HUXLEY AldousABAA
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193051578Gaylordsville: The Slide Mountain Press 1930. First Limited Edition. One of 91 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author this being copy no.29. Quarto 26.75cm; patterned paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with title label mounted to spine; publisher's pictorial paper-covered slipcase; 16pp with errata slip tipped in before title page correcting the author's misspelled first name. With a single woodcut illustration by O. Macrum opposite Huxley's poem. Presentation copy warmly inscribed by the publishers on the front endpaper: "For Milly and Elizabeth Randall-Mills / with compliments and thanks! / James and Elizabeth Wells / October 27 1936." Some light rubbing and dust-soil to backstrip faint foxing to endpapers and edges of a few leaves else Near Fine lacking the original glassine with a new one supplied. Slipcase is lightly tanned and edgeworn with a few thin cracks 1.25" loss at lower edge and some faint whitish spotting; still Very Good and sound. An elaborate slip of a book produced by James and Hilda Wells's Slide Mountain Press printing a single poem by Huxley which was subsequently published in his 1931 collection The Cicadas and Other Poems. BROMER A25. The Slide Mountain Press unknown books
1955Z1174London:: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1955. 1955. 16mo. 399 pp. Plates index. Green cloth gilt-stamped spine title dust-jacket; jacket a bit worn with a small spine corner tear. Very good. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1955). hardcover books
19089027070London: Macmillan 1908. Hardcover. Fine. Henrietta A. Huxley's selections from the essays letters and memoirs of T. H. Huxley. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in black morocco with spine elaborately stamped in gilt with five raised bands boards ruled in gilt inner dentelles gilt edges gilt marbled endpapers. 6 x 4 inches. 200 pages. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
1929WRCLIT33245New York & London: Fountain Press/Chatto & Windus 1929. Cloth and boards. Pictorial title vignette. First edition. One of 692 numbered copies signed by the author. Edges slightly dusty else fine in remnants of glassine dust jacket. Fountain Press/Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19722835331972. Very Good binding. A small archive of correspondence between Sir Julian Huxley the scientist writer and brother of Aldous Huxley and a Mr. John T. Parks of Richardson Texas. ~There are four autograph letters signed and written by Sir Julian. In them Huxley comments on such things as the burning of the White House in the War of 1812 various species of fish and the vices of the Arabs. Of the Arabs he comments: "their greatest trouble was the power of the different sheiks - which led to a form of tribalism and hindered unity. Oil has helped some materially - but even the oil 'kingdoms' are very backward as regards education & health. Let us hope that this division will continue so as to prevent mass war against Israel." This written a mere year before the Yom Kippur War. ~Sir Julian's handwritten letters are at times difficult to transcribe and the archive helpfully includes typed transcripts of them. ~~Correspondent John Parks requested autographs for certain copies of Sir Julian's works one of which is included with the letters: an off-print copy of "World Population" from Scientific American signed by Sir Julian on the front cover. The archive also includes correspondence between Mr. Parks and publishers as well as the subscription department at The New Yorker: "For the trouble I caused him . I asked him and Lady Huxley what they would like short of a herd of longhorn steers . and he said he rather thought that a subscription to The New Yorker would do nicely". Finally includes an autographed letter signed by Judith Huxley daughter-in-law of Aldous thanking the Mr. Parks for the loan of a book. Very Good binding. unknown books
500337"Aldous Huxley" Hollywood October 12 1937; to an autograph seeker: "Mr. Blake has written to me from San Francisco about a book you would like autographed. If you will send it to the above address I will sign it and return it by post. Yours Sincerely." at this time Huxley had just arrived in Hollywood via San Cristobal NM where he had written "Ends and Means" while spending the summer at Frieda Lawrence's ranch. 4to. 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
19500915 Via S. Margherita a Montici Florence May 1 1925. 8vo 1 page with integral leaf on paper watermarked "Old Royal Vidalon." "Dear Richard: I enclose a proof of an essay on Benphel- & other things- which is to appear in book form this autumn. I send it in the hope that you may find it of use for the Calendar. If so it would have to be published before the end of September. Yours." Huxley sends a proof of an essay not included from his forthcoming book "Do What You Will" for possible publication in the "Calendar" providing it appears before the end of September the book was published in October. Huxley 1894-1963 English-born author and critic; best known for "Brave New World" 1932 and "Brave New World Revisited" 1958; died in Los Angeles. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
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 books
537286233 Mulholland Los Angeles 28/Cal 8/viii/62. 1 page. 4to. About Fine remnant of paper at bottom from album. 1 page. 4to. unknown books
193448042London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Edition limited to 210 copies signed by Huxley this no. 202 8vo pp. xii 318 2; 30 photoreoproductive plates; green cloth-backed pattern paper boards t.e.g.; spine toned. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1934WRCLIT49604London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Gilt cloth endsheet maps. Frontis and photographs. First edition trade issue. A few faint marks to cloth otherwise a very good bright copy without dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1934WRCLIT33244London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Cloth. Frontis photographs. First edition trade issue. Some foxing to prelims spine a bit darkened and rubbed but a good or better copy lacking the jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1927WRCLIT75005London: Dulau & Co. 1927. Cloth and gilt boards. First edition trade issue. One of 550 copies. Fine in dust jacket. Dulau & Co. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT33671London: Dulau & Co. 1927. Cloth and gilt boards. First edition trade issue. One of 550 copies. A couple of sharp bumps to bottom edge else about fine in a spine-darkened lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Dulau & Co. hardcover books
1927WRCLIT38438London: Dulau & Co. Ltd. 1927. Gilt polished buckram t.e.g. Bookplate of John Howell Books else near fine and bright. First edition deluxe issue. One of fifty numbered copies specially printed on Japan vellum specially bound and signed by Huxley and Powys from a total edition of 550. Dulau & Co. Ltd. hardcover books
1958S3976New York:: Harcourt Brace 1958. 1958. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 210 x 142 mm. Small 8vo. 156 pp. 6 tables bibliog. index. Orange cloth dust-jacket; jacket rubbed else fine. Harcourt, Brace, (1958). hardcover books
1932140941545Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. First American Trade Edition. Very Good. First American trade edition first printing. Publisher's brown cloth binding decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Lean to binding. Spine and edges faded spine worn at ends and gilt stamping dulled corners rubbed. Pages toned previous owner name to front free end paper. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1932140941602Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. First American Trade Edition. Very Good. First American trade edition first printing. Publisher's brown cloth binding decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Slight lean to binding light wear to spine ends cloth faded at spine light spotting to textblock edge; former owner name and date to front free endpaper pages toned and sporadically foxed. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1932140941273New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth stamped in gilt with red topstain. Near Fine with light sunning to spine and edges pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket edge-worn and with several masking tape reinforcements to the verso. The classic dystopian novel that posited a nearly omnipotent totalitarian state essentially built from the ground up rather than the top-down dictatorship of 1984. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown books
19324132London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good . A Nearly Fine copy of the book on account of gentle cocking of the spine in VG dust jacket with a few small chips at the crown and corners; spine slightly toned. Contemporary owner's name on the front endpaper. Overall a pleasing copy.<br/><br/>A defining moment in the genre of the dystopian novel Brave New World considers the dangers that new technologies and mass modernization pose to the very core of humanness. Rather than depicting these developments as gateways to utopia as writers such as H.G. Wells had done Huxley foreshadowed how radically technology and psychological conditioning could limit individual rights ranging from sexuality and reproduction to creativity to love. A "nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science" DNB. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Chatto & Windus unknown books
19322008204London: Chatto and Windus 1932. First. hardcover. Very good/Very good. A very good first edition 1932 on title page and no mention of later printings on copyright page in a very good dust jacket with a page inscribed by Huxley inserted after the front free endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down some damage to front paste-down paper as well as to rear paste-down paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case. Chatto and Windus unknown books
1932140937964London: Chatto and Windus 1932. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. First British edition signed limited edition. Number 82 of a limited 324 copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with blue morocco title label to spine lettered in gilt. Very Good. Spine faded. Light foxing to cloth heavier at spine. Endsheets toned small vintage bookseller ticket to rear pastedown causing light offsetting to free endpaper. A beautiful copy of the author's best-known work. Chatto and Windus unknown books
19329026579Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1932. 1st . Hardcover. Very good/fair. Binding shows fading at the edges. Dust jacket missing a portion of the front cover and chipped at the extremities. <br/><br/> Doubleday Doran hardcover books
1932140937840New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition copy #64 of a limited 250 signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in publisher's mauve paper covered boards stamped in gilt with black spine cloth elaborately stamped in gilt in publisher's mauve slipcase. Fine. An absolutely stunning copy very fresh and sharp almost appearing as if new. In a Near Fine slipcase which is lightly sunned and has one indentation as well as a faintly visible erased pencil notation. A beautiful nearly flawless copy of a book and slipcase that normally turn up in much lesser condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1998WELLER9780060850524Harper Perennial 1998. New. New book. Harper Perennial unknown books
