robert huxley editor (13 Ergebnisse)

softcover. Zustand: Fine copy. Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 272 pp.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Smaller sized paperback (95 pages) in very good condition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Edwin Smith' held at the Chris Beetles Gallery, London, from 12 July to 30 August 2010. Price list and private view invitation laid in. Cover corners are very slightly bumped and rubbed. No other faults noted. LW. Used.

Burgundy Cloth Boards. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Stories of the natural historians, from Aristotle to Audubon, told by scholars and illustrated with original works from the collections of the Natural History Museum. 304pp with index, 198 illustrations, mainly in colour. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards slightly bowed and minimal marking to top edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions in very good unclipped DJ. HEAVY BOOK, extra postage will be required for 1st class or overseas shipping. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

1st edition. Fine title-blocked board copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; ill.; 25 cm. Notes; Spine title: Aldous Huxley complete essays. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Summary; These first two volumes of a projected five, in preparation for several years, begin a major publishing venture, collecting the complete essays of one of the giants of modern English prose and of social commentary in our time. The first two volumes span the most productive period of Huxley's career. Volume I begins with his essays for Gilbert Murray's Athenaeum and his music essays for the New Westminster Gazette. Volume II continues through the 1920s and includes his controversial essays on India and the empire in "Jesting Pilate." The essays of both volumes range from nuanced assessments of art and architecture to political analyses, history, science, religion, and art, and a newly discovered series on music. Wide-ranging, allusive, and witty, they are informed by the probing skepticism of a highly educated and ironically incisive member of the English upper middle class. Huxley's fascination with the codes and conventions of European culture, his growing apprehensions about the menacing collapse of the European political order, and his awareness of the impact of science and technology on the post-Versailles world of England, France, Germany, and the United States form the basis for his critique. His subjects overlap with the satirical novels he wrote during the period between the wars, culminating in Point Counter Point and Brave New World. At their best, these essays stand among the finest examples of the genre in modern literature. Subjects; Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963. Authors, English - 20th century. Dates covered: 1920-1925. Essays, journals, letters & other prose works. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. 3 Kg.

Hardback. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st. First edition hardback, 2007, with unclipped jacket. In overall fine, unmarked condition. Binding tight and appears almost unopened. Internally clean, no annotation or inscriptions; text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover First Edition with 198 illustrations We owe a debt of gratitude to the great naturalists who described, experimented, and collected, who gave us the means to understand the natural world and the potential not only to exploit it but also to conserve it. They came from all over Europe and America, from Classical times to the end of the nineteenth century when natural history changed from a mainly amateur pursuit to today's specialized scientific profession. Braving dangers from storms, pirates, and disease in their pursuit of cataloging the natural world, pioneers such as Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin changed the course of science with their daring travels and groundbreaking theories. This book includes many who are well known, such as the earliest great natural historian, Aristotle; Carl Linnaeus, the man who brought order to nature; the great voyager and collector Joseph Banks; and Georges Cuvier, who established the concept of extinction. But others are now given their rightful place: Antony van Leeuwenhoek, who made his own microscopes and discovered bacteria; Nicolas Steno, who opened the door to the earth's geological past; and Mary Anning, "the princess of palaeontology," who had an amazing, self-taught talent for finding fossils. Many whose lives are described here were great artists as well as naturalists, and the book is illustrated with beautiful and precise paintings and drawings of birds, animals, fossils, fish, shells, and rocks selected from the unparalleled picture archives and collections of the Natural History Museum, London, as well as other sources. 194 illustrations, 137 in color.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has light creasing at edges and spine. Interior and binding are still very good. This book tells the story of the development of ideas about natural history as seen through the lives, observations and discoveries of nearly forty great naturalists, from Classical times to the end of the 19th century. Here, thirty-nine of them are brought vividly to life by an array of experts, with illustrations from the unmatched archive of the Natural History Museum, London. From giants such as Aristotle, Linnaeus, and Darwin to lesser-known but important figures like Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Nicolas Steno, and Mary Anning, all these individuals contributed significantly to our knowledge of the natural world, enabling us to understand and appreciate it today.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 607 pages. 9.75x6.75x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 653 pages. 9.75x6.75x2.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good +. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Xi, 486 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1949 Date On Title Page.Very Good +, Cloth Clean And Unfaded, Gilt Bright, Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, Slight Frays Along Top Edge Of Spine, 3/16" Fray Along Bottom Edge Of Front Board; No Marks. Original Usc Price Label Of 1949 On Rear Pastedown. Dust Jacket Priced $4.50, Light Wear, Some Fading And Browning, Minute Chips Along Edges.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good + Jacket. 1st Edition. Xi, 486 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing, With 1949 Date On Title Page.Near Fine, Cloth Clean And Unfaded, Gilt Bright, Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners, No Marks. Dust Jacket Priced $4.50, Light Wear. [ Loose Bookplate Of Science Service, Washington, Indicating The Book Was Listed March 12, 1949, Received Oct 6 1949, A Duplicate Copy; Science Service Is A Nonprofit Organization Based In Washington, Dc. Founded In 1921 By Newspaper Magnate E.W. Scripps, Its Mission Is To Promote Understanding And Appreciation Of Science Among The American Public.].

hardcover. Zustand: very good. PONTING, Herbert G. (illustrator). 2 volumes. Photogravure frontispieces + nearly 300 varied and detailed illustrations and maps, 18 of the former being color plates. Tall, thick 8vo, navy cloth with gilt lettering, top edges gilt, uncut edges. Bookworm damage to paste-downs and first few and last few pages of both volumes. Rubbing to edges of covers, bumping to forecorners. Tiny spots of soiling to covers and spines. Ownership signatures to paste-downs of both volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1914. Overall a solid copy, about very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Edward A. Wilson (Color illustrations) (illustrator). 2 Volume Set. Volume I, xxiv, 443, [1] pages. Glossary. Appendix. Volume II. xiv, [2], 376, [8] pages. Footnote. Appendix. Index. Maps and illustrations collated and found to be complete. Some page discoloration noted. Large volumes and boards show some weakness. This is a heavy set and if sent outside of the United States would require additional shipping charges. With photogravure frontispieces, 6 original sketches in photogravure by Dr. E. A. Wilson, 18 coloured plates (16 from drawings by Dr. Wilson), 260 full page and smaller illustrations from photographs taken by Herbert G. Ponting and other members of the expedition, panoramas and maps. Name of previous owner [Ralph Steinhardt, Jr.--possibly the member of the Special Engineer Detachment of the Manhattan Project stationed at Los Alamos during WWII] inside front covers. Preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. Volume I appears to have a typographical error in the colour illustrations, with the item differently title and the page given as 288 instead of its location at 238. Leonard Huxley (11 December 1860 - 3 May 1933) was an English schoolteacher, writer and editor. Huxley's major biographies were the three volumes of Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley and the two volumes of Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM GCSI. He also published Thomas Henry Huxley: a character sketch, and a short biography of Darwin. He was assistant master at Charterhouse School between 1884 and 1901. He was then the assistant editor of Cornhill Magazine between 1901 and 1916, becoming its editor in 1916. Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO (6 June 1868 - c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery expedition of 1901-04 and the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-13. On the first expedition, he set a new southern record by marching to latitude 82°S and discovered the Antarctic Plateau, on which the South Pole is located. On the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, less than five weeks after Amundsen's South Pole expedition. A planned meeting with supporting dog teams from the base camp failed, despite Scott's written instructions, and at a distance of 162 miles from their base camp at Hut Point and approximately 12.5 miles from the next depot, Scott and his companions died. When Scott and his party's bodies were discovered, they had in their possession the first Antarctic fossils discovered. The fossils were determined to be from the Glossopteris tree and proved that Antarctica was once forested and joined to other continents. Before his appointment to lead the Discovery expedition, Scott had a career as a Royal Navy officer. In 1899, he had a chance encounter with Sir Clements Markham, the president of the Royal Geographical Society, and learned of a planned Antarctic expedition, which he soon volunteered to lead. His name became inseparably associated with the Antarctic, the field of work to which he remained committed during the final 12 years of his life. Following the news of his death, Scott became a celebrated hero, a status reflected by memorials erected across the UK. Presumed First U. S. Edition, First printing.