edited by grover smith (8 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Moderate wear to the jacket, a few small tears around the edges. Clean boards, firm binding. Remainder mark on the bottom edge. Pages and endpapers unmarked. Not ex-library, no stickers. Ships in a box.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Gray cloth boards, clean and sharp, mild shelf wear to edges. No dustjacket. Book firm in binding, 991 pages include Index. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 991 pages.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Magazine. Quarto. 106pp. Perfectbound. Creases and tears on the spine with toning and spots on the front wrapper, good. Contributors include Richard Ellmann, Edwin Honig, Aime Cesaire, Grover Smith, and others.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in the U.S.A. First American Edition. [Date from the copyright page.] First Printing. (Number line is complete.) Frontispiece, Preface, Chronology, Index; 992 pages. The original charcoal-gray cloth is in excellent shape, with just a hint of rubbing at the bottom edge; silver lettering on the spine is sharp and clear. The interior has hot-yellow endpapers; its leaves are supple and creamy-bright despite a few pale freckles to the top-edge; it is completely clean. The original unclipped dustjacket ($15.00) shows a little toning with one tiny chip in the front corner. This is a lovely copy. [Please see my five images of the actual book.] Gleaned from the flaps: The letters in this extraordinary work, provide a feast of pleasures---an insider's view of a half-century of intellectual life in England, on the Continent, and, extensively, in the United States. Huxley perhaps wrote at the very least ten thousand letters The present compilation represents therefore a choice of fewer than two-fifths of the known items. Predominating here is material selected for its biographical, literary, or philosophical qualities. Included are a variety of subjects---music, literature, zoology, psychology, medicine, painting, movies, theatre, and mystical religions---on which he writes with ease, often with passion, never without humanity." As with every book from my father's collection, tipped-in at the front is the small, attractive, acid-free bookplate pictured on my homepage. All books are wrapped with special care and are shipped promptly with tracking; international sales sent via global priority, also with tracking. Please note there is no extra charge for domestic book-rate; however, priority costs may have to be doubled, and may incur unusual delays due to COVID.

First US edition. Hardcover. Some foxing on the top and fore edges, boards corners lightly bumped, otherwise fine in very good dustjacket a touch soiled on the back panel ($ price intact). A handsome and well-bound edition (nearly 1000 pages with index), of letters which begin in 1899 and end in 1963. With a photographic frontispiece of Huxley. This heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted (at least twice any default shipping).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 209pp. With an essay on the Philosophy of Royce by Richard Hocking. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with small nicks on the spine ends.

First edition. Hardcover. Some mild foxing on the top edge, otherwise fine in very good price-clipped dustjacket with a few tiny professionally closed tears on the edges. A handsome and well-bound edition (nearly 1000 pages with index), of letters which begin in 1899 and end in 1963. With a photographic frontispiece of Huxley. This heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted (at least twice any default shipping).

FIRST EDITION 8vo. mid blue cloth hardback, gilt, in unclipped dust jacket. 992pp., Indexed, with b/w portrait frontispiece. A clen copy with no markings or inscriptions. Light foxing to endpapers, heavier to top edge. Light foxing to dust jacket flaps and vrey slight tanning to spine. A VERY GOOD COPY in VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. (Shelf 70) PLEASE NOTE: Heavy Book (1.4 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.