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139469Norwalk CT: The Easton Press nd. Limited edition. Hardcover. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. A fine copy in decorated full leather binding with all page edges gilt and bound in silk book marker. Includes laid in "Notes from the Archives" brochure from Easton Press. An attractive edition of this classic. The Easton Press 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
187163335New York: D. Appleton & Company 90 92 & 94 Grand Street 1871. First American edition. 20cm. xi 378pp. 6 ads. Rust colored embossed pebbled cloth with gilt stamped spine. Period ownership signature on flyleaf. Near fine. <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Company, 90, 92 & 94 Grand Street hardcover 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
1946R240001311LIBRAIRIE PLON. 1946. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 422 pages. Tranche de tête rouge.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1967R160222394Tallandier. 1967. In-4. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 367 pages - jaquette conservée - nombreuses illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc dans le texte.. Avec Jaquette. . . Classification Dewey : 100-PHILOSOPHIE ET DISCIPLINES CONNEXES
1980R240148699Slatkine. 1980. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 245 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1949RO60112649Chatto & Windus. 1949. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos frotté, Intérieur acceptable. 153 pages. Tranche en tête verte. Jaquette manquante.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1941RO30144028PLON. 1941. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 306 pages - coiffes abîmées -. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1954RO80277553Plon. 1954. In-12. Relié demi-cuir. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos frotté, Papier jauni. V + 328 pages + 306 pages - plats jaspés - dos à 5 nerfs - auteur, titre, filet et tomaison dorés sur le dos - mors fendus tome 1.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1930RO40009684Plon. 1930. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 306 pages. Marque à l'encre sur la page de faux titre et la page de titre. Page de titre partiellement déchirée.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1941RO30066064LIBRAIRIE PLON. 1941. In-12. Relié plein cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 306 pages. Titre, auteur, filets dorés sur le dos cuir rouge.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1941RO30142647PLON. 1941. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 327 pages - coiffe en pied abilée. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1954R160024218PLON Feux Croisés Ames et Terres Etrangères. 1954. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 328 et 306 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1935R160164110PLON. 1935. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 316 Pages - Une carte en noir et blanc hors texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1946RO80188802LA JEUNE PARQUE. 1946. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 244 Pages. Quelques rousseurs sans conséquence pour la lecture. 1er plat déchiré. Quelques pages non coupées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
