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192613822London: Chatto & Windus 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear sunning to spine else tight bright and unmarred. Color with marbled boards gilt spine title. 8vo. viii 257pp. Signed by author on limitation pg. This is copy 623 of 650. Chatto & Windus hardcover
8567Garden City N.Y. : Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1929. Hardcover in original paperboard slipcase. 8vo 9.5" x 6.5" white cloth gilt black leather title label at spine. 44 pp. three wood-engravings. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. CONDITION: Very good spine sunned cover toned text and engravings crisp and clean; good slipcase worn and rubbed at extremities toned some spotting. Limited to 369 copies signed by Huxley this copy number 98. With illustrations by Eric Gill. REFERENCES: Rowman & Littlefield 282. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929 unknown
1954433939Harper & Brothers 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 79 pages. An autobiographical work by the author of Brave New World. 'A vivid arresting and first hand description of the effects of mescalin a little known drug of unusual properties.'--publisher's blurb. This is the book that inspired the name of the 1960s rock band The Doors. First American edition first printing. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket with the $1.50 price present on the front flap.<br> Harper & Brothers hardcover
195511758London: Chatto & Windus 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on ffep to Oliver Sacks: "To Ol with love Tony."<br /> From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Folding chipping and loss to upper/lower spine on dj staining to cloth evenly toned minimal shelfwear else very tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards. 8vo. 127pp. Chatto & Windus hardcover
192833801Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1928. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz 1928. Copyright edition. Hardcover. Fine. Collection of British Authors Tachnitz edition vol. 4816. 350 pages. Size: 4 1/2" x 6 1/2"<br /> Gilt-stamped with raised bars on half polished black calf over marbled endpapers in pinks and greens and browns outside and inside. Some edgewear of course.<br /> A delightful edition with a beautifully inscribed poem by the owner that was originally written by Keats in dedication to Leigh Hunt Esq. in 1815 upon Hunt's release from prison on the FFE. in 1815<br /> <br /> "And I shall ever bless my destiny<br /> That in a time when under pleasant trees<br /> Pan is no longer sought I feel a free<br /> A leafy luxury seeing I could please<br /> With these poor offerings a man like thee.<br /> Dedication. To Leigh Hunt Esq.<br /> D to D 7/21/34"<br /> <br /> A lovely keepsake. Bernhard Tauchnitz unknown
1926498873London: Chatto and Windus 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 272pp. Faint stain on rear cover and fore-edge of text block thus a very good copy in very good spine-toned and overall age-toned dust jacket. Chatto and Windus hardcover
199206051scsLondon: Macmillan 1992. Four Volumes. Quarto cloth lviii 815 pp viii 747 pp vii 888 pp. Illus. maps. Former-owner embossed stamps; otherwise Fine. Macmillan, [1992]. Four Volumes. hardcover
1954D20699London: Chatto and Windus 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Cloth in lightly worn pictorial dustwrapper. A fine association copy INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. <br/><br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover
1941D20698London: Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins of London 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Original decorated cloth. With twelve plates in color and seventeen illustrations in black and white. Some light foxing but a nice copy with a superb association: INSCRIBED by Elspeth Huxley to American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin. Martin settled in Kenya as an adult and spent the balance of his life there courageously fighting on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. <br/><br/> Penns in the Rocks Press by William Collins of London hardcover
195967066London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good . 288pp. Octavo 22 cm Green paper over boards. The spine and boards show light edgewear. The front free endpaper has the partial remains of a previous owner's bookplate. In the dust jacket designed by Rosemary Grimble with a loss from the paper at the foot of the spine and the surrounding area of the rear panel and a few lesser tears to the extremities. Huxley's account of her childhood in Africa amongst the Kikuyu during the years just before the First World War.<br /> <br /> From the personal collection of Nelson Algren with his signature and his trademark drawing of a cat in yellow and black on the front free endpaper. Algren grew up in Chicago a city that he would make famous through his portrayals of its poor working and criminal classes. His affinity for the marginalized sections of American society marked his entire career. Algren won the 1950 National Book Award for The Man With the Golden Arm. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1878216274New York: Appleton 1878. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 8vo 3/4 tan calf marbled boards marbled edges ornately gilt spine with red and green leather labels. New York: Appleton 1878. Very good .<br/> <br/> A textbook which is a little masterpiece of its kind. Huxley never accepted without qualification the Darwinian principle. He thought "transmutation may take place without transition" and thereby anticipated the findings of modern research. He liberated the English anatomical school from the deductive method and sounded the keynote of the social medicine of the future. - Garrison-Morton 338; Casey Wood p. 396.<br/> <br/> Appleton unknown
1882056025London: Macmillan 1882. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold and black. Tanning to the endpapers and a light scuff inside the front cover presumed bookplate removal. The binding is sound the text is clean/unmarked and not ex-library. <br/> <br/> Macmillan hardcover
FORT644395John Murray. Used - Acceptable. Two volume set. Volumes I and II. Both published in 1914. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on fronts and spines. John Murray hardcover
191376221Smith Elder & Co. 1913. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. Two volumes. Blue cloth over boards. Bright gilt lettering on front boards spines. Some spotting on covers and discoloration/wear on spines. Edges are foxed some foxing throughout. Color and b/w plates throughout. With maps. Complete Size: 4to - over 9-3/4 - 12' tall. Smith, Elder & Co. hardcover
18346En.d. First Edition. Original 3 page typescript of a treatment scenario for Aldous Huxley’s novel ‘Point Counter Point’ by Arthur Sheekman. With notations in pencil and ink in Mr. Sheekman’s hand. Arthur Sheekman 1901 - 1978 started out as a newspaper columnist and drama critic with the ‘Manhattan Newspaper’ before turning his sights to a career in the Hollywood film industry. In 1931 he worked as a scenarist for the classic Marx Brothers film ‘Monkey Business’ which was the beginning of Sheekman’s close personal and professional relationship with Groucho Marx. Sheekman also worked as a script writer on the Marx Brothers film ‘Duck Soup’ and on Groucho and Chico’s radio series ‘Flywheel Shyster and Flywheel’. Other Sheekman film projects include the 1933 Eddie Cantor musical ‘Roman Scandals’ where he met his future bride the lovely actress Gloria Stuart Danny Kaye’s ‘Wonder Man’ 1945 Bing Crosby’s ‘Welcome Stranger’ 1947 and ‘Mr. Music’ 1950 Joe E. Brown’s ‘The Gladiator’ 1938 ‘Call Me Madam’ 1953 and Daniel Mann’s ‘Ada’ 1961. unknown books
1964202G4103New York: The New York Times & Arno Press 1964. Book. Illus. by Games George; Silverstone Marilyn; Glueckselig Leo; Flora James; Burns Michael; Anderson Doug; Leone J.; Pascal David; Dean Abner. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 80 pages. Features: Cover photo of diplomatic reception at the White House; Beautiful color fashion ads; Deep Analysis of the American Mind by a British psychiatrist; The Rise and Fall of the Watusi Tutsi - Photos and article on an earlier iteration of bloodshed between the Hutu and Tutsi people of Rwanda; More Americans own shares in U.S. Corporations than ever before; Photos of a ball at the White House - with dancing photos of LBJ Mrs. Anatoly Dobrynin Dr. Janet Travell Datin Ong of Malaysia Mrs. Antonio Carrillo Flores of Mexico G. Mennen Williams Ullina Koroma Lynda Bird Dave Lefeve Lady Bird Johnson and USSR Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin; In Defense of Charles de Gaulle; Why the Girls Scream Weep Flip - photo-illustrated article; Hollywood Laughs it Up - funny photos from movies; But Where are the Chaperons; The Call Him the Greatest on Ice - Photo-illustrated article on Gordie Howe of the Detroit Redwings; Nice color-photo centerfold for Stevens Fabrics features 19 models including someone who looks a lot like Johnny Carson; Photos of fashionable bookshelves; United States Lines color-photo ad includes Hildegarde Mr. Leon Cherksey and Mrs. Reed Albee; Kids and Cops - some New York kids eye New York's finest with mixed reactions. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. The New York Times & Arno Press Paperback
186323369New York: D. Appleton and Company 1863. Cloth. Very Good. The 1863 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its original light-brown pebbled boards with peeling and wear at the spine's paper title label all-but-unreadable and very light soiling to the panels. Internally the pages are crisp and bright but there is light staining at the inner hinges and along the edges of the pastedowns and endsheets. Octavo 150 pgs. plus publisher's ads. at the rear. Huxley's response --in the form of six lectures-- to the 1859 publication of Darwin's beyond-seminal text "the most influential scientific work of the nineteenth century D. Appleton and Company unknown
195654812NY: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Original orange cloth stamped to spine in gilt and black with black HB logo to front cover. Later printing of the new edition with Harper code C-F March 1956. $3.50 flap price. Corners lightly worn hint of soil to text block edges. The DJ is slightly soiled/rubbed with slight edgewear and a couple of short closed edge tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
19989780786113569-2025Blackstone Pub 1998. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Aldous Huxley Robert Whitefield</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Blackstone Pub</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780786113569</p><p><strong>Release Date:</strong> 1998</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> A comical cast of outlandish characters has gathered in the small English town of Crome for a social outing at the estate of Henry Wimbush. Among the odd learned guests are a highly prolific writer; an idealist with plans for a "Rational State"; and a sensitive poet haplessly in love with Wimbush's niece.</p> Blackstone Pub hardcover
189351406090022Appleton 1893. Hardcover. Good. Good 7 VOLUME SET of hardcover's. AUTHORIZED EDITION LIMITED EDITION #445 OF ONLY 1000 COPIES. Circa 1899 Date of 1893 in preface. TITLES: Science and Hebrew Tradition Science and Christian Tradition Evolution and Ethics Methods and Results Discourses Darwiniana and Hume. 7 BOOKS. Each with beautiful photogravures on frontis. Text unmarked. "Evolution and Ethics" volume has light damp stain on bottom pages corner. Gilt page top edges. Covers green boards with gilt lettering and decoration show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Hinge slightly cracked in 3 volumes but bindings are intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Appleton hardcover
1962055920Sausalito Ca: Contact Editions 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Xvi 272 Pp. Blue Cloth Spine Lettered In Gold. First Edition Stated 1962. Near Fine Spine Lettering Is Strong And Clear. Small San Francisco Book Store Stamp On Rear Pastedown No Other Marks. What Are We Doing; What Is Man For In Every Sense Of The Question. <br/> <br/> Contact Editions hardcover
194650413New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1946. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. near fine in a VG dust jacket. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1914040696London: Smith Elder & Co 1914. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fourth edition. Two volumes. Some damp staining to the bottom of the textblocks of both volumes. Otherwise very good clean copies with some light repairs to fold out maps. Postage will be higher than quoted for outside NZ <br/> <br/> Smith Elder & Co hardcover
193286442Couverture souple imprimée. Dos insolé, mors fendu, couverture passée, une déchirure restaurée sur le premier plat.
75575London The Royal Society 1851. Two papers in one. 4to 28.3 x 22.0 cm. 38 pp.; five lithographed plates. Contemporary pebbled half calf over marbled boards. Spine with gilt title. Brown endpapers. = Two seldom-seen papers on pelagic tunicates both written by the famous British naturalist comparative anatomist and Darwinist Thomas Henry Huxley 1825-1895 discussing material partly obtained during his voyages as a ship's assistant surgeon on board of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Published back-to-back with a blank page in between but sharing the plate explanations. Small stamp removed from top margin of the first leaf otherwise very good clean. hardcover