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1962WRCLIT17030London: Heinemann 1962. Cloth. Photos. Very good in dust jacket. First edition. Whiting's dramatic adaptation of Huxley's THE DEVILS OF LOUDON was in part the source work for the 1971 Ken Russell tour de force starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave. Heinemann hardcover books
192556594Edinburgh: Printed by Oliver and Boyd 1925. 8vo pp. 9-34 2 1 photographic plate; original green printed wrappers; illuatrations throughout. Reprinted from the British Journal of Experimental Biology Vol. III October 1925. <br/><br/> Printed by Oliver and Boyd unknown books
19182222305<p>First edition. Octavo. Original green and white floral decorated wrappers spine label lacking. No dust jacket. Enclosed in green morocco slipcase. Good. 49 pages and two pages of ads. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p><b>Eschelbach 19.</b></p><p><b>Bromer A3.</b></p> B. H. Blackwell paperback books
191831328Oxford: Blackwell 1918. First edition. Original wrappers edges rubbed internally fine and unopened. With the bookplate of Montgomery Evans II. From Ira Gershwin's library with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> Blackwell unknown books
191831327Oxford: Blackwell 1918. First edition. Original wrappers edges rubbed internally fine and unopened. From Ira Gershwin's library with posthumous bookplate. <br/><br/> Blackwell unknown books
1918218754Oxford: B.H. Blackwell 1918. First edition. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. Original green decorated paper wrappers labels on spine and upper cover joints and lower edges of covers rubbed internally fine an unopened copy with unused extra labels tipped in. Preserved in a half green morocco slipcase with inner wrapper. Bookplate of Joan Whitney. First edition. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. An attractive copy of the author's third book preceded by "The Burning Wheel" & "Jonah". Eschelbach and Shober 19 B.H. Blackwell unknown books
1918WRCLIT35856Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1918. Decorated wrappers paper label. Spine considerably rubbed extremities worn an ordinary copy. First edition of Huxley's second substantial collection. The edition purportedly consisted of 250 copies but experience would suggest a larger edition was printed. Basil Blackwell unknown books
1918WRCLIT21596Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1918. Decorated wrappers paper label. Spine rubbed and chafed some scattered foxing otherwise a good copy. First edition of Huxley's second substantial collection. The edition purportedly consisted of 250 copies but experience would easily suggest it likely that a larger edition was printed. Basil Blackwell unknown books
1918WRCLIT37762Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1918. Decorated wrappers paper label. Spine worn and a bit frayed label darkened otherwise a good copy with the bookplate of multiple Pulitzer winner Paul Horgan. First edition of Huxley's second substantial collection. While Eschelbach & Shober recorded the edition consisted of 250 copies it is now reported by Bromer & Stuble to have consisted of 750 copies a number which is far more consistent with the frequency with which this title turns up. BROMER A3. E &S 19. Basil Blackwell unknown books
1918WRCLIT48647Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1918. Decorated wrappers paper label. Spine considerably rubbed extremities worn an ordinary copy. First edition of Huxley's second substantial collection. The edition purportedly consisted of 250 copies but experience would suggest a larger edition was printed. Basil Blackwell unknown books
19189026837Oxford: Blackwell 1918. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in publisher's original stiff green printed paper. Original glassine wrap has small chip at top near spine.and tear at bottom of cover otherwise intact. This is the author's third published book. 8 x 5 and 3/4 inches. 52 pages uncut including colophon and two pages of Blackwell's advertising of the period at the back of the book. <br/><br/> Blackwell hardcover books
9019420Oxford: Blackwell n.d. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original decorated boards labels on the cover and spine printed in black. Boards have started and are chipped and worn at the extremities particularly on the spine. All pages bright. Huxley's 3rd book. <br/><br/> Blackwell hardcover books
198232718Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press 1982. Octavo pp. i-vi vii-ix x xi xii 1-2 3-250 251: colophon 252: blank illustrations cloth. First edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #32718 The University of Wisconsin Press unknown books
09138New York 1967: Random House. First American Edition. Near Fine. Barbara Cooney. Octavo unpaginated tan pictorial boards; library binding. A lovely copy internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. As issued without dust jacket. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1880S9153London:: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1880. 1880. 8vo. xiv 371 pp. Frontis. 81 figs. index. Original olive cloth beveled boards gilt-stamped spine title; neatly restored spine. Fine. This issue quite rare. LIMITED EDITION of 250 numbered copies signed by publisher: "Bradbury Agnew W" - Whitefriars. "Crayfish were the 'hidden hand' which drew Huxley from Spirula. He veered off lured by a new promise and would never finish the tentacled mollusks. . . The Crayfish might not sound like a stimulating book. But it was destined for the International Scientific Series. The ISS now stretched from physics to psychology and beyond. It outdid the evangelical presses in pumping out rationalist books for Everyman. A huge force for deterministic and social evolution it mixed modernity and notoriety to sell titles through umpteen editions. . . He started The Crayfish after the Summer holidays in 1878 giving his own text an alluring evolutionary gloss. He intended it as the beginning of his own series. He would take readers from the 'insignificant' and common-or-garden into the profound depths." Desmond. "The Crayfish his famous volume in the International Scientific Series has been called by Professor Howes the assistant and successor of Huxley at the Royal College of Science 'PROBABLY THE BEST BIOLOGICAL TREATISE EVER WRITTEN.'" Prof. G. B. Howes in Mitchell Thomas Henry Huxley; a sketch of his life and work. Desmond Huxley From devil's disciple to evolutions' high priest pp. 496-97. C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. hardcover books
1971WRCLIT34282New York: Harper 1971. Cloth. First U.S. edition. Edited by Donald Watt with an introduction by Richard Church. A few light scuffs to cloth else a fine copy in dust jacket with minor edge wear. Harper hardcover books
1931017974London: Chatto & Windus. 1931. Nathanael West's copy of Huxley's collection of poetry with West's holograph notes on five of the front and rear endpages. Approximately 250 words mostly quotes of other writers -- Huxley Gray Shakespeare; some light but most quite serious: "In matters of love it is absurd to stand on your dignity and claim your rights. Such experiences cannot be judged and calculated like a matter of business. One gives as much and as long as one can & one does not bargain. Take what is given to you." West concludes with: "The paths of glory lead but to the grave." The year this book was published West published his first novel. Later in the 1930s both West and Huxley were employed as Hollywood screenwriters. West died in 1940 at the age of 37. The provenance of this book leads from West to his brother-in-law S.J. Perelman to the writer and bookseller George Sims who recounts the circumstances of his purchasing books from Perelman in the early 1970s presumably including this one. A photocopy of a note from Sims is laid in. Fading to spine spotting to cloth short tear to lower front joint; still very good without dust jacket. Publisher's extra spine label tipped to rear free endpaper. A wonderful glimpse of West's musings and inner life. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
24162Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Company 1931. First American edition. 8vo. Cloth. Very good in a very good jacket. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1931. hardcover books
19311321337Garden City: Doubleday Doran and Company 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; Fair Hardcover; Black spine with Gray text; Boards strong heavy rubbing to corners moderate edgewear moderate shelfwear sunning to spine otherwise clean; Textblock has Previous owner's name in pen on front endpaper writing in pencil on pages 1 5 18 19 21 41-45 50 55 62 63 some age toning; 63 pp. 1321337. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover books
1931JC9578Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Cloth-backed decorative paper over boards; front panel of dust jacket clipped and mounted to upper board; 8vo; pp. vi 2 63. Spine tips and edges of boards lightly chipped; boards a little soiled; previous owner's bookplate. A good reading copy. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover books
1931BB17282London: Chatto & Windus 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo. Original cloth; DJ. Jacket is spine faded with some shallow edge chips and tears. Book is in superb condition. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1965179900London: Allen and Unwin 1965. Hardcover. 202p. preface foreword errata page tipped-in very good first edition in cloth boards and lightly-worn unclipped dj. Semi-biographical debut novel by the author from Ghana; "deals with the life of that unusual creation of the European missionaries in Africa --the Catechist-- a Minister's helper who cannot baptize or marry but who may bury villagers;" such was Abruquah's father. Allen and Unwin hardcover books
1986UHODCAR00efGreenwood 1986. Very Good. Hodges Geoffrey. The Carrier Corps: Military Labor in the East African Campaign 1914-1918. Huxley introduction Elspeth. New York: Greenwood 1986. 243pp. Indexed. Bibliography. 8vo. Tan cloth. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped spine ends. Greenwood hardcover books
1932WRCLIT37911Oxford: Blackwell 1932. Gilt cloth. First edition. A bit foxed at edges boards ever so slightly bowed else a very nice copy in like dust jacket with one tiny edge tear. Blackwell hardcover books
191608010Oxford: B. H. Blackwell 1916. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. Author's First Book. With the bookplate of Francis James Rennell Rodd Major General and 2nd Baron Rennell. A near fine copy bound in original cream wrappers with printed label front cover. Half title decorative pictorial frontis and title page. Scattered foxing. A very nice copy. 51 pp. 1p. publisher's ad at rear. <br/><br/> B. H. Blackwell paperback books
