Jesting Pilate, First Edition (19 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Lacks jacket. Spine faded. 1926 Hard Cover. 291, [5] pp. 8vo. A travelogue by the author of Brave New World, with a list of his books following the text. "The author recounts his experiences traveling through six countries, and offers his observations on their people, cultures, and customs." Chapters include: India and Burma; Malaya; The Pacific; America.

Condition: Fair. 1940. First Edition. 254 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Paper cover has moderate edge wear with noticeable creasing and chipping. Moderate tanning and markings.

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition Thus. 291 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Minor staining, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and staining to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Owner name and inscription. First printing with the Doran logo.

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition Thus. 291 pages. Printed dust jacket over green cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. End-papers are more notably foxed. Text block edge is moderately foxed. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards are bowed. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing.

Condition: Good. 1948. First Edition Thus. 291 pages. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over green cloth. Bright and clean pages with light tanning to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine ends. Large water stains to front board. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Tape to edges. Heavy water staining to front panel. Light rubbing and marking all over.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Photographic Plates (illustrator). First Edition. 291 Pp. + 4 Pp Catalog At End. Light Blue Cloth, Gilt. Lightly Used, Gilt Very Bright, No Fraying Or Marks, Hinges Tight. Some Fading To Cloth; Slight Foxing Spots On Edges Of Page Block.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . No Dust Jacket Owner's name on front endpage. Stamped on rear endpage. (India, Malay Archipelago, Travel).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A clean, unmarked copy in bright gilt title with mild fading of the spine blue, else fine.

Condition: Good-. 1st thus. A 1st thus ed. good- paperback, signs of wear on cov. & spine as in image, text/block tight clean with paper age toning & staining to the edges. 254p. 18x11cm. 200gr.

First Edition. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 326 pages. A travelogue from the author of "The Doors of Perception," "Brave New World" and numerous other books. A clean and tight near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine. No dust jacket. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; dust jacket; 8vo; pp. [8], 291, [5] (ads), plus frontispiece and 13 plates. Spine tips and corners gently bumped; edges of boards just a little tanned; ownership signature on FFEP. Dust jacket chipped along the edges; two large tears down front panel. On India, Burma, Malaya, the Pacific, and America.

Photos, 9 x 6", blue cloth, 291pp + list of author's works, covers rubbed and unevenly sunned, extremities bumped and a bit worn, hinges loose, foredge of textblock spotted, some scattered spotting to pp, in a worn, edge-chipped and edge-torn, yellowed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION.

Brossura. Condition: discrete. Prima edizione nella collezione. Unica versione autorizzata di Lorenzo Montano. Cm.19,5x12. Pg.304. Brosssura editoriale. Collezione "I Quaderni della Medusa", n°2. 250 gr.

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 291 pages; 19 cm. Contents: I. India and Burma. -- II. Malaya. -- II. The Pacific. -- IV. America. Subjects: Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 Travel. Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963. Voyages around the world. Travel. 20th century. Voyages and travels 20th century. India Description and travel. Malay Archipelago Description and travel. Genre: text. Travel writing. 3 Kg.

1st Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 291 pages; 19 cm. Contents: I. India and Burma. -- II. Malaya. -- II. The Pacific. -- IV. America. Subjects: Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963 Travel. Huxley, Aldous 1894-1963. Voyages around the world. Travel. 20th century. Voyages and travels 20th century. India Description and travel. Malay Archipelago Description and travel. Genre: text. Travel writing. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First American Edition. First printing (GHD symbol under the copyright date). Light shelf wear. Faint spots of foxing and erasure on the front free endpaper. In a square, tight binding with hinges intact. The dust jacket has small chips at the spine ends. Scuffed along the folds. Soiled on the spine and rear panel. The price, $3.50, is present on the front flap. In Brodart archival dust jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Melbourne, The Law Book Company Limited, 1965. Octavo, [viii], 275 pages plus a frontispiece portrait. Synthetic cloth; edges lightly foxed; endpapers and textblock a little tanned; contemporary ownership signature on the front free endpaper; overall, an excellent copy with the very good unclipped dustwrapper (unevenly tanned and lightly stained, with a few minor annotations in ink on the front panel and flap). Sir Owen Dixon, a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1929 to 1952 and Chief Justice from 1952 to 1963, was 'acclaimed both in England and in America as the greatest judicial lawyer in the English-speaking world'.

First edition; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); 14 photographic plates including frontispiece; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's pictorial dust-jacket a touch rubbed and spine ever so slightly faded, a very good copy; [viii], 291, [5] pp. A lovely copy of one of Huxley's riveting travel narratives.