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19311136515Chatto & Windus 1931. Hard cover. Fair/No jacket. First edition.<br /> <br /> Cover corners are bumped and worn. Spine is tanned but text is legible. Spine is lightly bumped and cracked but all pages remain attached to binding. Fore edge and bottom edge of text block are foxed. Inside pages are foxed but unmarked and text is legible. Chatto & Windus unknown
1950009875Penguin Books 1950. Soft cover. Near Fine. Soft cover book covers are very good or better age toning to margins and light wear book is near fine name date place on preliminary title page and marginal age-toning; 174 pages; original Penguin No. 748 one of the Penguin Books Essays & Belles Lettres series <br/> <br/> Penguin Books paperback
1950C71068No place noted 1950. Reprint. Paperback. Covers show signs of shelfwear. Faded spine. Crease across top left-hand corner of both covers. Pages slightly toned with age. Otherwise tight internally clean and overall neat copy. Very good. . 12mo. pp: 174. Penguin Reprint. Original publisher's white and blue illustrated paper covers with black lettering at front and spine. Name of previous owner the poet and novelist Alan Brownjohn at front free endpaper in ink. paperback
1931146113New York: The Fountain Press 1931. Signed limited first edition of this collection of essays. Octavo original publisher's half cloth over marbled boards. One of eight hundred and forty-two copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the rear free endpaper this is number 608. In fine condition. Housed in the original slipcase. Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer philosopher and notable pacifist widely known for his recording of psychedelic experience 'The Doors of Perception' and his dystopian narrative 'Brave New World.' 'Music at Night' covers a variety of topics such as morality in arts behavioral similarities of humans and cats and universal education. The Fountain Press hardcover
1931000022167<p>London: Chatto & Windus 1931. first edition. hardcover. near fine/very good. Octavo approx. 5" wide by 7 1/2" tall vi 269 1 pages. Blue cloth covers with gilt spine titles; top edges dyed light blue small water spot top edge. Top cover corner lightly bumped light scattered foxing on edges of book block near fine. Dust jacket tanned at spine and edges minor chipping. Studio <br /><br /></p> Chatto & Windus hardcover
193119623New York: The Fountain Press 1931. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Essays on a variety of topics mostly art & music but also a wide variety of subjects; also one titled 'The Beauty Industry': "The one American industry unaffected by the general depression of trade is the beauty industry. American women continue to spend on their faces and bodies as much as the spent before the coming of the slump." p125. Same as it ever was. Signed Limited edition number 736 signed by the author at the limitations page 8vo 146pp. Quarter black cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. Paper spine label slt toned. The Fountain Press hardcover
193153491London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Light wear to spine ends touch of dust-soil to upper oard edges with scattered foxing to right edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7s.6d. net edgeworn and sunned with a few tiny nicks and tears a spot of soil and two faint cup rings to front panel; Very Good only. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown
193161293London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue-grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Crown gently nudged upper corners bumped though still sharp with a pictorial bookplate to front pastedown; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped pricd 7s.6d. net spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with some corresponding wrinkling to upper corners and a tiny puncture to rear joint; Very Good. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown
1931032079London: Chatto & Windus 1931 12mo. original blue cloth gilt a little rubbed & sunned some toning & spotting bookplate 'Harry Austin brentnall' to upper pastedown; lacks dustwrapper; pp. vi 270 last colophon. A very good copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG. Chatto & Windus hardcover
19319026782New York & London: Fountain Press & Chatto & Windus 1931. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. One of 840 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in marbled paper covered boards with black cloth spine printed paper label on spine. Glassine dust cover is torn. Corners and edges show minor wear. Lacks slipcase. <br/><br/> Fountain Press & Chatto & Windus hardcover
1945RO30003735La nouvelle edition. 1945. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Intérieur bon état. 280 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
194864724Paris, La nouvelle édition, 1948, Broché, 276 pages. Bon exemplaire.
1948RO80013443LA NOUVELLE EDITION. 1948. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé. 276 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1945RO80045308LA NOUVELLE EDITION. 1945. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos abîmé, Intérieur frais. 278 pages. 1er plat détaché, avec un accroc sur les bords.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1945RO40036874La Nouvelle Edition. 1945. In-12. Broché. A relier, Livré sans Couverture, Dos abîmé, Quelques rousseurs. 280 pages. Plats et dos manquants.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1948RO40105932La Nouvelle Edition. 1948. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur bon état. 276 pages. Couverture se détachant.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1945RO80154336LA NOUVELLE EDITION. 30 avril 1945. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 280 pages. Charnières usées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 844-Essais
1950RO60144351Penguin books/Chatto and Windus. 1950. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Coins frottés, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 174 pages. Texte en anglais. Nombreuses rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1945R320175621La nouvelle édition. 1945. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Plats abîmés, Manque en coiffe de pied, Papier jauni. 280 pages - 1er plat absent - déchirures et rousseurs sur le second plat - second plat désolidarisé - coiffes absentes.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1945RO30371637La nouvelle édition. 1945. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos fané, Papier jauni. 277 pages. Coins frottés. Rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
1949pq2491Chatto & Windus Cartonné avec jaquette 1949 In-12 (12,5 x 18,5 cm), cartonné avec jaquette, 335 pages ; jaquette un peu usée (mors blanchis, quelques frottements sur les plats et le dos, manque à la coiffe supérieure), par ailleurs assez bon état géénral. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
193811206JNew York: Harpers 1938. First Edition - American. Former ownership inscription dated 1938. Very good in neatly price-clipped bright dust jacket with some internal tape strengthening. A jewel theft and a murder are at the heart of this mystery set in a luxurious Africa safari. Harpers unknown books
193813491ENew York: Harpers 1938. First Edition - American. Near fine copy with a 1†sliver of darkening to the cloth at the bottom edge of the front cover near the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some tiny chips and tears and a neat 1/2†corner cut from the top of the rear flap. A jewel theft and a murder are at the heart of this mystery set in a luxurious Africa safari. Harpers hardcover books
1938006749UK: Methuen 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Murder On Safari by Elspeth Huxley First Edition Methuen 1938. A very fine copy. Appearing unread boards spring when opened. No ownership inscriptions contents and edges free of foxing. Covers are completely unmarked and have no bumping to corners or edges. No darkening to spine. In original fine dust jacket with no tears or creasing. Not clipped and priced at 7/6. For further images please see Brought to Book Ltd. <br/> <br/> Methuen hardcover
1938007320USA: Harper & Brothers 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Murder On Safari by Elspeth Huxley First Edition Harper & Brothers 1938. New York & London. A fine copy. Small and neat contemporary gift inscription to half title page. Contents and uncut edges free of foxing or toning. Covers are completely unmarked and have no bumping or rubbing to corners or edges. In original bright and fine dust jacket that has no tears or loss and still retains its original publisher's promotional wrap-around band. Not price clipped. Murder on Safari by Elspeth Huxley is a mystery novel set in Kenya during the 1930s. The story follows the investigation of a murder that occurs on a safari trip led by the wealthy and flamboyant American socialite Mrs. Bradley. The murder victim is her husband's ex-wife who was also on the trip. The detective work is carried out by a local Kenyan police chief who must navigate the prejudices and class divisions of the British colonial society in order to uncover the truth. The book offers a vivid portrayal of the African landscape and culture as well as a critique of colonial attitudes towards race and power. <br/> <br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover
