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a66471Braunschweig 1863 Vieweg. Aus dem Englischen ubersetzt von J. Victor Carus. Drei Abhandlungen: Uber die Naturgeschchte der Menschenahnlichen Affen. Uber die Bezichunger des Menschen zu den Nachstniederen Thieren. Uber Einige Fossile Menschliche Uberreste. In German. Octavo 178pp. frontis of 5 figures showing development from Gibbon thru Orang to Chimp then Gorilla to Man a few text illustrations original marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. Title on spine in mss ink. Contemporary owner name stamp on titlepage S. Loewe. Good edges very worn down a bit of soiling. hardcover
1895feb09420Carol Müller 1895. Used. 1895; Romanian Edition of Cele dintai notiuni asupra stiintelor; For more details please contact me Carol Müller unknown
1893504301 vol. in-8 cartonnage éditeur, Collected Essays, Vol. I, D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1893, VII-430 pp. et 8 ff.
DADAX0688026397W. Morrow 0000-00-00. First Edition. hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. W. Morrow hardcover
1949929T68London: Chatto & Windus 1949-1962. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5"; 8" by 5.5". None. A smart collection of three volumes from English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. Three volumes. First edition. Written by Aldous Leonard Huxley an English writer and philosopher who wrote many books including non-fiction works essays narratives and poems. This set contains: Ape and Essence: A Novel 1949. Set in a dystopia this piece is largely a satire of the rise of large-scale warfare and warmongering in the twentieth century and presents a pessimistic view of the politics of mutually assured destruction. Collected Short Stories 1957. A Collection of twenty-one short stories including: Happily Ever After The Tilloston Banquet and Hubert and Minnie. Island 1962. A utopian manifesto and novel which although it has a plot largely serves to further conceptual explorations rather than setting up and resolving conventional narrative tension. It is the account of Will Farnaby a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. In the original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers are also smart with light wear and minor chipping to the panel edges. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine of Ape and Essence with sympathetic repairs made with tape to the internal side. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. The odd small closed tear to panel edges. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Very Good Chatto & Windus hardcover
193436247Chatto & Windus 1934. First issue in the Phoenix Library 1934. DJ chipped with sunned spine with some loss and several tears to top edge. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Fair. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
19219907London: C.W. Daniel Ltd 1921. First Edition of this modernist anthology of poetry sixth cycle edited by Edith Sitwell containing 19 individual poems including those by the other Sitwell siblings Aldous Huxley and Sherard Vines. In good condition in original black quarter cloth illustrated in a bold avant garde style by William Roberts; remnants of paper title label remain on spine; age toned and shelf worn to edges and corners. A previous owner and Sitwell devotee has pasted a b/w image of Edith to the front pastedown which now suffers some loss to the top. An ownership inscription reads 'H Barnes Dec 1922' to front free. 5 contemporary paper cuttings concerning Miss Sitwell dated between 1923 -1925 are pasted to rear. An interesting unmarked sound and square copy of this prominent annual anthology. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1921 C.W. Daniel Ltd hardcover
1937008102USA: Harper & Brothers 1937. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Murder at Government House by Elspeth Huxley First Edition Harper & Brothers 1937. New York. Small bookplate to front pastedown. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions and no foxing to contents or uncut edges. A near fine copy in a near VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
1940008103USA: Harper & Brothers 1940. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The African Poison Murders by Elspeth Huxley First Edition Harper & Brothers 1940. New York. No inscriptions or signs of previous ownership. A near fine copy contents unblemished and no foxing to uncut edges. In original near VG dust jacket. Not price clipped. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
1925HUXLEYAL015543Chatto & Windus London. 1925. First edition. First issue with top edge stained green. Octavo pp viii 259 1 4 adverts. Spare title-label at rear. Twenty-two essays divided into four sections: ''Travel in General'' ''Places'' ''Works of Art'' and ''By the Way''. Some lightly spotting to endpapers and edges. Very good indeed in near-fine dustwrapper. Elusive in such bright condition. Chatto & Windus, London. unknown
71863London: Chatto and Windus 1954. Literature FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.63 1. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Internally crisp and clean with toning to spine and board edges. Near fine. Huxley's distress at what he regarded as the spiritual bankruptcy of the modern world led him towards mysticism and the use of hallucinatory drugs. This exploratory essay in which he describes the use of mescaline to induce visionary states of mind sparked a generation of drug experimentation and it continues to challenge beliefs about the drugs condoned and forbidden in society. Like his contemporaries D.H. Lawrence and George Orwell Huxley abhorred conformity and denounced the orthodox attitudes of his time. The enormous range of his intellect and the pungency of his writing make him one of the most significant voices of the early 20th century. Book Collector No.287 p32-62 'The Sixties'. London: Chatto and Windus, 1954 unknown
195721997United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus Ltd 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A vivid and first hand description of the effects of mescalin the active ingredient of peyote - the desert cactus long used by the indians of Mexico in their religious ceremonies. Fifth Imp. Chatto & Windus Ltd London 1957. 64pp hb dw frayed & discoloured pages browned pict blue dw gilt blue cloth book vg <br/> <br/> Chatto & Windus Ltd hardcover
1925HUXLEYAL016479Chatto & Windus London. 1925. First edition. Octavo. pp vi 380. Spare title-label at rear.Fine in very good indeed dustwrapper with a fairly faint horizontal fold crease and a 2 cm closed tear to bottom of rear panel. Chatto & Windus, London. unknown
1945HUXLEYAL007154Chatto & Windus London. 1945. First edition. Octavo. pp iv 305. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in three quarter brown morocco with raised bands gilt decorated spine cloth sides top edge gilt marbled endpapers. Fine. Chatto & Windus, London. hardcover
18659131883Eyre and Spottiswoode 1865. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. 8vo green cloth binding gilt lettering on backstrip title page has tears red speckled page edges shelfwear pages clean text clear Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: Eyre and Spottiswoode hardcover
1877A44287London: J.& A. Churchill 1877. viii 698 2 - publisher's ads 158 text figs. . HB. Sm. 8vo orig. brown cloth minor wear tear to spine neatly repaired and reinforced to reverse of backstrip. Short marginal tear to foot of one page. Vg. First edition. This volume is a companion to Huxley's <i>Manual of the Anatomy of Vertebrated Animals</i> 1871 both of which were intended as a treatise on comparative anatomy for students.Freeman 1865. J.& A. Churchill hardcover
19391001N27London: Readers Union; Max Parrish 1939-1961. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 9" by 6.5". Various. Two smart works on the Middle East one based upon personal experiences when working in the British foreign office and the other a travel account from a fascinated scientist. Orientations and From an Antique Land two smart works on the Middle East written by British foreign office notable Ronald Storrs and evolutionary biologist and first president of the Humanists Association Julian Huxley. Published in 1939 and 1961 respectively first published in 1937 and 1954.In the publisher's original paper boards Orientations and original cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper Antique. Antique contains all eleven monochrome plates and nine colour plates while Orientations contains all eight plates. Collated complete.- Orientations: Storrs shares his great experience across the region while working in the foreign office serving as Oriental Secretary in Cairo the Governor of Cyprus and the Military Governor of Jerusalem during the first half of the twentieth century.This Readers edition was originally not sold to the public and would have been published with commentaries in the Readers Union magazine of the same year. Readers Union 1939. - From an Antique Land: While best known as a scientist this study on the Middle East was inspired by his visits and personal fascination with the region its history. Huxley uses his acute observation to decipher conclusions about the region and its relation with modernity. Max Parrish seventh impression 1961. In the publisher's original paper boards Orientations and original cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper Antique. Externally Antique is very smart with minimal marks. Loose rear joint to Orientations with a small chip to head of spine. Fading to the spine of Orientations and lighter to the extremities. Light knock to the head of Antique spine slight bumping to tail of spine and to extremities of Orientations. Antique dust wrapper is generally bright and clean with slight signs of edgewear mostly to the head and tail of wrapper spine and to extremities signs of browning to rear wrapper with the small odd spot to rear wrapper joint and slight fading to wrapper spine. End papers are bright and clean with minor browning to free end papers of Orientations. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with minor age toning. Good Readers Union; Max Parrish hardcover
1894788R88London & New York: Macmillan & Co. 1894-1901. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". None. Five volumes of an originally nine volume set of Thomas Huxley's collected scientific essays. Five volumes being: 'Man's Place in Nature' 'Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley' 'Method and Results' 'Science and Hebrew Tradition' and 'Science and Education'. This is volumes I III IV VI and VII of what was originally a nine volume set.Written by Thomas Henry Huxley an English biologist specialising in comparative anatomy and strong advocate of Darwin's theory of evolution. The grandfather of Aldous and Julian Huxley he also coined the term 'agnosticism'. Huxley was an important anatomist and his contributions to the field are often overshadowed by his sometimes outspoken debates on Darwinism.With a blind stamp denoting presentation copies to the title page of 'Hume with Helps to the Study of Berkeley' and 'Man's Place in Nature'.A smart collection of the important scientific essays by Huxley. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart with just a little wear to the head and tails of the spines. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front endpaper of volume I. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Numerous pages are unopened to the top edge. Very Good Indeed Macmillan & Co. hardcover
1934986R32London: Chatto and Windus; Penguin 1934-1952. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A very good set of two early edition dystopian literary landmarks both in the publishers' original binding. A set of early editions of Brave New World and Animal Farm the former with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This set is comprised of:The sixth impression first Phoenix Library issue of Brave New World in the original unclipped dust wrapper from 1934. The first Penguin Edition reprint of Animal Farm in the original paper wraps from 1952. Both works contains pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear: fifteen in Brave New World; seven in Animal Farm.There is an ink inscription to the top of the front cover of Animal Farm. In the publisher's original cloth and paper wraps Brave New World with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart with shelf wear to the extremities. Age toning and spotting to Animal Farm with shelf wear to extremities and joints. Chip to spine head and spine tail cracked at the joint AF. Marks to boards AF. Dust wrapper is sound. Closed tears and chipping to extremities. Loss to top of front and rear wrap and middle and tail of spine. Wrap is age toned with spotting to rear and reverse of wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages marginally age toned BNW and fully AF with spotting to Animal Farm heaviest to the first and last few. Both works contains pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear: fifteen in Brave New World; seven in Animal Farm. Very Good Chatto and Windus; Penguin hardcover
1869141504London: John Churchill & Sons 1869. Hardcover. Near fine. First Edition. 8147 40 pp. Octavo. Original dark purple blind stamped cloth. Gilt title on spine. Coated brown endpapers. 47 figures in text. Paper slightly browned but overall a very attractive copy. First Edition under this title of "the substance of six lectures in the first part of the lectures on Elementary Comparative Anatomy 1864 Uncommon in nice condition 1869 John Churchill & Sons hardcover
1964623447Cambridge Massachusetts: The Psychedelic Review 1964. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. I No. 3. Edited by Paul A. Lee and Ralph Metzner. Octavo. 261-370pp. Illustrated. Owner name of a noted American psychologist on the contents page. Spine toned small "P" written on cover and a bit of light tanning and wear very good or better. Aldous Huxley Memorial Issue with remembrances by Alan Watts Timothy Leary Gerald Heard and Huston Smith. Also prints a seven-page excerpt from Charles Olson's Maximum Poems "The Religious Experience: Its Product and Interpretation" by Timothy Leary and an article on the hallucinogens of Mexico by R. Gordon Wasson. The Psychedelic Review unknown
1923000308London: Chatto and Windus 1923. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.75x5.5. A fine copy smooth clean and tight in a VG jacket 7s6d net. with faded spine and tape repairs to verso and one repair on the outside of the cover at spine bottom. Ffe tanned on other side of where bookmark may have been. Frayed edges as published and top of text block retains yellow stain. Bound into copy on page 328 is a 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" bound in title stating Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley. A very nice copy despite flaws to wrapper of this famous witty and devastating novel. Quite scarce in jacket. Antic hay is a comic novel which takes place in London and depicts the aimless or self-absorbed cultural elite in the sad and turbulent times following the end of WWI. <br/> <br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover
B19734-FChatto and Windus. Collectible - Good. 1923 assumed 1st NAP orange cloth spine ends and corners bumped foxing to eps interior is clean and sound dust jacket is darkened edgeworn torn and chipped. Chatto and Windus hardcover
193055454New York: The Fountain Press 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 320 pages. Limited to 842 copies SIGNED by the author Aldous Huxley on the half-title this being copy 77. Bound in black boards. Previous owner's bookplate for Hugo Friedhofer inside front cover. 1 cm gouge to the spine as well as some edge wear to the spine. The Fountain Press hardcover
B19734-FChatto and Windus. Collectible - Good. 1923 assumed 1st NAP orange cloth spine ends and corners bumped foxing to eps interior is clean and sound dust jacket is darkened edgeworn torn and chipped. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
