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19500915 Via S. Margherita a Montici Florence May 1 1925. 8vo 1 page with integral leaf on paper watermarked "Old Royal Vidalon." "Dear Richard: I enclose a proof of an essay on Benphel- & other things- which is to appear in book form this autumn. I send it in the hope that you may find it of use for the Calendar. If so it would have to be published before the end of September. Yours." Huxley sends a proof of an essay not included from his forthcoming book "Do What You Will" for possible publication in the "Calendar" providing it appears before the end of September the book was published in October. Huxley 1894-1963 English-born author and critic; best known for "Brave New World" 1932 and "Brave New World Revisited" 1958; died in Los Angeles. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback books
537286233 Mulholland Los Angeles 28/Cal 8/viii/62. 1 page. 4to. About Fine remnant of paper at bottom from album. 1 page. 4to. unknown books
193448042London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Edition limited to 210 copies signed by Huxley this no. 202 8vo pp. xii 318 2; 30 photoreoproductive plates; green cloth-backed pattern paper boards t.e.g.; spine toned. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1934WRCLIT49604London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Gilt cloth endsheet maps. Frontis and photographs. First edition trade issue. A few faint marks to cloth otherwise a very good bright copy without dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1934WRCLIT33244London: Chatto & Windus 1934. Cloth. Frontis photographs. First edition trade issue. Some foxing to prelims spine a bit darkened and rubbed but a good or better copy lacking the jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1932140941545Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. First American Trade Edition. Very Good. First American trade edition first printing. Publisher's brown cloth binding decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Lean to binding. Spine and edges faded spine worn at ends and gilt stamping dulled corners rubbed. Pages toned previous owner name to front free end paper. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1932140941602Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. First American Trade Edition. Very Good. First American trade edition first printing. Publisher's brown cloth binding decorated in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Slight lean to binding light wear to spine ends cloth faded at spine light spotting to textblock edge; former owner name and date to front free endpaper pages toned and sporadically foxed. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1932140941273New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth stamped in gilt with red topstain. Near Fine with light sunning to spine and edges pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket edge-worn and with several masking tape reinforcements to the verso. The classic dystopian novel that posited a nearly omnipotent totalitarian state essentially built from the ground up rather than the top-down dictatorship of 1984. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown books
19324132London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good . A Nearly Fine copy of the book on account of gentle cocking of the spine in VG dust jacket with a few small chips at the crown and corners; spine slightly toned. Contemporary owner's name on the front endpaper. Overall a pleasing copy.<br/><br/>A defining moment in the genre of the dystopian novel Brave New World considers the dangers that new technologies and mass modernization pose to the very core of humanness. Rather than depicting these developments as gateways to utopia as writers such as H.G. Wells had done Huxley foreshadowed how radically technology and psychological conditioning could limit individual rights ranging from sexuality and reproduction to creativity to love. A "nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science" DNB. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Chatto & Windus unknown books
19322008204London: Chatto and Windus 1932. First. hardcover. Very good/Very good. A very good first edition 1932 on title page and no mention of later printings on copyright page in a very good dust jacket with a page inscribed by Huxley inserted after the front free endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down some damage to front paste-down paper as well as to rear paste-down paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case. Chatto and Windus unknown books
1932140937964London: Chatto and Windus 1932. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. First British edition signed limited edition. Number 82 of a limited 324 copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with blue morocco title label to spine lettered in gilt. Very Good. Spine faded. Light foxing to cloth heavier at spine. Endsheets toned small vintage bookseller ticket to rear pastedown causing light offsetting to free endpaper. A beautiful copy of the author's best-known work. Chatto and Windus unknown books
19329026579Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1932. 1st . Hardcover. Very good/fair. Binding shows fading at the edges. Dust jacket missing a portion of the front cover and chipped at the extremities. <br/><br/> Doubleday Doran hardcover books
1932140937840New York: Doubleday Doran and Company 1932. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition copy #64 of a limited 250 signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in publisher's mauve paper covered boards stamped in gilt with black spine cloth elaborately stamped in gilt in publisher's mauve slipcase. Fine. An absolutely stunning copy very fresh and sharp almost appearing as if new. In a Near Fine slipcase which is lightly sunned and has one indentation as well as a faintly visible erased pencil notation. A beautiful nearly flawless copy of a book and slipcase that normally turn up in much lesser condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Doubleday, Doran and Company unknown books
1998WELLER9780060850524Harper Perennial 1998. New. New book. Harper Perennial unknown books
1958176416New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 147 pages. A tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some minor wear. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1958159593New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. Octavo pp. i-vi vii viii ix-x 1-2 3-147 148-150: blank cloth-backed boards. First edition. Boldly signed by Huxley in brown ink on the half title page. "Essay arguing that the extrapolation of 1932 Huxley was coming true faster than he had originally thought." - Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 pp. 269-270. Private owner's bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket priced $3.00 on the front flap with touch of rubbing at spine ends and 9 mm closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel. A lovely copy. #159593 Harper & Brothers unknown books
1958WRCLIT74948New York: Harper 1958. Cloth and boards. First U.S. edition. Boards a trace sunned at the edges pencil erasures on endsheets else very good in a lightly soiled dust jacket with modest chipping at the head of the spine at corners. Harper hardcover books
1959153762London: Chatto & Windus 1959. Octavo pp. 1-6 7-8 9-10 11-163 164 boards. First British edition. "Essay arguing that the extrapolation of 1932 Huxley was coming true faster than he had originally thought." - Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 pp. 269-270. Early owner's signature dated 1959 on front free endpaper. Endpapers a bit tanned a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny edge tears and light dust soiling to rear panel. A nice copy. #153762 Chatto & Windus unknown books
1932118355London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Signed limited first edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo original yellow cloth gilt topstain as issued. One of a limited edition of 324 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page this is number 8. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Huxley wrote Brave New World in response to H.G. Wells' Utopian novels of the early 20th century. Set in London in the year 2540 the novel anticipated future developments in psychological manipulation and reproductive technology which created a profound shift in the character of society. "A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. easily Huxley's most popular and many good judges continue to think his best novel" DNB. "After the success of his first three novels Huxley abandoned the fictional milieu of literary London and directed his satire toward an imagined future. He admitted that the original idea of Brave New World was to challenge H.G. Wells' Utopian vision. The novel also marks Huxley's increasing disenchantment with the world which was to result in his leaving England for California in 1937 in search of a more spiritual life. The book was immediately successful" Parker & Kermode 161-62. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1932119848London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo original blue cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper "Aldous Huxley 1962." Near fine in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing and wear to the extremities. Signed trade editions of Brave New World are scarce. "A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. easily Huxley's most popular and many good judges continue to think his best novel" DNB. "After the success of his first three novels Huxley abandoned the fictional milieu of literary London and directed his satire toward an imagined future. He admitted that the original idea of Brave New World was to challenge H.G. Wells' Utopian vision. The novel also marks Huxley's increasing disenchantment with the world which was to result in his leaving England for California in 1937 in search of a more spiritual life. The book was immediately successful" Parker & Kermode 161-62. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1932116112Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing Co 1932. First printing of this edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo original blue cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. "A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. easily Huxley's most popular and many good judges continue to think his best novel" DNB. "After the success of his first three novels Huxley abandoned the fictional milieu of literary London and directed his satire toward an imagined future. He admitted that the original idea of Brave New World was to challenge H.G. Wells' Utopian vision. The novel also marks Huxley's increasing disenchantment with the world which was to result in his leaving England for California in 1937 in search of a more spiritual life. The book was immediately successful" Parker & Kermode 161-62. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. Garden City Publishing Co hardcover books
193289752London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Signed limited first edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo original yellow cloth gilt topstain as issued. One of a limited edition of 324 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page. In near fine condition with light toning. A nice example. Huxley wrote Brave New World in response to H.G. Wells' Utopian novels of the early 20th century. Set in London in the year 2540 the novel anticipated future developments in psychological manipulation and reproductive technology which created a profound shift in the character of society. "A nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science. easily Huxley's most popular and many good judges continue to think his best novel" DNB. "After the success of his first three novels Huxley abandoned the fictional milieu of literary London and directed his satire toward an imagined future. He admitted that the original idea of Brave New World was to challenge H.G. Wells' Utopian vision. The novel also marks Huxley's increasing disenchantment with the world which was to result in his leaving England for California in 1937 in search of a more spiritual life. The book was immediately successful" Parker & Kermode 161-62. Named by Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Novels of the twentieth century. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
193009011London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 3231pp. Bound in red cloth spine lettering gilt top edge stained red. A near fine copy with light scattered foxing in very good unclipped dust jacket with short closed tears mild edge wear and minimal darkening spine. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1930WRCLIT82491New York & London: Fountain Press / Chatto & Windus 1930. Large octavo. Cloth. First edition. One of 842 numbered copies signed by the author. Collector's bookplate on front pastedown crown of spine a bit soft some dulling and ringmarks to upper board; a sound copy internally very good or better. Fountain Press / Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1930WRCLIT34888London: Chatto & Windus 1930. Gilt cloth. First trade edition. Offset to endsheets spine ends bumped spine faded else a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
