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1947WRCLIT33344London: Chatto & Windus 1947. Cloth. First U.K. edition. Near fine in slightly tanned and frayed price-clipped dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1946WRCLIT47209New York: Harper & Brothers 1946. Cloth. First edition preceding the UK edition. A few spots of dulling at corners but near very good in price-clipped and dust- smudged dust jacket with a few small chips and two internal mends. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
189657352New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1896. Hardcover. 451pp. leather and marbled boards light scuffing at spine otherwise a very good copy. . D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
1902RW1494New York:: P. F. Collier & Son 1902. 1902. 8vo. 381 1 pp. some leaves unopened. Frontis. port. Original green gilt-stamped cloth a.e.g. Very good. Chapters include "Joseph Priestley" "On the Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences" "Emancipation—Black and White" and "A Liberal Education; and Where to Find It". P. F. Collier & Son, 1902. hardcover books
1932WRCLIT33234London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Thick octavo. Cloth. First edition. Foxing to rear endsheet corners and spine ends rubbed but a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19571321146New York: Harper & Brothers 1957. New and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G Hardcover w/ G- Dustjacket; Browned spine with Gray text; Dustjacket has some edgewear moderate shelfwear Dustjacket covered by plastic spine heavily browned text on spine very hard to read staining to both covers closed tear along head edge closed tear along spine open tears along spine edges open tear along top corner of rear cover; Boards strong slight edgewear some shelfwear rubbing to corners otherwise clean; Textblock has previous owner's name in pen on front endpaper staining to front endpaper and pastedown rear endpaper and pastedown small black mark on page 7 some age toning; 252 pp<br /> <br /> <p> This book is part of the overstocked 15's kept in Room X. 1321146. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
194815404New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Green cloth hardcover. Blindstamped title to front. Gilt lettering to spine. Mild handling wear. Spine cloth lightly faded. Overall clean sound. <br/><br/>First American printing of this biography of the important 19th Century Indian mystic with a foreword by Aldous Huxley. Code of "L-W" to the copyright page indicates a printing date of November 1947. An uncommon Huxley appearance. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
19635983Cambridge: The Psychedelic Review 1963. First edition. Very Good/The second number of the quarterly journal of psychedelic experience led by the school of Timothy Leary Richard Alpert and their peers. Includes articles on botanical sources of New World narcotics and on the treatment of alcoholism with psychedelic drugs. 23 cm; 260 pages. Printed wraps slightly discolored with a nick on the joint. Else fine. The Psychedelic Review paperback books
192771744London: Chatto & Windus 1927. First edition. xix 299. Foxing to fore-edge and preliminary leaves else near fine in near fine dust jacket with two tiny chips. London: Chatto & Windus, unknown books
192710341London: Chatto & Windus 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 300 pp. Publisher's green cloth stamped gilt rather sweet and fine in dustjacket with small closed tears minimal loss. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1927173439London: Chatto & Windus 1927. Hardcover. VG- light fading to boards along edges and spine. spine lettering is also faded. Marbled boards with maroon cloth spine and gilt stamped spine lettering. xix 299 pp. Signed and numbered by Aldous Huxley. Number 104 of 260 copies. Contents: Introduction -- The idea of equality -- Varieties of intelligence -- Education -- Political democracy -- The essence of religion -- A note on dogma -- The substitutes for religion -- Personality and the discontinuity of the mind -- A note on ideals -- A note on eugenics -- Comfort. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19271333912London: Chatto & Windus 1927. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 299; G-/G-; beige spine with green text; dust jacket shows some damp staining to spine and edges; other slight wear to exterior; mylar wrap; cloth has very light wear to exterior; mildly cocked spine; text block has some foxing to exterior edges; interior clean;. 1333912. FP New Rockville Stock. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1949108019Folio. London: Trianon Press 1949. Folio 36 pp. with a frontispiece and 18 plates. Original stiff wrappers with printed label. Plates are loosely inserted into a folded pocket at rear. Some fading wear and discoloration to cover and spine inside front cover has been repaired with linen tape. Plates and pages in fine condition. Inscribed in ink at front by Arnold Fawcus: “ To Dad: With Best Wishes Love Arnold. Nov. 7 1949â€. § One of 1000 unnumbered unsigned trade editions. Of the first printing 212 were signed by the author; 100 copies were reserved for the Trianon Press Cobham Surrey and the Grey Falcon Press Philadelphia; 100 for Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Los Angeles; 12 copies numbered A to L "hors commerce" for the author the publishers and their associates. With a 16-page essay by Huxley and a critical study by Jean Adhemar of the famous fantasy prison etchings by Piranesi which inspired Huxley and Adhemar curator of prints at the BN to write a short history of prisons and criminality and an analysis of the plates. Eshelbach & Shober 50. Trianon Press unknown books
194958529London: Trianon Press 1949. First edition limited to 1000 copies as distributed by Faber & Faber; there were also 100 reserved for the Trianon Press 100 reserved for Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Los Angeles and 12 hors commerce each numbered and signed; folio pp. 3-34 4; frontispiece and 18 plates plate 7 repeated to show first and second states; near fine in original brown cloth gilt lettering on spine. Huxley departs from Bentham's vision of the efficient prison and discusses the phenomenon of the panopticon. Ahead of his time this same architectural scheme shared by hospitals prisons and schools would be heavily criticized by Michel Foucalt in his controversial Discipline and Punish. Piranesi's etchings exhibit an almost attractively gothic approach to prison architecture. <br/><br/> Trianon Press hardcover books
1928005603London and New York: Peter Davies Ltd./ Harper and Bros. 1928. n the original cream boards patterned in blue cream cloth spine lettered in gilt with blue lines tipped-in errata slip. Printed at the Curwen Press. Near Fine no jacket cloth rubbed at corners. . First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Peter Davies Ltd./ Harper and Bros. hardcover books
1928119439New York: The Modern Library 1928. Modern Library edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Deci Mellin With good wishes Aldous Huxley 1953." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Point Counter Point's title is a reference to the flow of arguments in a debate and a series of these exchanges tell the story. Instead of a single central plot there are a number of interlinked story lines and recurring themes as in musical "counterpoint". As a roman a clef many of the characters are based on real people most of whom Huxley knew personally such as D. H. Lawrence Katherine Mansfield Sir Oswald Mosley Nancy Cunard and John Middleton Murry and Huxley is depicted as the novel's novelist Philip Quarles. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. The Modern Library hardcover books
1928114544London: Chatto & Windus 1928. First edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel. Octavo original cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Uncommon in the original dust jacket. Point Counter Point's title is a reference to the flow of arguments in a debate and a series of these exchanges tell the story. Instead of a single central plot there are a number of interlinked story lines and recurring themes as in musical "counterpoint". As a roman a clef many of the characters are based on real people most of whom Huxley knew personally such as D. H. Lawrence Katherine Mansfield Sir Oswald Mosley Nancy Cunard and John Middleton Murry and Huxley is depicted as the novel's novelist Philip Quarles. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
192830196London: Chatto & Windus 1928. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Some browning to front and rear free endpapers--from reaction to pastedowns. Else a near fine book in a near fine dust jacket slightly tanned at spine with a couple very minor chips to top edge. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
192846980NY:: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. B00CGDLIUK . Modern Library number 180. A later printing. Very good in a very good minor edge wear dust jacket. Dust jacket design by E. McKnight Kauffer. . Modern Library, hardcover books
192858996London: Chatto & Windus 1928. First trade edition. 601 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Orange cloth. Fine in slightly chipped at corner cream unclipped dust jacket. First trade edition. 601 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1929WN54421Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company 1929. Original dark blue cloth with spine titling on paper label. Green patterned endpapers. Top edge stained light green. Dealer ticket at bottom of rear pastedown. Text block clean and good. Patterned dust jacket is chipped at spine ends corners and a bit on edges. Upper panel of jacket has a couple of small holes. Jacket has some browning areas as well as rubbing. Notwithstanding this is a fairly presentable copy of an early American edition of Huxley's best known title. Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Doubleday, Doran & Company Hardcover books
192829494NY: Literary Guild 1928. Fromn the first edition plates. 8vo pp. 432.Cover faded and little worn o/w VG. A novel. Literary Guild unknown books
192820611New York: The Literary Guild of America. Very Good. 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Spines sunned hinges tender loose good reading condition . The Literary Guild of America hardcover books
19289584New York: Literary Guild of America. Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good; stated 1st edition; but actually a "Literary Guild Book Club " edition printed from the original plates; "Wings" pamphlet included; Stated 1st Ed . Literary Guild of America hardcover books
192857387New York: The Literary Guild of America. Very Good. 1928. Hardcover. Blue boards with gilt stamping are scuffed with some discoloration spine sunned Good -- book club edition. . The Literary Guild of America hardcover books
