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2019x-1939125456Boydell and Brewer 2019. Hardcover. New. 40 pages. 9.29x6.30x0.39 inches. Boydell and Brewer hardcover
19406055Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Alvin Lustig. 8vo. Pp. 28. Lustig decorations in red on the title and p. 7. Light gray laid paper-covered boards Lustig illustration printed in red and dark gray on the front board titles in dark gray on the spine: boards and leaves a tad age-toned. In the Lustig illustrated dust jacket printed red and dark gray on light gray laid paper: Spine sunned age-toned short closed tears at the spine head and top edge. Please see photos. Signed by Huxley beneath the colophon. One of "100 copies specially printed for Jake Zeitlin May 1940" at the Ward Ritchie Press. Addressed to educators an essay on the moral discipline of language use. Lustig's design evoking facets or folds was created with letterpress decorations. In Purity of Aim: The Book Jacket Designs of Alvin Lustig authors Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger cite the "stark juxtaposition of the author's signature isolated for greater effect and an abstract configuration of shapes referring to the inherent complexities found in systems of writing and their organizational syntax."<p>Referenced on pp. 36 and 40 in Born Modern The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig by Heller and Cohen-Lustig. Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.</p> . Jake Zeitlin hardcover
194010864CA: Ward Ritchie Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket; Decorative paper over boards new blk . cloth spine toned cover and slightly to endsheets; owners name on fep; no . additional publication dates noted; No other marks or writing clean tight . binding; NOT ex-library. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Has authors facsimile signature on title page ; ; 28 pages . Ward Ritchie Press hardcover
19542092902140307527Mikasa shobo 1954. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Mikasa shobo paperback
960831964: William Morrow & Company New York. First edition of Huxley's authoritative report on the rapidly changing political climate of post-colonial East Africa. Octavo original half cloth illustrated with maps and drawings by Jonathan Kingdon. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the title page "For Joe Ferrier with my best wished Elspeth Huxley." Laid in is the original typed transmittal letter an autograph card and photograph of Huxley; all three signed by her to Ferrier. The recipient Joe Ferrier was a lifelong fan and pen pal of Huxley’s. They often exchanged letters books and article clippings between England and the United States. Near fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket design by Harsh-Finegold. Huxley states in the present volume: "Writing about modern Africa is like trying to sketch a galloping horse that is out of sight before you have sharpened your pencil. But it is just because so much is happening - because the scene sparkles with new hopes and plans because nothing is static and nothing seems impossible.'for in truth' as Winston Churchill wrote in 1907 'the problems of East Africa are the problems of the world.' William Morrow & Company hardcover
3756851273.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1963D20710New York: Harper and Row 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Tan cloth spine rubbed. Introduction and Postscript by Julian Huxley. Black and white photographs throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to Esmond and Chryssee. Esmond and Chryssee are Esmond Bradley Martin and his wife Chryssee. American born conservationist Esmond Bradley Martin and his wife had settled in Kenya where Martin courageously fought for many years on behalf of the elephant and the rhinoceros and the illegal trading of ivory and rhinoceros horns. He was murdered in his home in 2017 a tragic and still unsolved event possibly related to his anti-poaching efforts. <br/><br/> Harper and Row hardcover
1013865057.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
196925215New York - Washington: Praeger Publishers 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Light rubbing to spine ends and a couple of small marks to front board. Internally excellent with 'Fine' pages and pull-out maps. Light edge wear and sunning to spine of unclipped dust jacket. Please see photos for more details. <br/> <br/> Praeger Publishers hardcover
19701781265315IEVChatto & Windus 1970. Hardcover. Good. 1970. Reprinted. 315 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Green cloth. Black and white photographic frontispiece with pull-out maps through book. Flat signed by author to title page. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Creasing to some pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Chatto & Windus hardcover
0701108347.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1968004478London: Chatto and Windus 1968. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiv 315 portrait frontispiece 2 folding maps publisher's green cloth gilt titles dj complete. Gift inscription on ffep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾ <br/> <br/> Chatto and Windus hardcover
1935ABE-1506964661757MacMillan and Co. Limited 1935 Lord Delamere and the Making of Kenya 1935 ist edition spines faded slight edgewear 2 vols Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. MacMillan and Co., Limited hardcover
1956i75iiChatto and Windus 1956. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 2 Volume set. The jackets of both volumes are edge worn with large closed tears chips browning and marks. The boards of both volumes are edge rubbed with scuffing and browning along the edges. The binding of both volumes remain secure. Ink inscriptions from a previous owner on the front end page of both volumes. The pages of both volumes are browned due to age. Highlighting in volumes 1 not affecting text. No highlighting or other ink inscriptions or annotations in Volume 2. Both volumes are protected in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Chatto and Windus hardcover
1935614537London: Macmillan and Co. Ltd. 1935. Hardcover no jacket in good condition - volume two. The boards and spine are heavily sunned and worn with a few marks; small puncture on the rear board. Foxing on the page block and some pages. The binding is sound the text and fold-out maps are clear. CM. Hardcover. Good. Used. Macmillan and Co. Ltd. Hardcover
1980070611London: Chatto & Windus 1980. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Complete in two 2 volumes uniformly bound in stiff green pictorial wraps. Both volumes show just slight handling wear and minor sunning to spine panels otherwise virtually as issued with square bindings unmarked interiors. xv315 viii333 pp. illus. 4 folding maps. 1st thus PB: 1980. Chatto & Windus Paperback
193535630London: Macmillan 1935. First Edition First printing. Hard Cover. VERY GOOD. LIGHT RUBBING TO BOARDS SPINE LIGHTY SUNNED BINDING TIGHT TEXT CLEAN. NO DUST JACKET. NO WRITING OR NAMES. Scarce true first printing. Macmillan unknown
347Macmillan & Co. 1935 1st editions . 2 vols 13315 & 7333 pages plates folding maps : Lord Delamere and the making of KENYA 1870 to 1931; hardbacks both volumes vg in almost vg striking pictorial dws sl chipped to edges with a little loss protected FIRST EDITIONSSCARCE a heavy book that may attract extra postage the 2 vols af2601 Macmillan & Co., 1935, 1st editions hardcover
1935476725Macmillan 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Light tanning to page margins. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 2 v. fronts. plates ports. maps part fold. diagr. 23 cm. Subjects; Frontier and pioneer life Kenya. Politics and government. Great Britain. Colonies Africa. Macmillan hardcover
1788765680.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19219907London: C.W. Daniel Ltd 1921. First Edition of this modernist anthology of poetry sixth cycle edited by Edith Sitwell containing 19 individual poems including those by the other Sitwell siblings Aldous Huxley and Sherard Vines. In good condition in original black quarter cloth illustrated in a bold avant garde style by William Roberts; remnants of paper title label remain on spine; age toned and shelf worn to edges and corners. A previous owner and Sitwell devotee has pasted a b/w image of Edith to the front pastedown which now suffers some loss to the top. An ownership inscription reads 'H Barnes Dec 1922' to front free. 5 contemporary paper cuttings concerning Miss Sitwell dated between 1923 -1925 are pasted to rear. An interesting unmarked sound and square copy of this prominent annual anthology. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item 1921 C.W. Daniel Ltd hardcover
1928TN231454Duckworth London 1928. Re-issue. HARDCOVER. First published by Leonard Parsons in October 1920 this is the equally scarce Duckworth re-issue of 1928. 8vo in black cloth backed colour printed boards printed paper label to spine 123pp cover design and woodcut end-papers by Gino Severini __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved near FINE very clean and tight copy small neat ink name on front fly-leaf covers and top edge of page block very slightly dusty slight tanning to leaves and spine label. An excellent copy. . __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS Duckworth, London hardcover
28576Oxford: B. H. Blackwell. 1919. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Signed by the author. Inscribed presentation copy. Mid-twentieth century full tan morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe ruled in gilt to the upper and lower boards five raised bands gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt on brown morocco labels to the spine. Marbled endpapers inner dentelles double ruled in gilt. All edges gilt. With an illustrated title page and two plates in colour from the front and rear endpapers by William Roberts. A fine copy the binding square and firm. The contents are clean throughout. Inscribed by Edith Sitwell in blue ink on the half title "For / my dear Alberto / with much love / from his friend / Edith". The recipient is the distinguished and internationally admired Portuguese poet Alberto de Lacerda 1928-2007 Edith being an early champion and one of his greatest friends. Her inscription almost certainly dates from the time of the binding which may well have been commissioned for this presentation. The volume edited and with contributions by Edith Sitwell is notable for the first publication of seven poems by fallen soldier poet Wilfred Owen. The printed dedication reads "we dedicate this book to the memory of Wilfred Owen M.C." Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell. 1919 hardcover
