HURLEY, Frank.
Australia. A Camera Study by......
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1955). First edition. 4to., cloth, 208pp. Spine ends rubbed o/w a nice copy.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1955). First edition. 4to., cloth, 208pp. Spine ends rubbed o/w a nice copy.
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HURLEY, Frank.
Pearls and Savages. Adventures in the Air, on Land and Sea in New Guinea. With Eighty Illustrations.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. First edition. 4to., orig. green cloth, (xiv), 414pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, spine gilt dull but still a better than very good copy.
An account of Hurley's expedition to New Guinea and the surrounding islands. "Among the expedition's discoveries none, perhaps, is more interesting than the finding of primitive types far in the interior who have a strikingly Semitic cast of features...."
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. First edition. 4to., orig. green cloth, (xiv), 414pp. Lacking the front free e/paper, spine gilt dull but still a better than very good copy.
An account of Hurley's expedition to New Guinea and the surrounding islands. "Among the expedition's discoveries none, perhaps, is more interesting than the finding of primitive types far in the interior who have a strikingly Semitic cast of features...."
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HUTCHINSON, A.S.M.
If Winter Comes. (Illustrated with scenes from the Photoplay)
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1921. First Canadian edition. Name o/w fine in the pictorial d/w which has chipping at the extremities but is still very good. Scarce in d/w.
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1921. First Canadian edition. Name o/w fine in the pictorial d/w which has chipping at the extremities but is still very good. Scarce in d/w.
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HUTTON, Edward.
The Cities of Spain by...With 24 Illustrations in colour by A. Wallace Rimington.....and 20 other illustrations. London: Methuen, (1923). Sixth edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth, (xvi), (320), 8pp.ads. Inner front hinge cracked o/w near fine.
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HUTTON, William.
A Voyage To Africa: Including A Narrative of An Embassy To One Of The Interior Kingdoms, In The Year 1820; With Remarks On The Course and Termination of the Niger And Other Principal Rivers In That Country.....Illustrated With Maps and Plates. London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. First edition. Tall 8vo., contemporary full calf which have been rebacked in the late 19th century with a calf spine, raised bands, gilt compartments, leather label, (xii), 489pp. Binding a bit rubbed with some wear to the spine ends and corners but still a very good copy with attractive plates. "This valuable work, with public documents. Contains observations made during a journey of eleven years mission to Ashantee, West Africa and four voyages to the Gold Coast, and also contains a small vocabulary of the Fantee language." (Allibone).
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(HUXLEY, Aldous) DeGOURMONT, Remy.
A Virgin Heart. Translation by Aldous Huxley.
Toronto: Musson, (1925). First Canadian edition. A fine copy.
Toronto: Musson, (1925). First Canadian edition. A fine copy.
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(HUXLEY, Aldous). HAYDON, R.B.
The Autobiography and Memoirs of B.R. Haydon. With an Introduction by Aldous Huxley.
London: Peter Davies, 1926. Two volumes bound in one. (Also issued in two volumes in a slipcase). Spine a bit faded, some minor spotting to cloth but still a very nice copy in the d/w, which is somewhat darkened on the spine and has light wear to the extremities.
London: Peter Davies, 1926. Two volumes bound in one. (Also issued in two volumes in a slipcase). Spine a bit faded, some minor spotting to cloth but still a very nice copy in the d/w, which is somewhat darkened on the spine and has light wear to the extremities.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Along the Road. Notes & Essays of a Tourist. London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. First edition. Mark from removal of bookplate o/w about fine in a d/w, which is faded on the spine with wear to the ends, but still very good.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Arabia Infelix And Other Poems. New York: The Fountain Press, 1929. First edition, 1 of 692 copies signed by Huxley, this is being #288 of 300 copies distributed in the United States. With the bookplate of George R.M. Ewing, Jr., designed by Rockwell Kent. Tall 8vo. (24.3cm x 16cm), orig. blue cloth spine, mustard paper boards, (4), (1)-35, (1)pp. With a sepia-coloured engraving by W. Carron on the title-page. Two marks on the rear board, corners slightly bumped, some faint soiling to the boards but this still a better than very good copy, lacking the glassine d/w and the slipcase.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Do What You Will.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First U.S. edition. Some slight fading to the foot of the spine o/w a very nice copy in a chipped and worn d/w.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. First U.S. edition. Some slight fading to the foot of the spine o/w a very nice copy in a chipped and worn d/w.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Do What You Will. Essays.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. Fine in d/w darkened on the spine o/w near fine.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. Fine in d/w darkened on the spine o/w near fine.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Eyeless in Gaza. Toronto: Macmillan, 1936. First Canadian edition. . Spine soiled o/w near fine in d/w with chips at spine ends and corners
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Point Counter Point.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1929. In Two Volumes. First of this edition. Orig. printed wrappers. Some chipping at foot of the spines, spines slightly darkened o/w near fine.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1929. In Two Volumes. First of this edition. Orig. printed wrappers. Some chipping at foot of the spines, spines slightly darkened o/w near fine.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Point Counter Point.
Toronto: Musson, nd. First Canadian edition. Spine slightly faded o/w near fine.
Toronto: Musson, nd. First Canadian edition. Spine slightly faded o/w near fine.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Genius and The Goddess.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. First edition. Fine in d/w with very light wear to extremities and some foxing to the rear panel but still quite nice.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. First edition. Fine in d/w with very light wear to extremities and some foxing to the rear panel but still quite nice.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Most Agreeable Vice. (Los Angeles Ward Ritchie Press, 1938). First edition. 1 of 500 copies. Printed for Jake Zeitlin to celebrate the 'opening of my new book-shop.' Inscribed by Zeitlin to Richard Marshall of the bookselling firm Bennett & Marchall. 12mo., orig. wrappers, 7, [1] p. A fine copy of this Huxley rarity. In a slipcase (which has a piece of red morocco pasted over the original blue morocco spine. The inner flap of the slipcase has the bookplate of journalist and newspaper publisher, 'James Strohn Copley'. Los Angeles bookseller, Michael Thompson, described this as 'a notorious rarity' adding that 'many were stolen on opening-night.'
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
The Perennial Philosophy.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1946. First edition. Spine ends slightly dusty o/w a near fine copy in d/w with chipping to the spine ends and light wear to extremities, still very good.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1946. First edition. Spine ends slightly dusty o/w a near fine copy in d/w with chipping to the spine ends and light wear to extremities, still very good.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
They Still Draw Pictures.A collection of 60 drawings made by Spanish children during the war. With an Introduction by Aldous Huxley.
New York: (Spanish child Welfare Association), 1938. First edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate. Tall 8vo., orig. spiral bound stiff wrappers, (72)pp. Newspaper clipping on the verso of the last page of text o/w an about fine copy.
Dr. Clarence B. Farrar [1874-1970] Born in Cattaraugus, New York, Farrar studied at Allegheny College and Harvard before earning his M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School. Farrar studied under William Osler at Hopkins followed by postgraduate study with Emil Kraepelin, Franz Nissl, and Alois Alzheimer. 'As a chief psychiatrist for the Canadian Army during WWI, Captain Farrar researched psychiatric cases of soldiers with shell shock and published his findings with Charles Kirk Clarke. Farrar was hand-picked by Prof. Charles Clarke, the University's inaugural head of Psychiatry, to succeed him in both that chair and as the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital (TPH) opening in 1925. Farrar served in those capacities until 1947, setting the stage fo the TPH to continue as the Department's clinical, teaching, research and administrative nexus until succeeded in 1966 by the Clarke Institute.' (TPH: History and Memories of Toronto Psychiatric Hospital by Edward Shorter). Farrar was also the editor of The American Journal of Psychiatry for 34 years.
New York: (Spanish child Welfare Association), 1938. First edition. From the library of Dr. C.B. Farrar with his bookplate. Tall 8vo., orig. spiral bound stiff wrappers, (72)pp. Newspaper clipping on the verso of the last page of text o/w an about fine copy.
Dr. Clarence B. Farrar [1874-1970] Born in Cattaraugus, New York, Farrar studied at Allegheny College and Harvard before earning his M.D. from Johns Hopkins Medical School. Farrar studied under William Osler at Hopkins followed by postgraduate study with Emil Kraepelin, Franz Nissl, and Alois Alzheimer. 'As a chief psychiatrist for the Canadian Army during WWI, Captain Farrar researched psychiatric cases of soldiers with shell shock and published his findings with Charles Kirk Clarke. Farrar was hand-picked by Prof. Charles Clarke, the University's inaugural head of Psychiatry, to succeed him in both that chair and as the first Director of the Toronto Psychiatric Hospital (TPH) opening in 1925. Farrar served in those capacities until 1947, setting the stage fo the TPH to continue as the Department's clinical, teaching, research and administrative nexus until succeeded in 1966 by the Clarke Institute.' (TPH: History and Memories of Toronto Psychiatric Hospital by Edward Shorter). Farrar was also the editor of The American Journal of Psychiatry for 34 years.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Two or Three Graces and Other Stories.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1926. First Canadian edition, review copy with the publisher's slip reading "Macmillan Company of Canada" tipped onto the front pastedown. This copy came from the library of W.A. Deacon and was his review copy. Review copies of Canadian edition are very scarce. A near fine copy.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1926. First Canadian edition, review copy with the publisher's slip reading "Macmillan Company of Canada" tipped onto the front pastedown. This copy came from the library of W.A. Deacon and was his review copy. Review copies of Canadian edition are very scarce. A near fine copy.
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HUXLEY, Aldous.
Two or Three Graces and Other Stories.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1926. First Canadian edition, review copy with the publisher's slip reading "Macmillan Company of Canada" tipped onto the front pastedown. This copy came from the library of W.A. Deacon and was his review copy. Review copies of Canadian edition are very scarce. A near fine copy.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1926. First Canadian edition, review copy with the publisher's slip reading "Macmillan Company of Canada" tipped onto the front pastedown. This copy came from the library of W.A. Deacon and was his review copy. Review copies of Canadian edition are very scarce. A near fine copy.
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