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1923119728London: Chatto & Windus 1923. First edition of this classic novel. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "For James Murphy thirty years later Aldous Huxley 1954." Fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and wear. Uncommon signed and inscribed. London life just after World War I devoid of values and moving headlong into chaos at breakneck speed - Aldous Huxley's Antic Hay like Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises portrays a world of lost souls madly pursuing both pleasure and meaning. Fake artists third-rate poets pompous critics pseudo-scientists con-men bewildered romantics cock-eyed futurists - all inhabit this world spinning out of control as wildly comic as it is disturbingly accurate. In a style that ranges from the lyrical to the absurd and with characters whose identities shift and change as often as their names and appearances Huxley has here invented a novel that bristles with life and energy what the New York Times called "a delirium of sense enjoyment! Chatto & Windus hardcover
1932140946254New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1932. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First American trade edition after the printing of 250 de luxe copies first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth stamped in gilt with red topstain. Very Good with slight lean to binding rubbing to gilt lettering at spine bumped top right corner; light offsetting to endsheets. Front free endpaper top corner clipped; musty odor to contents. In a Very Good slightly tattered unclipped dust jacket with moderate toning light toning and patchy loss of color to spine and panels foxing. Interior tear to top of front panel near spine and other trivial tears to edges. 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
1932133208London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery hand-made Italian marbled endpapers all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example. "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
28576Oxford: B. H. Blackwell. 1919. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Signed by the author. Inscribed presentation copy. Mid-twentieth century full tan morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe ruled in gilt to the upper and lower boards five raised bands gilt decorated compartments and titles in gilt on brown morocco labels to the spine. Marbled endpapers inner dentelles double ruled in gilt. All edges gilt. With an illustrated title page and two plates in colour from the front and rear endpapers by William Roberts. A fine copy the binding square and firm. The contents are clean throughout. Inscribed by Edith Sitwell in blue ink on the half title "For / my dear Alberto / with much love / from his friend / Edith". The recipient is the distinguished and internationally admired Portuguese poet Alberto de Lacerda 1928-2007 Edith being an early champion and one of his greatest friends. Her inscription almost certainly dates from the time of the binding which may well have been commissioned for this presentation. The volume edited and with contributions by Edith Sitwell is notable for the first publication of seven poems by fallen soldier poet Wilfred Owen. The printed dedication reads "we dedicate this book to the memory of Wilfred Owen M.C." Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Oxford: B. H. Blackwell. 1919 hardcover
357 - 855 - 659<p><em>First printing of Huxley's consumerist dystopian novel in an original dust jacket</em></p><p><strong>Publisher and Year</strong>: London: Chatto & Windus 1932 - <strong>Edition</strong>: First edition first printing with 1932 on the bottom of the title page and no reprint stated on the copyright page later printings would be so stated in an original dust jacket retaining the price of 7s 6d on the front flap. </p><p><strong>Condition and Description</strong>: Octavo original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorative borders blue topstain 306 pp. Boards well-preserved with some rubbing to the surface and edges. Tips lightly worn. Gilt bright. Spine very slightly slanted. Sturdy hinges. Secure binding though occasionally over-opened and a crack forming at pages 16 and 145. All pages securely attached. Prior owner's elegant gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper which is dated 1932. No other writing or owner markings. Light foxing to the preliminary and terminal leaves. The jacket exhibits significant loss to the spine ends front panel and rear panel; general surface wear; crumpling to the top edge; effaced patches to the rear panel; tanning to the spine strip; and spotting on the verso and flaps. An attractive copy of the first printing book in a worn jacket that preserves most of the iconic design. </p><p><em>"But I don't want comfort. I want God I want poetry I want real danger I want freedom I want goodness. I want sin."</em> A defining work of dystopian literature <em>Brave New World</em> imagines a future where stability is purchased at the expense of individuality emotion and truth. Huxley's vision remains as unsettling as ever a critique of engineered contentment and the erasure of the human spirit. Ranked #5 on the Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century it remains essential reading nearly a century after its publication.</p><p>Inventory ID: 357 - 855 - 659</p> London: Chatto & Windus, 1932
19319026711Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original dark-blue cloth with blue stripe on either side of spine and gilded top edges. H. G. Wells' signature is stamped in gilt on the cover of each volume. One of 750 numbered sets. Volume One is signed in ink by each of the three authors. The frontispiece of each volume contains a colorful illustration in a theme related to the subject matter of the work. Many detailed black-and-white illustrations of biota throughout including photographs. <br/><br/>Hardcover Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. hardcover books
19406055Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Alvin Lustig. 8vo. Pp. 28. Lustig decorations in red on the title and p. 7. Light gray laid paper-covered boards Lustig illustration printed in red and dark gray on the front board titles in dark gray on the spine: boards and leaves a tad age-toned. In the Lustig illustrated dust jacket printed red and dark gray on light gray laid paper: Spine sunned age-toned short closed tears at the spine head and top edge. Please see photos. Signed by Huxley beneath the colophon. One of "100 copies specially printed for Jake Zeitlin May 1940" at the Ward Ritchie Press. Addressed to educators an essay on the moral discipline of language use. Lustig's design evoking facets or folds was created with letterpress decorations. In Purity of Aim: The Book Jacket Designs of Alvin Lustig authors Ned Drew and Paul Sternberger cite the "stark juxtaposition of the author's signature isolated for greater effect and an abstract configuration of shapes referring to the inherent complexities found in systems of writing and their organizational syntax."<p>Referenced on pp. 36 and 40 in Born Modern The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig by Heller and Cohen-Lustig. Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.</p> . Jake Zeitlin hardcover
19319026711Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original dark-blue cloth with blue stripe on either side of spine and gilded top edges. H. G. Wells' signature is stamped in gilt on the cover of each volume. One of 750 numbered sets. Volume One is signed in ink by each of the three authors. The frontispiece of each volume contains a colorful illustration in a theme related to the subject matter of the work. Many detailed black-and-white illustrations of biota throughout including photographs. Hardcover. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover
1873167597London: Macmillan and Co. 1873. Presented to one of Huxley's close friends at the Royal Society First edition presentation copy inscribed on the half-title: "John Evans esq from his friend T. H. Huxley". Huxley collaborated with Sir John Evans 1823-1908 the eminent archaeologist in the administration of several learned societies in London most notably the Royal Society. In 1873 Huxley was the society's biological secretary and would later serve as its president while Evans who was elected a fellow in 1864 would serve as its treasurer from 1878 to 1898. The two men were personal friends and corresponded on a wide range of subjects. Alongside his profession as a paper manufacturer Evans is credited with pioneering a more scientific approach to British archaeology. Two years after Huxley's Critiques was published Evans wrote a paper which applied Darwinian natural selection to the archaeological study of ancient British coins. The essays and addresses in this collection attest to Huxley's wide range of interests: education "The School Boards: What they can do and what they may do"; geology "On the Formation of Coal"; and Darwinian evolution "Palaeontology and the Doctrine of Evolution Darwin's Critics" among much else. Evans's attractive bookplate depicting a variety of antiquities and bearing the motto "I desire to deserve" is on the front pastedown. Octavo. Leaf of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original red pebbled cloth spine lettered ruled and with publisher's device in gilt covers with concentric panels in blind dark blue coated endpapers. Light bumping and wear to extremities light finger soiling to covers cosmetic split to front inner hinge moderate foxing to endpapers edges and initial leaves: a very good copy. hardcover
1939121198London: Chatto & Windus 1939. First edition of this classic novel. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication "For Carvel James with good wishes Aldous Huxley 1939." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Uncommon in this condition and signed. After Many a Summer tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death. It was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture particularly what he saw as its narcissism superficiality and obsession with youth. This satire also raises philosophical and social issues some of which would later take the forefront in Huxley's final novel Island. The novel's title is taken from Tennyson's poem Tithonus about a figure in Greek mythology to whom Aurora gave eternal life but not eternal youth. The book was awarded the 1939 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1932337130London: Chatto & Windus 1932. hardcover. fine. 306 pages. Short 8vo handsomely rebound in full aqua crushed morocco ornately gilt spine. London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. Fine.<br/> <br/> Chatto & Windus unknown
192137736London: Chatto and Windus 1921. First Edition. Author's first novel and extremely scarce in original dustjacket. Very Good despite some nicking to cheap cloth at top spine end in dustjacket lacking top two inches of spine some loss at flap corners Chatto and Windus hardcover
1928130871London: Chatto & Windus 1928. Signed limited first edition of Huxley's classic satiric novel one of 256 numbered copies this is number 254. Octavo original cloth gilt titles to the spine. In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Point Counter Point's title is a reference to the flow of arguments in a debate and a series of these exchanges tell the story. Instead of a single central plot there are a number of interlinked story lines and recurring themes as in musical "counterpoint". As a roman à clef many of the characters are based on real people most of whom Huxley knew personally such as D. H. Lawrence Katherine Mansfield Sir Oswald Mosley Nancy Cunard and John Middleton Murry and Huxley is depicted as the novel's novelist Philip Quarles. It was named by Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest novels of the twentieth century. Chatto & Windus hardcover
195014076841950-1961. Other. An unnumbered pressing of an art piece by Jerome Salzmann titled "My Self-Doubt Goes On"; plus seven letters from artists and writers one of which is an inscribed photograph. The letters are dated 1950 1960 and 1961. Shelved in Room A Ephemera. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 1: Dated May 4 1950. From Norman Cousins who was a journalist and editor of The Saturday Review. One page TLS. On The Saturday Review stationary Cousins recommends Jerome Salzmann's work titled "Atomic Age Fables". Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 2: Dated December 13 1960. From Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who was Vice President of India at the time. Radhakrishnan gives encouragement to Jerome Salzmann for his work. Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 3: Dated January 1st 1961. From British philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell. One page TLS plus the envelope. Russell apologizes for the delay in response and explains that he had been overwhelmed with correspondence since his release from prison. Light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 4: Dated January 17 1961. From Julian Huxley English evolutionary biologist. One page TLS. Huxley rejects writing a formal letter for Salzmann who hopes to obtain a publisher. Light creasing from contemporary folding. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 5: Dated January 23 1961 Le 23 Janvier. From French author André Maurois. One page TLS. Text in French. Light age toning overall. <br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 6: Dated February 9th 1961. From Spanish diplomat and writer Salvador de Madariaga. One page TLS. Light age toning overall and light creasing from contemporary folding.<br /> <br> <br> <br /> Letter 7:Undated. From Danish author Karen Blixen. An inscribed photograph of Blixen with her cows with a hand-written note on the back. The photograph has light age toning. Jerome Salzmann is an artist and writer. He compiled an anthology on chess titled "The Chess Reader: The Royal Game in World Literature." 1407684. Special Collections - Upstairs. unknown
19311409501Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1931. Limited Edition #598/750. Hardcover. Octavos 4 Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in quarter blue cloth and blue paper boards bearing tan labels with black lettering to spines. Sunning and light soiling to spines. Labels slightly chipped. Scuffing to boards. General edges wear. Heavy rubbing to corners of boards. Top edge of textblocks gilt moderately scratched. Light soiling to fore and bottom edges of textblocks. Foxing to color plates and adjacent half title and title pages. Age toning with light smudging throughout interiors. Signed by Wells Huxley and Wells and enumerated on limitation page in front of Volume I. Shelved in Case 10. "The Science of Life" is often considered the "first modern textbook of biology." It was originally released in 31 serialized issues from 1929-1930 in the UK before being published in a three volume edition.<br /> <br> <br /> Author H.G. Wells 1866-1946 is best known for his groundbreaking science-fiction novels including "The Invisible Man" and "The War of the Worlds." Julian Huxley 1887-1975 was an evolutionary biologist and eugenicist. G. P. Wells 1901-1985 H.G. Wells' son was an author and zoologist.<br /> <br> <br /> Source: Wikipedia. 1409501. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc hardcover
2014107802Harry N. Abrams. New. 2014. Hardcover. 1419710958 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . Harry N. Abrams hardcover
196134600New York: Mcgraw-Hill. As New. 1961. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - xvi 340p. - -- Text is extremely clean and clear bright and tight. Wraps very slightly bumped and handled. Possibly with owner label fep - This compilation was from the symposium Man and Civilization: Control of the Mind - held at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center January 28 29 and 30 of 1961. Contributors and organizers include: Aldous Huxley Robert M. Featherstone Seymour M. Lipset and Alexander Simon Seymour Lipset Wilder Penfield Harold Lasswell Arthur Koestler Glenn Seaborg Leo Rosten Holgar Hyden. -- with a bonus offer--; . Mcgraw-Hill paperback
192536926New York: George H. Doran Co. As New. 1925. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE PON mild cover wear; else flawless. ASIN: B00085K82M -- with a bonus offer-- . George H. Doran Co. hardcover
193436910New York: Harper & Brothers. As New. 1934. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE Binding faded; else mint. Corresponds to / hard cover first edition of ASIN: B0007JFF4K. First edition so stated -- with a bonus offer-- . Harper & Brothers hardcover
14169Perennial Library. As New. 1965. Paperback. 0060800232 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - -- with a bonus offer-- . Perennial Library paperback
36922Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc. As New. 1930. Hardcover. 0701107928 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - Corresponds to / early edition of ISBN: 0701107928 -- with a bonus offer-- . Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. hardcover
36913New York: George H. Doran Co. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Hinges cracked; wear to cover; pages clean & unmarked. Corresponds to / earlier hard cover edition of ASIN: B000E39CX4 .ND; copyright 1922 -- with a bonus offer-- . George H. Doran Co. hardcover
36927Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company. As New. 1929. Hardcover. 0701107979 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE PON inside cover; else flawless. Corresponds to / earlier edition of ISBN: 0701107979 -- with a bonus offer-- . Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
193651134New York: Harper & Brothers. As New. 1936. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text block clean pages tight to spine - Corresponds to ASIN: B000860J0 - W 474 pages -- with a bonus offer-- . Harper & Brothers hardcover
194136909New York: Harper & Brothers. As New. 1941. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Pages unmarked and tight to spine. 342 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Harper & Brothers hardcover
