 copies. SIGNED by the author. Octavo bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering along the spine decorated paper covered boards top edge gilt. Some light age toning to boards else very good or better. No dust jacket as issued. ; 59 pages . Chatto & Windus, hardcover books
193813491ENew York: Harpers 1938. First Edition - American. Near fine copy with a 1†sliver of darkening to the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover near the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some tiny chips and tears and a neat 1/2†corner cut from the top of the rear flap. A jewel theft and a murder are at the heart of this mystery set in a luxurious Africa safari. Harpers hardcover books
1872267086New York: Appleton 1872. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Purple wrappers paper label on upper cover. 85 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Appleton unknown books
19329026579Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1932. 1st . Hardcover. Very good/fair. Binding shows fading at the edges. Dust jacket missing a portion of the front cover and chipped at the extremities. <br/><br/> Doubleday Doran hardcover books
191861372London: John Murray 1918. Second printing August 1918; first published July 1918. 8vo. 2 volumes: x 2 546; vi 2 569 pp. Illustrated from photographs plates portrait plates folding map of Sikkim and Eastern Nepal. "Note: In this second impression various errors and misprints have been corrected and a few more references have been added in the Index and elsewhere." Hooker 1817-1911 "was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century and a founder of geographical botany" Wikipedia. He spent three years in the Himalayas 1847-1851 the first European to collect plants there; in the work offered here eight chapters covering 143 pages relate to Hooker's Himalayan experiences. Fine and scarce in dust jackets. Original blue cloth gilt spine titles printed dust jackets illustrated with a portrait of the young Hooker volume two with a small chip at the base of the spine the spine ends reinforced on the versos. #8458. <br/><br/> John Murray hardcover books
1863869971863. HUXLEY Thomas H. ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES: or the Causes of the Phenomena of Organic Nature. A Course of Six Lectures to Working Men. NY D. Appleton 1863. 8vo. 150pp. 3ff. ads. First American edition. Pebbled cloth with paper spine label. Wear to extremities; light rubbing; chips to label; internally fine but for two faint library stamps on front pastedown. Bookplate. Huxley was Professor of Natural History at the Jermyn Street School of Mines. Uncommon. unknown books
198195377New York: William Morrow and Company Inc 1981. First American edition of Nellie Grant's autobiography with a memoir by her daughter Elspeth Huxley. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by Elspeth Huxley on he half-title page "For Joe Ferrier - The favourite of my books because most of it was written by someone else me mother the greatest character I have known - Elspeth Huxley May 1983." 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. Jacket design by Judith Kazdyn Leeds. 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. Nellie's Story is a further examination of the family's life including her witnessing of the Mau Mau revolt in the 1950s and the emergence of of a new Africa in the 1960s. William Morrow and Company, Inc hardcover books
1932140941545Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. First American Trade Edition. Very Good. First American trade edition first printing. Publisher's brown cloth binding decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Lean to binding. Spine and edges faded spine worn at ends and gilt stamping dulled corners rubbed. Pages toned previous owner name to front free end paper. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1932140941602Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. First American Trade Edition. Very Good. First American trade edition first printing. Publisher's brown cloth binding decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Slight lean to binding light wear to spine ends cloth faded at spine light spotting to textblock edge; former owner name and date to front free endpaper pages toned and sporadically foxed. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
193644541London: Chatto & Windus 1936. ONE OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 650 COPIES THIS BEING # 402. Hardcover. Near fine/No dust jacket. London: Chatto & Windus 1936. ONE OF AN EDITION LIMITED TO 650 COPIES THIS BEING # 402. Signed by the author. 257 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark Aqua-blue contemporary half morocco over purple silk covered boards. Top edge gilt. A handsome copy in a unique binding. Near fine/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1928114544London: Chatto & Windus 1928. First edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. Point Counter Point's title is a reference to the flow of arguments in a debate and a series of these exchanges tell the story. Instead of a single central plot there are a number of interlinked story lines and recurring themes as in musical "counterpoint". As a roman a clef many of the characters are based on real people most of whom Huxley knew personally such as D. H. Lawrence Katherine Mansfield Sir Oswald Mosley Nancy Cunard and John Middleton Murry and Huxley is depicted as the novel's novelist Philip Quarles. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
