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1918218754Oxford: B.H. Blackwell 1918. First edition. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original green decorated paper wrappers labels on spine and upper cover joints and lower edges of covers rubbed internally fine an unopened copy with unused extra labels tipped in. Preserved in a half green morocco slipcase with inner wrapper. Bookplate of Joan Whitney. First edition. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. An attractive copy of the author's third book preceded by "The Burning Wheel" & "Jonah". Eschelbach and Shober 19 B.H. Blackwell unknown books
1919224706Oxford B.H. Blackwell 1919. 1919. First edition. 8vo. Edited by Edith Stiwell. 104 pages. Original 1/2 black cloth over pictorial boards with a cubist design by Laurence Atkinson; pictorial endpapers by Don alvaro de Guevara showing a group of bicyclist; uncut and partly unopened. Fresh copy very light soiling; no foxing. Bookplate of Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown. Enclosed in a 1/2 dark green morocco slipcase with folding chemise. One of 1000 copies. Includes contributions by Edith Osbert and Sacherville Sitwell as well as by Aldous Huxley Arnold James Alvaro Velez Ladron De Guevara Iris Tree and Sherard Vines. F. Hardcover. Oxford, B.H. Blackwell [1919]. hardcover books
19189026837Oxford: Blackwell 1918. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original stiff green printed paper. Original glassine wrap has small chip at top near spine.and tear at bottom of cover otherwise intact. This is the author's third published book. 8 x 5 and 3/4 inches. 52 pages uncut including colophon and two pages of Blackwell's advertising of the period at the back of the book. <br/><br/> Blackwell hardcover books
1923007186Chatto & Windus 1923. Book. Fine. Cloth. First English Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine Fresh copy in a good jacket. True First Edition.Spine Faded Split and loss to Crown & Heel.Nice Copy. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books
193811206JNew York: Harpers 1938. First Edition - American. Former ownership inscription dated 1938. Very good in neatly price-clipped bright dust jacket with some internal tape strengthening. A jewel theft and a murder are at the heart of this mystery set in a luxurious Africa safari. Harpers unknown books
194043704London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1940. First Edition. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's cloth in cream dust jacket printed in green; 475pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Light chipping to jacket extremities shallow tear at bottom of pp. 9/10 not approaching text else a Very Good or better copy in the scarce jacket. Posthumously published and unfinished sequel to the author's "Sex and Culture" 1934. The later text attempts to answer the question as put by Huxley in his introduction "What are the conditions which must be fulfilled if a society is to go on displaying maximum energy for an indefinite period" p. 17. Thus does Unwin describe a Utopia in which sex is made available by two forms of marriage monogamous and polygamous which citizens can choose and change at will. This way: "The rulers of the world are made free by this structure to focus on the maintenance of a sustainable state" www.sf-encyclopedia.com. Ultimately however Unwin argues that the most advanced societies are those that strictly adhere to monogamy sexual freedom depleting the civilization's energy. BROMER B.59.1. George Allen and Unwin Ltd unknown books
500337"Aldous Huxley" Hollywood October 12 1937; to an autograph seeker: "Mr. Blake has written to me from San Francisco about a book you would like autographed. If you will send it to the above address I will sign it and return it by post. Yours Sincerely." at this time Huxley had just arrived in Hollywood via San Cristobal NM where he had written "Ends and Means" while spending the summer at Frieda Lawrence's ranch. 4to. 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
193051578Gaylordsville: The Slide Mountain Press 1930. First Limited Edition. One of 91 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.29. Quarto 26.75cm; patterned paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's pictorial paper-covered slipcase; 16pp with errata slip tipped in before title page correcting the author's misspelled first name. With a single woodcut illustration by O. Macrum opposite Huxley's poem. Presentation copy warmly inscribed by the publishers on the front endpaper: "For Milly and Elizabeth Randall-Mills / with compliments and thanks! / James and Elizabeth Wells / October 27 1936." Some light rubbing and dust-soil to backstrip faint foxing to endpapers and edges of a few leaves else Near Fine lacking the original glassine with a new one supplied. Slipcase is lightly tanned and edgeworn with a few thin cracks 1.25" loss at lower edge and some faint whitish spotting; still Very Good and sound. An elaborate slip of a book produced by James and Hilda Wells's Slide Mountain Press printing a single poem by Huxley which was subsequently published in his 1931 collection The Cicadas and Other Poems. BROMER A25. The Slide Mountain Press unknown books
18752618261875. 2 pp. old folds small tape repair. 2 pp. Huxley and Fayrer met in 1844 at the University of London. "Fayrer became a firm friend. The two often worked through the night." Desmond. Indeed it was Fayrer who suggested Huxley take to the sea and thus he joined the Rattlesnake under the command of Owen Stanley 1846-50.<br/><br/>Having returned from the Rattlesnake voyage 1846-50 he became the professor of natural history at the Royal School of Mines and later president of the Royal Society. Though is best known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his strident advocacy of his theory of evolution. He also coined the term "agnostic".<br/><br/>Fayrer was famous for the treatment of snakebite and at the time of writing was gearing up for membership of the Royal Society. He was proposed for election in March and finally admitted in April 1877. Desmond A; Huxley From Devil's Disciple to Evolution's High Priest. Reading 1997 p.36 unknown books
1978WALTER-FILM004123Softcover/Paperback. Very Good. Manuscript Aldous Huxley source Robert E. Thompson screenwriter Set of two 2 vintage original revised draft scripts USA. Hollywood: Universal Studios 1978. Two volumes brad bound printed wrappers quarto.1118;1119-234. <br /><br />Revised drafts of scripts for what was originally conceived as a two part mini-series but aired on television in the U.S. in March of 1980 as an abridged single 3-hour film. The BBC however broadcast the uncut version in March of 1981. Doran William Cannon contributed to the final version of the production script. <br /><br />The present draft which is credited to Thompson alone includes revisions dated from 7 April through 6 June 1978. This was the very first screen adaptation of Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel which to date remains his most celebrated work. It is a difficult book to bring to the screen and there have been three subsequent versions of which the most recent one is in pre-production at this time. Universal paperback books
196814097New York: Greenwood Press 1968. Cloth. Near Fine. A very handsome example of this 1968 Greenwood Press re-issue of T.H. Huxley's collected essays complete in 9 volumes. Save for a tiny former owner name and date stamped to the top-edge of each front pastedown all 9 volumes are tight and crisp and virtually pristine. Thick uniform octavos in their wine-red cloth with bright unrubbed gilt-lettering along the spines each volume is solid and well-preserved and easily Near Fine. This collection of essays from the renowned English biologist even in this re-issue is uncommon as such in its complete run. <br/><br/> Greenwood Press hardcover books
191608010Oxford: B. H. Blackwell 1916. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. Author's First Book. With the bookplate of Francis James Rennell Rodd Major General and 2nd Baron Rennell. A near fine copy bound in original cream wrappers with printed label front cover. Half title decorative pictorial frontis and title page. Scattered foxing. A very nice copy. 51 pp. 1p. publisher's ad at rear. <br/><br/> B. H. Blackwell paperback books
1918S9148London:: John Murray 1918. 1918. Two volumes. 8vo. x 2 546; vi 569 pp. Frontis. Blue cloth gilt-stamped cover ornaments gilt-stamped spine titles; recased new endpapers. Fine. First edition first printing. This two-volume is the first full-length biography of Hooker written and edited by Leonard Huxley with the assistance of Hooker's widow Lady Hyacinth Hooker. Hooker 1817-1911 British botanist was arguably the most important botanical figure of the nineteenth century. A traveler and plant-collector he was one of Charles Darwin's closest friends and eventually succeeding his father to became director of Britain's Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in 1865. Hooker was chief botanist 1839-1843 teaming with Dr. David Lyall of the Antarctic voyage on the discovery ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror the consort to Erebus; the Terror was commanded by Crozier under the command of Sir James Clark Ross visiting Madeira and the Cape of South Africa. During the voyage he also served as assistant surgeon on the Erebus. In 1848-51 he journeyed at Nepal and India collecting many specimens preserved at Kew Gardens. See: W. B. Turrill Joseph Dalton Hooker. Botanist Explorer and Administrator London 1963. John Murray, 1918. hardcover books
1932116112Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing Co 1932. First printing of this edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo original blue cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. "A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. easily Huxley's most popular and many good judges continue to think his best novel" DNB. "After the success of his first three novels Huxley abandoned the fictional milieu of literary London and directed his satire toward an imagined future. He admitted that the original idea of Brave New World was to challenge H.G. Wells' Utopian vision. The novel also marks Huxley's increasing disenchantment with the world which was to result in his leaving England for California in 1937 in search of a more spiritual life. The book was immediately successful" Parker & Kermode 161-62. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover books
1927117342London: Chatto & Windus 1927. Signed limited edition of what is considered by many to be Huxley's definitive work of fiction. Octavo original cloth. Number 108 of 200 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley. In near fine condition. A very sharp example. Written at the height of his powers immediately after Brave New World Aldous Huxley's highly acclaimed Eyeless in Gaza is his most personal novel. Huxley's bold nontraditional narrative tells the loosely autobiographical story of Anthony Beavis a cynical libertine Oxford graduate who comes of age in the vacuum left by World War I. Unfulfilled by his life loves and adventures Anthony is persuaded by a charismatic friend to become a Marxist and take up arms with Mexican revolutionaries. But when their disastrous embrace of violence nearly kills them Anthony is left shattered--and is forced to find an alternative to the moral disillusionment of the modern world. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19500915 Via S. Margherita a Montici Florence May 1 1925. 8vo 1 page with integral leaf on paper watermarked "Old Royal Vidalon." "Dear Richard: I enclose a proof of an essay on Benphel- & other things- which is to appear in book form this autumn. I send it in the hope that you may find it of use for the Calendar. If so it would have to be published before the end of September. Yours." Huxley sends a proof of an essay not included from his forthcoming book "Do What You Will" for possible publication in the "Calendar" providing it appears before the end of September the book was published in October. Huxley 1894-1963 English-born author and critic; best known for "Brave New World" 1932 and "Brave New World Revisited" 1958; died in Los Angeles. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
19722835331972. Very Good binding. A small archive of correspondence between Sir Julian Huxley the scientist writer and brother of Aldous Huxley and a Mr. John T. Parks of Richardson Texas. ~There are four autograph letters signed and written by Sir Julian. In them Huxley comments on such things as the burning of the White House in the War of 1812 various species of fish and the vices of the Arabs. Of the Arabs he comments: "their greatest trouble was the power of the different sheiks - which led to a form of tribalism and hindered unity. Oil has helped some materially - but even the oil 'kingdoms' are very backward as regards education & health. Let us hope that this division will continue so as to prevent mass war against Israel." This written a mere year before the Yom Kippur War. ~Sir Julian's handwritten letters are at times difficult to transcribe and the archive helpfully includes typed transcripts of them. ~~Correspondent John Parks requested autographs for certain copies of Sir Julian's works one of which is included with the letters: an off-print copy of "World Population" from Scientific American signed by Sir Julian on the front cover. The archive also includes correspondence between Mr. Parks and publishers as well as the subscription department at The New Yorker: "For the trouble I caused him . I asked him and Lady Huxley what they would like short of a herd of longhorn steers . and he said he rather thought that a subscription to The New Yorker would do nicely". Finally includes an autographed letter signed by Judith Huxley daughter-in-law of Aldous thanking the Mr. Parks for the loan of a book. Very Good binding. unknown books
1902006966New York: D. Appleton and Co. 1902. Both volumes Near Fine lacking the scarce dust jackets top edges gilt prior owner bookplates and name in ink front end pages and paste downs. With SCARCE ALS tipped in at front of Vol. I from Huxley to publisher Kegan Paul in Huxleys' difficult hand on South Kensington Science and Art Department embossed stationery dated Nov. 15 1873 one sheet folded with writing two sides - " Dear Mr. Kegan Paul I remember seeing 's book a long time ago- but I cannot find it in my shelves now and I have such a strong hope that it was returned that I think I may follow ahead on purchasing & my belief to that event is my hope. Ever yours very faithfully T.H. Huxley". Thomas H. Huxley 1825-1895 was a British educator biologist and advocate of elevating science to a higher place in society. He coined the word agnosticism and earned the nickname "Darwin's bulldog" for his earnest defense of Darwin's theory of evolution. Charles Kegan Paul 1828-1902 was a British author and publisher who would later 1880 publish one of Huxley's books. . Later Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. Appleton and Co. Hardcover books
195247727Great Britain: Issued for Private Circulation. "Printed Letterpress with Illustrations in Collotype by The Chiswick Press in Great Britain" 1952. Limited Edition. "90 Copies Only of this Edition have been Printed for Private Circulation This is Copy No. 24. cf. Bromer B79. Light green paper wrappers sewn with white thread. Printed in black with a decorative rule to upper wrapper and title page. Full page reproduction to last five leaves. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A VG copy. Age toning to wrappers some rubbing and chipping to edges especially corners. Otherwise a nice bright copy. Unpaginated though 20 pages. Five collotype reproductions. 11" x 8" <br/><br/>"Permission for the reproduction of the corrected proofs is by the courtesy of Miss Harriett Weaver and the James Joyce Foundation." Rare in the trade. Issued for Private Circulation. "Printed Letterpress with Illustrations in Collotype by The Chiswick Press in Great Britain unknown books
195996020London: Chatto & Windus 1959. First edition of the reissue of Huxley's autobiographical work based on her early life among white settlers on her father's coffee plantation in Kenya. Octavo original cloth frontispiece. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Joe Ferrier with all good wishes. Elspeth Huxley." The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong friend of Huxley's. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Also laid in are three typed letters signed by Huxley to the recipient. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by John Woodcock. Elspeth Huxley prolifically wrote thirty books but she is best known for her lyrical books The Flame Trees of Thika and The Mottled Lizard. Both are based on her experiences growing up in a coffee farm in Colonial Kenya. Her husband Gervas Huxley was related to both Thomas and Aldous Huxley Lownie 2006. A year after the publication of The Flame Trees of Thika Huxley was appointed an independent member of the Advisory Commission for the Review of the Constitution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. She was an advocate of colonialism early in life and later called for independence for African countries Ibid. In the 1960s she served as a correspondent for the National Review magazine. It was later made into the well received television series originally airing in 1981. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
196295084London: Chatto & Windus 1962. First edition early printing of one of Huxley's best known works. Octavo original half cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Joe Ferrier with gratitude for your interest in my childhood memories - now are half a century old. Elspeth Huxley." Laid in are three typed letters signed by Huxley to Joe Ferrier one of which reads in part "I much appreciate your continuing interest in my writings - as much as I regret the appalling untidiness of this typing. My non-proficiency increases with the years and the typewriter is now nearly as old as I am; a few more years and in this age of word-processors etc.; it may become a valuable antique. With best wishes yours sincerely Elspeth Huxley." The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong pen pal and friend 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 Rosemary Grimble. 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. The Mottled Lizard continues the story when the family returns to Kenya after the first world war. Huxley recreates in vivid detail their home native servants hunting expeditions and travels throughout the country. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1883453251883. <p>Huxley Thomas Henry 1825-95. Etched portrait mounted by Leopold Flameng after the 1883 portrait by John Collier 1850-1934 signed in the plate by Huxley. London: The Fine Art Society 1 January 1885. 583 x 423 mm.; mount measures 604 x 440. Scattered foxing small tear in lower margin not affecting image but very good. Small embossed stamp in lower right corner.</p> <p> From the portrait of Huxley painted in 1883 by his son-in-law pre-Raphaelite painter John Collier. This version of the print is very scarce; this is the first copy we have seen or handled in over 50 years. Based on the large brow ridges shown on the skull that Huxley is holding in the portrait it is probable that Huxley is holding a Neanderthal skull the significance of which Huxley originally publicized in his Man's Place in Nature 1863. Collier was married to two of Huxley's daughters: First to Marian Mady a talented painter in her own right; and after Mady's death to her younger sister Ethel. The original of Collier's portrait now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. </p> . unknown books
196246332London: 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 books
1928119439New York: The Modern Library 1928. Modern Library edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Deci Mellin With good wishes Aldous Huxley 1953." Near fine in a near fine 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. The Modern Library hardcover books
1947230715New York: Harper & Brothers 1947. First edition. viii 257pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth. Fine in VG split dj. First edition. viii 257pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to Monsieur Nabokov. Inscribed on ffep "Monsieur Vladimir Nabokov from Julian Huxley Sept 1952." Stephen Jay Gould shows the similarieties between the two men in one of his great essays. Harper & Brothers unknown books
