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186316625London: Robert Hardwicke 1863. Robert Hardwicke unknown books
013730Toronto: The Musson Book Company Limited Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. Previous owner's name and date 1932. Minor corner and edge wear. Spine is handsoiled cocked and somewhat creased. Hinges are secure and undamaged. Scarce edition of a truly terrifying book! . The Musson Book Company Limited hardcover
1936005618Harper & Brothers. Stated first edition and "E-L" code. Unclipped DJ in archival cover edge wear small chips. $2.50 price on the flap. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1936. Harper & Brothers hardcover
194042450New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1940. 1940. First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. in 1939 using the title "Death Of An Aryan." Author's third mystery novel. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends and corners. Vachell the local C. I. D. officer tries to find a killer who takes pleasure in torturing his victims and then piercing their skin with arrow poison for which there is no known antidote. An attractive copy. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1940. unknown
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
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
1900271080 pages in two volumes. No tears no foxing no stains all pages tight and clean; slight wear on heels and heads of spines. 13 photographic illustrations all tissue-protected; some darkening of tissues from photographs.<br /><br />First American edition. Also includes preface to English edition. Covers Huxley's life 1825-1895 through the recollections of his son Leonard and others and through his letters dealing with his personal life and his wide range of interests scientific research and activities.<br /><br />"Darwin's Bulldog" a brilliant biologist anthropologist comparative anatomist debater and highly influential promoter of scientific thought and education Thomas Henry Huxley should need no introduction here. D. Appleton and Company hardcover
186316625London: Robert Hardwicke 1863. Robert Hardwicke unknown
1964011676Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt 1964. Original glassine dustwrapper. First Edition. Original Printed Boards. Fine/Very Good. P. A. Norstedt Hardcover
192654424London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed decorative boards titled in gilt TEG deckle edges. Limited edition no. 174/650 signed by Huxley to the limitation page. Spine a bit sunned points exposed slight staining to boards; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; viii257 pages; Signed by Author . Chatto & Windus hardcover
186354344NY: D. Appleton & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1863. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Original brown cloth spine label. Fray to spine ends label slightly chipped and tanned; splitting of cloth at outer hinges but joints holding light corner wear. Small PO plate. Small corner loss to ffep. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1506 pages . D. Appleton & Company hardcover
1984121116Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Easton Press Collector's Library of Famous Editions. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Easton Press hardcover
198487382Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Accented in 22kt gold printed on archival paper with gilded edges smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Easton Press hardcover
19319027001London: Chatto & Windus 1931. 1st . Hardcover. Fine. One of 160 numbered copies signed by Huxley. Shows wear and rubbing at the extremities but still a very good copy. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
20003F1-00005Penguin Classics 2000-02-01. paperback. New. 0x5x7. Ship within 24hrs. 100% Satisfaction is Our #1 Goal! Penguin Classics paperback
1935476725Macmillan 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Light tanning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 2 v. fronts. plates ports. maps part fold. diagr. 23 cm. Subjects; Frontier and pioneer life Kenya. Politics and government. Great Britain. Colonies Africa. Macmillan hardcover
20213I8-00028Echo Point Books & Media LLC 2021-04-09. paperback. Good. 5x0x8. Exterior may shows wear and may contain stickers from previous use. Interior may contain minimal writing or highlighting. Ship within 24hrs. 100% Satisfaction is Our #1 Goal! Echo Point Books & Media, LLC paperback
19541762930656ABSChatto & Windus 1954. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1954. Second Impression March 1954. 62 pages. Blue pictorial jacket over light blue covered boards and gilt title to spine. Previous owner name inked to FFP dated 1954. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning and foxing to FFP. Speckled staining to text block edge text unaffected. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Small stain to front board. Mild crushing to spine ends with moderate sunning.Gilt lettering is slightly darkened but clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with tears and creasing. No apparent loss. Very mild sunning to spine. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1883007341LONDON: WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED 1883. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Scarce in first edition. Front board and up to page 5 of first book detached cloth missing from rear board. Boards rubbed and marked spine darkened fore edge foxed Albert Harrison bookplate to front pastedown prelims lightly foxed pencil inscriptions to some margins on some of the books otherwise clean throughout. Good rebinding copy. Full list of titles and authors in order of appearance as follows: Inaugural Meeting Of The Fishery Congress By H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales Fish Diseases By Professor Huxley The Destruction Of Fish And Other Aquatic Animals By Internal Parasites By T. Spencer Cobbold Fish As Food By Henry Thompson Food Of Fishes By F. Day Fish Culture By Francis Day The Natural History And Cultivation Of The Sole By W. Houghton Propagation Of The Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers The Propagation Of Freshwater Fish Excluding Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers Crustaceans Bt Thomas Cornish; Artificial Culture Of Lobsters By W. Saville Kent Molluscs Mussels Whelks Etc. Used For Food Or Bait By Mr. Charles Harding Oyster Culture And Oyster Fisheries In The Netherlands By Professor Hubrecht Notes On The Food Fishes And Edible Mullosca Of New South Wales By E. P. Ramsay Seal Fisheries By Captain Temple The Scientific Results Of The Exhibition By Professor E. Ray Lankester <br/> <br/> WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED hardcover
188032971London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. Very Good. 1880. Limited Signed Edition. Hardback. Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage for international shipping.; First edition this is copy no. 55 of an edition limited to 250 large paper copies signed by the publisher Jonathan Miller's copy with his signature to first blank publisher's original brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine bevelled boards chipping & wear to spine ends minor rubbing to boards frontis engraving loose with 81 in-text illustrations binding firm. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 371 pages . C. Kegan Paul & Co. hardcover
1935mon0001536043John Murray 1935. Hardcover. Good. . Hardback. No dust jacket. Previous owner's inscription. Slight rubbing and staining to cover. Slight tanning to pages. Hinges good. Binding firm. Text is clear. Pull out expedition map in good condition. John Murray hardcover
1938031975UK 1938. First Edition . Paper. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. Two Original Handwritten and Signed Zoological Society Letters by Sir Julian Huxley to Philip Morrell regarding and discussing the Death of His Wife and Friend Lady Ottoline Morrell. Dated 1938. Sir Julian Huxley 1887 - 1975 was an English evolutionary biologist eugenicist and internationalist. He was a proponent of natural selection and a leading figure in the mid-twentieth-century modern synthesis. He was secretary of the Zoological Society of London 1935-1942 the first director of UNESCO a founding member of the World Wildlife Fund the president of the British Eugenics Society 1959-1962 and the first president of the British Humanist Association. Size is 200mm x 160mm. Condition is good. Light folding crease. Ref19334 <br/> <br/> unknown
1956914P19London: Chatto & Windus 1956. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5". None. The first edition of this brilliant anthology of essays by Aldous Huxley from the library of Brian Aldiss. The first edition first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.From the library of Brian Aldiss with his signature to the recto of the front endpaper and a note loosely inserted regarding the provenance from his daughter Wendy Aldiss. Aldiss was a popular English science fiction author an influential writer of the twentieth century. One of his short stories 'Supertoys Last All Summer Long' was the basis for the Stanley Kubrick - Steven Spielberg 2001 film 'A. I. Artificial Intelligence'. He was part of the British New Wave of sci-fi and was greatly influenced by H. G. Wells.Review copy with publisher's slip loosely inserted with Aldiss' pencil notes on this work loosely inserted.Restaurant receipt loosely inserted. A collection of seventeen curious essays by Aldous Huxley in which he is explores various philosophical topics. Including 'The Education of an Amphibian' 'Knowledge and Understanding' 'The Desert' 'Ozymandias' 'Liberty Quality Machinery' and many others. In the original publisher"s cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Brian Aldiss" signature to the recto of the front endpaper. Dust wrapper is lightly edge worn and age-toned. A few light marks to the wraps. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine Chatto & Windus hardcover
1913994H23London: Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Cloth. Very Good. 10" by 7". None Stated. A complete two-volume second edition of Scott"s final Antarctic expedition richly illustrated with plates and folding maps. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding. The second edition published the same year as the first.Complete in two volumes.Richly illustrated throughout with photogravure frontispieces eighteen colour plates three double-page plates six further photogravure plates and eight folding maps. Collated complete. Volume I comprises the journals of Captain Robert Falcon Scott while Volume II contains the reports of the journeys and the scientific work undertaken by Edward Adrian Wilson and the surviving members of the expedition. Arranged by Leonard Huxley with a preface by Clements Markham.Scott was a Royal Navy officer and polar explorer who led two major Antarctic expeditions: the Discovery expedition 1901-04 and the Terra Nova expedition 1910-13 the latter documented here and culminating in Scott"s death after reaching the South Pole. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two minor handling marks to boards. Spine of volume I faded and rubbed towards rear joint. Internally firmly bound. Hinges slightly cracked in places but firm. Pages bright and clean with the odd light spot heavier to first and last few leaves. One or two minor handling marks. Very Good Smith, Elder, & Co. hardcover
1877024118London: Macmillan. First Edition. Original red cloth. On a fairly large slip of paper tipped in on the verso of the front free endpaper are two lines of handwriting. The first is the name "Edward B. Tyler" ostensibly the notable anthropologist who wrote "Primitive Culture" and "Anthropology." The second is "From the author." The second line of handwriting does look like Huxley's. The second doesn't seem to look like either Huxley's or Tylor's. The book contains three lectures on evolution an address on the occasion of the opening of Johns Hopkins University and a lecture on the study of biology. Minor corner bumps slight wear at the head and foot of the spine Very Good Minus. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1877. Macmillan hardcover
