Huxley AldousABAA
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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
193058799London: Chatto & Windus 1930. First edition. 8vo. 6 323 1 pp. With the bookplate of Dennis Wheatley British author of thrillers and occult novels on the front pastedown. Very good copy with a nice association. Red cloth gilt spine title printed dust jacket rubbed head of spine a little clipped. #5961. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1930006206London: Chatto & Windus 1930. Very Good Plus foxing to edges of page block and first signature internally in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper small tear top edge rear panel slight soiling tiny chips at spine ends. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chatto & Windus Hardcover books
19313653LONDON CHATTO 1931 1931. DUST JACKET FIRST ENGLISH EDITION FINE. 1st Edition. Hardcover. LONDON, CHATTO, 1931 hardcover books
194045772Paris: Plon 1940. Paperback. Very good. 328 pp. Light creases and foxing to the spine price sticker on the bottom of the spine light edge wear to the front and back else very good in publisher's wraps. Text in French. <br/><br/> Plon paperback books
194145795Paris: Plon 1941. Paperback. Very good. 306 pp. Light tanning and foxing to the spine price sticker on the bottom of the spine light tanning to the front and back else very good in publisher's wraps. Text in French. <br/><br/> Plon paperback books
19221321416New York: George H. Doran 1922. Hardcover. Octavo; G Hardcover; Yellow spine with White spine label text rubbed away completely; Boards strong cocking to spine bumping and rubbing to corners fraying along spine edges moderate edgewear moderate shelfwear otherwise clean; Textblock has open tear along tail edge of page 25 brown stains on pages 78 and 79 small open tears along tail edges of pages 83-90 writing in pencil on rear endpaper age toning along edges; 307 pp. 1321416. FP New Rockville Stock. George H. Doran hardcover books
195264873NY:: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Near fine in a near fine light edge wear dust jacket. An attractive well preserved copy.; 340 pages . Harper & Brothers, hardcover books
1929180902008London: Chatto & Windus 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Number 164 of 260 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Yellow and white patterned paper-covered boards over green spine cloth with titles in gilt top edge gilt. Covers a bit soiled spine lettering dulled top corner of upper board is chipped. A collection of essays from the author Brave New World. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
19293342London: Chatto & Windus 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. 310pp. Bound in mustard cloth spine gilt in dust jacket. Jake Zeitlin's bookseller ticket to rear pastedown off-setting from jacket to endpapers. Dust jacket unclipped with just a trace of wear and toning to spine. A clean bright copy without the usual foxing. <br/><br/> Chatto & Windus hardcover books
