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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
1919224706Oxford B.H. Blackwell 1919. 1919. First edition. 8vo. Edited by Edith Stiwell. 104 pages. Original 1/2 black cloth over pictorial boards with a cubist design by Laurence Atkinson; pictorial endpapers by Don alvaro de Guevara showing a group of bicyclist; uncut and partly unopened. Fresh copy very light soiling; no foxing. Bookplate of Vincent Lloyd Russell on the front pastedown. Enclosed in a 1/2 dark green morocco slipcase with folding chemise. One of 1000 copies. Includes contributions by Edith Osbert and Sacherville Sitwell as well as by Aldous Huxley Arnold James Alvaro Velez Ladron De Guevara Iris Tree and Sherard Vines. F. Hardcover. Oxford, B.H. Blackwell [1919]. hardcover books
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
2083002115903073Kodansha N.A. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 273p Size: 18cm Kodansha paperback
19311321159New York: Harper & Brothers 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G Hardcover w/ G- Dustjacket; Gray and Brown spine with Black text; Dustjacket covered by brodart moderate edgewear moderate shelfwear small open tears along top and bottom corners of both covers small open tear along tail edge of front cover open tear along head edge of spine open tear along fore edge of front cover and front interior flap fraying along spine edges; Boards strong some edgewear rubbing to corners otherwise clean; Textblock has staining on front endpaper and pastedown sticker on front pastedown some age toning otherwise clean; 278 pp; I-F Code on Copyright Page. 1321159. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
19319045ELondon: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Edition. Ownership signature. Very good in a very good lightly sunned dust jacket. Chatto & Windus unknown books
19312362London & New York: Harper and Brothers 1931. First Edition. Very good/Near fine. 8vo 7 1/2 x 5 inches 190 x 128 mm ix 278 pp. Original full green cloth binding with lilac title label pasted on spine; unclipped dust jacket somewhat sunned and with small chips to edges protected in archival mylar cover. A collection of essays in which Julian Huxley explores how science-especially evolutionary biology-reshapes our understanding of human nature religion ethics and society.<br /> <br /> Sir Julian Sorell Huxley 1887-1975 was a prominent 20th century British evolutionary biologist eugenicist and science communicator. A key figure in the "modern synthesis" of evolution he was the first Director-General of UNESCO co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund WWF and a leading proponent of secular scientific humanism. Harper and Brothers unknown
1936WRCLIT25747London: Chatto & Windus 1936. Printed wrappers. First edition. Light stain and small nick at lower edge otherwise a good copy. Chatto & Windus unknown books
1936WRCLIT33186London: Chatto & Windus 1936. Printed wrappers. First edition. Staples rusty a couple stray marks to wrappers otherwise a nice copy. Chatto & Windus unknown books
0266398596.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1936895T9London: Chatto & Windus 1936. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Very Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A smart first edition of this political work on pacifism and options for avoiding future wars. First edition. A detailed and comprehensive essay on pacifism and delegitimizing the idea of war with ideas centered on preventing preparations for war and discouraging violent negotiations in favour of peace. Written by Aldous Leonard Huxley an English writer and philosopher. In the original yellow paper wraps. Externally smart with minor wear to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Chatto & Windus unknown
1936HALL503480Paperback. 1936. 34pp card covers Chatto & Windus London 1936. TOGETHER WITH. C. DAY LEWIS. We're not going to do NOTHING. A reply to Aldous Huxley's 'What are you going to do about it' 31pp card covers The Left Review London 1936. Very good copies. . paperback
