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[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
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,top and fore-edge lightly spotted; original yellow cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned at backstrip and mildly age-spotted. Cross & Perkin A31.
8vo., First Edition, with frontspiece and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, dustwrapper offset to backstrip else a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly faded at backstrip. Cross & Perkin A28a.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette, 59 plates and 5 maps in the text, some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, tiny neat signature on front free endpaper; orange cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Cross & Perkin, A.18.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers, neat signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Dustwrapper artwork by Delia Delderfield. 'I didn't choose Oaksey it chose me'. From 1974-5 Huxley recorded this evocative diary of Wiltshire village life. Cross and Perkin A39.
4to., First Edition, with coloured photographs throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The dustwrapper was designed by William Hewison. Cross and Perkin, A34.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Huxley compiles a fascinating selection of letters writen by her mother, Nellie Grant. The letters cover the period from immeditely before the Great War to the 1960s. Cross & Perkin A42.
8vo., First Edition thus, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Of the original print run of 5,899 copies, 2000 were sold to Westlands Sundries of Nairobi and bear its imprint on title and dustwrapper. SCARCE. See Cross & Perkin A46a.
8vo., First Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Cross & Perkin A46.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, red silk marker, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Cross and Perkin, A.24.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. The dustwrapper was designed by Michael Charlton. This copy has the backstrip lettered in black rather than the usual gilt. See Cross and Perkin, A22.
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, fore-edges a little dust-soiled; green cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, neat illustration on front free endpaper; green cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed at extremities, chipped (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip, and mildly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; pale green cloth, backstrip with printed paper label, green top, uncut, backstrip lightly sunned, two corners mildly bruised else a very good, clean copy. With spare paper label tipped-in at end. SCARCE. Muir and Van Thal, p.25
8vo., First Edition, endpapers lightly browned; grey cloth, gilt back, blue top, a bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter very lightly frayed and creased at edges.
In-8 (cm. 21), brossura, pp. 407, (3). Prima edizione italiana. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
In 16o, pp. 398, br. Traduz. di Aldo Traverso, firma di proprietà (6644/ HUXLEY - FOGLIE SECCHE - LETTERATURA INGLESE 1900)
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 25 plates on 13; grey cloth, gilt back, backstrip a little faded else a very good, clean copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue of the author's works at end. SCARCE. Muir and Van Thal, p.280
Collana L'Hippocampe.Tradotto nel1942 ma pubblicato nel 1945 "en raison de l'occupation allemande"In 16o grande.Brossura ed.con titoli e figure al piatto e al dorso.In buone condizioni.Ed.numerata di 10100 es.Questo n.6609.Pp.386
La Guilde du Livre 1959, In-8 pleine toile jaune de l'éditeur. 216 pages. Exemplaire numéroté. Parfait état.
