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8vo., First Edition, with plates, maps in the text and large folding map at end; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. With the separately printed erratum slip mounted facing Foreword. Cross & Perkin A33a.
2 vols., 8vo., Third Impression thus, with 2 portrait frontispieces, map in the text and 4 large folding maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly age-marked dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1870-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1931. Huxley's first published work is a classic of Kenyan, indeed of East African, history. First issued by Macmillan in 1935, it was an immediate success - the 'Kenya Weekly News' urged its readers to buy the book 'even though it costs the equivalent of 8 sacks of maize'. It was re-issued by Chatto & Windus in 1953 and then again in 1968 with an important new Preface. This is the third impression thus. SCARCE IN ANY IMPRESSION, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See Cross & Perkin A1(d).
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 2 portrait frontispieces, 22 plates, a map in the text and 4 large folding maps; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. and map in the text and 4 large folding maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly age-marked dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE AND INSCRIPTION ON TITLES, AND LONG A.L.s TO THE RECIPIENT IN POCKET AT END OF FIRST VOLUME. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end of first volume. The set comprises: Vol. I: 1870-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1931. Huxley's first published work is a classic of Kenyan, indeed of East African, history. It was an immediate success - the 'Kenya Weekly News' urged its readers to buy the book 'even though it costs the equivalent of 8 sacks of maize'. PRESENTATION COPIES ARE EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Cross & Perkin A1(a).
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and pedigrees; green cloth, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities.
8vo., First Edition, small neat signature on front paste-down; burgundy cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at folds-ins and with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Huxley reviews the facts concerning cancer in the light of modern biological advances, and concludes that its study can no longer be regarded merely as a specialised branch of medicine but is a focal field of general biology.
[biografia](cm. 24,3) cartonato editoriale verde.sovracoperta figurata. taglio superiore verde. -pp.296. Con alcune illustrazioni fotografiche in nero di momenti di vita dell'autore. Il testo ripercorre l'intera vita di Huxley, dai primi anni di vita, al periodo di Oxford, Napoli, Germania, viaggi in Africa e Russia. in fine alla prefazione riproduzione della firma autorgrafa dell'autore. Buon esemplare good copy in english Libro
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Impression, with 2 fine portrait frontispieces toned in sepia (original tissue guards present), 9 plates (original tissue guards present where called for) and an illustration in the text, neat contemporary signature on blank preliminary of first volume; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, uncut, backstrips faded (but all lettering just legible), backstrips slightly pulled at heads else a very good, crisp, clean set. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of both volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplates on front paste-downs and front free endpapers, and small blind stamp on titles. Published a month after the first edition.
3 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with 3 portrait frontispieces in photogravure (all original tissue guards present), neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper of first volume; red cloth, gilt backs, uncut, boards of first volume lightly age-marked at fore-edge only, else a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue at end of third volume. Bright copy of the standard life and letters of 'Darwin's bulldog'. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. First published in 1902.
2 vols., 8vo., Third Impression, with portrait frontispieces (original tissue guards present), plates, and illustrations and facsimiles in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth, gilt backs, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue at end of each volume. Published a month after the first edition. ALL EARLY PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus, endpapers very lightly browned; original series binding of grey ribbed cloth, gilt back, grey top, pictorial endpapers, a near fine copy. EL 498; Seymour 547.0.
8vo., Second Impression, free endpapers lightly browned; original burgundy cloth, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. With publisher's advertisement leaf at end. Collects eleven essays relating to evolution, the 'Origin' and the aftermath, by one of Darwin's closest friends and staunchest supporters. Volume two of Huxley's 'Collected Essays' but complete in itself. First published in the previous year. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., small neat signature on front free endpaper; plum cloth, gilt back, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Published as Collected Essays Vol. IX. Collects five major essays written between 1886 and 1894.
8vo., Second Edition, Ninth Thousand, with a double-page coloured map as frontispiece, a coloured plate, 2 coloured maps (one double-page; one full-page) and 122 engraved illustrations in the text, neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original red cloth, upper board framed, blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, yellow endpapers, upper hinge starting (but binding entirely sound), case a little shaken else a very good, clean copy. First published in 1877, this is a systematic approach to natural science presented with characteristic clarity by 'Darwin's Bulldog'. Freeman, 1866 (recording the first edition).
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full red cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Attractive small format: 4 3/4"w x 7 1/2"h. 350 pages.
Clean and unmarked; tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. Age-toned paper. 284 pages.
Mm 135x200 Prima edizione. "Collezione dell'Arcobaleno" - Brossura editoriale di pagine 407 sovraccoperta mancante. Opera in buone condizioni. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to cover. Previous owner's bookplate inside. Stated First Edition. 104 pages.
Mm 115x195 Collana "Medusa", CCCLXX - Volume cartonato con sovraccoperta editoriale, 181 pagine. Opera in ottime condizioni. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 115x195 Prima edizione. Collana "Medusa - I grandi narratori d'ogni paese" - Brossura editoriale con velina protettiva originale, 181 pagine. Opera in condizioni eccellenti. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Mm 115x195 Prima edizione. Collana "Medusa - I grandi narratori d'ogni paese" - Brossura editoriale di 181 pagine. Dorso lievemente scolorito, brunitura al taglio superiore e in sua prossimità, nel complesso buona-ottima copia. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 432 pages. Full red cloth boards. Harper's Modern Classics. Bumped corner of front cover. Small tears on edge of title page. Previous owner's bookplate inside.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 514 pages. Tan cloth covers.
241 p. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 175mm. Softbound. Covers rubbed, worn and slightly soiled. Bantam Books paperback. Second printing. Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. LIT BX 7
307p. 12mo. Original full cloth binding decorated in green and pink. Sun Dial Library. Crome Yellow is the first novel by British author Aldous Huxley, first published in 1921. Here Huxley satirises the fads and fashions of the time. It is the story of a house party at Crome, a parodic version of Garsington Manor, home of Lady Ottoline Morrell, a house where authors such as Huxley and T. S. Eliot used to gather and write. There is a brief pre-figuring of Huxley's great later novel, Brave New World. OCC 4
432p. Uncut. Top edge yellow. Inked ownership of Helen Hafer (the artist?). 8vo. Original full purple cloth binding. Original spine label, slightly worn. First American trade edition. Coldwar/Economics 9
