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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
1934935914Chatto & Windus 1934 Phoenix Library edition first printing. 1934. Hardcover. hardback small 8vo 3068pp owner's name on endpaper page edges browning and lightly foxed text clean and sound blue cloth gilt-decorated spine nice and bright corners slightly rubbed Very Good / no dustwrapper . Chatto & Windus 1934, Phoenix Library edition, first printing, hardcover
193210459<p>1932 Doubleday Doran hardcover no printing listed. No dj spine a little tilted title faded from spine a lot of fraying including a chip on top of spine and some soil on cover corners bumped two owner's and a note from one of them name on ffep pages tanned with stains on some else text clean binding still good.</p> Doubleday Doran hardcover
1932065412London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 306pp; blue boards no d/j gilt title to spine pages not guillotined at bottom edge light edgewear top edge stained blue. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1946018649New York: Harper & Brothers. Toning on inside front cover and ffep where a piece of paper had been. Brave New WorldClipped DJ in archival cover chips toning. . Fine. Hardcover. 1946. Harper & Brothers. hardcover
SKU0580951Harper 2017-05-09. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Harper hardcover
SKU0628458Harper 2017-05-09. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Harper hardcover
1932140946487New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1932. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American trade edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth stamped in gilt with red topstain. Near Fine with oxidation to gilt at spine and light softening to ends light fading to cloth and light soiling to fore edge. Endsheets lightly offset. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with spine fading light soiling and a 2" closed tear to the top of the front flap fold. A much nicer copy than normally encountered and scarce thus. The classic dystopian novel that posited a nearly omnipotent totalitarian state essentially built from the ground up rather than the top-down dictatorship of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown
1932140946546London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to the spine and light wear to tips. Textblock edge lightly dust-soiled contents toned and several preliminary sheets slightly soiled. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket toning to spine with chipping at ends and corners with a short split started at the bottom of the front spine joint. A great copy of this dystopian classic. Chatto & Windus unknown
1940101644Chatto & Windus. London. 1940. Chatto & Windus. 1940. New impression. Hardback no DW. Original blue cloth red text and coat of arms to spine. Spine is sunned and slightly crumpled to head and tail. Endpapers and margins of pages browned prelims and page edges foxed and neat ownership inscription to front endpaper. Generally a clean and sound copy. hardcover
1959146478New York: Harper & Brothers 1959. First edition of Huxley's classic work revisiting the premises of his iconic dystopian and prophetic novel published 28 years earlier and how this vision has come to fruition. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the half-title page. This title is rare signed as Huxley near the end of his life was nearly blind. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. Published 28 years after Huxley’s nightmarish masterpiece Brave New World Revisited contains a concise analysis of how the author's grotesque vision of the future has in many ways already come to fruition. Huxley examines the ways in which Big Business and political propaganda have already established a "psychological slave trade" in addition to many other "Brave New World techniques" which increasingly threaten the freedom of the individual. Chapters include Propaganda in a Democratic Society The Arts of Selling Brainwashing Chemical Persuasion Hypnopaedia and Education For Freedom. Harper & Brothers hardcover
193209670New York: Doubleday Doran and Co. Inc 1932. First American Edition. Very Good. octavo 311 pages; publisher's brown cloth spine printed in gilt gilt octagonal device on front panel. Cream colored end papers top edges stained red. First edition stated. Gilt on spine slightly oxidized; internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. Mild crease on rear panel; altogether a very good copy. No dust jacket. <br/><br/> Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc hardcover
1932140946918London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with significant lean to binding and light fading to spine foxing to text block edges and slight perfume odor. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine light edge wear and foxing. A striking copy of the dystopian classic. Chatto & Windus unknown
1946BOOKS341509New York NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good/Very Good. 1946. . Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo. 311pp. dust jacket light shelf wear to edges and corners slight chipping small tears and light creasing to edges scratch across front panel otherwise very good; cover light shelf wear to edges and corners corners and spine tips lightly bumped otherwise very good; small spot stain to bottom edge of text block otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
FORT838634The Folio Society. Used - Good. In Slipcase The Folio Society unknown
19741390285Avon CT: Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press 1974. First Edition First Printing Limited Edition #1050/2000. Hardcover. Octavo xxvi 237 1 pages. In Very Good condition. Contained in a Very Good condition red-orange slipcase with dark blue lettering along the spine and mild wear along the head edge. Navy blue spine with light blue lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear. Textblock has mild wear along the rear end-page a blue ink stain on the front hinge and mild wear along the edges. Signed by Mara McAfee on the publisher's limitation page limited edition #1050/2000. Shelved Room C. 1390285. Special Collections. Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press hardcover
0792765745.Gpreloaded_digital_audio_player. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
193273676London: Chatto & Windus 1932. 8vo. First edition. vi 306 pp. Recently rebound in half navy blue morocco over blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on the spine. Some slight spotting mainly to the prelims and minor toning to the edges of the leaves. Marks to p.137 and p.192 and a liquid stain to the margins of pp.173-178. Handsomely bound copy of this classic work. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Edition. 1932. Chatto & Windus 1932 unknown
343284Chatto & Windus 1932. FIRST EDITION THIRD IMPRESSION octavo blue buckram boards dark blue lettering to spine 10 306pp VG light to moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & extrems light scuffing to board corners light chafing & soiling to boards moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps moderate foxing & light tanning to prelims & terminals occasional spots of foxing throughout- quite minor prev. bookseller's sm label to full title page occasional light cracking to gutters Chatto & Windus 1932 hardcover
1956074881New York: Modern Library 1956. Square and unmarked in full red cloth binding. 310pp. Unclipped 1.65 dust jacket is lightly rubbed and in a protective mylar cover. ML 48. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6" - 8" Tall. Modern Library Hardcover
1946250404-MB70Harper and Brothers 1946. Very Good Hardcover no dustjacket no blind stamp H-V 9-6 on copyright page. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Harper and Brothers Hardcover
9361449346.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
502187<p>Classic dystopian tale.</p><p>Hardcover. English. Chatto & Windus. 1932 First Edition Fifth Impression. 306 pp. In the original blue cloth with corners of spine bumped and frayed especially at top. Some foxing at front and rear and one owner's stamp inside. Book No: 502187</p> hardcover
19321156London: Chatto and Windus 1932. First Edition. Deluxe issue number 154 of 324 signed copies. 8vo. Fine in the publisher's yellow cloth morocco label to spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt. The UK edition was split into signed and trade issues published simultaneously on 2 February following publication of the signed issue of the US edition on 21 January and preceding the US trade issue on 4 February. Half morocco box. Connolly 75; Eschelbach and Shober 10. "Brave New World" occupies a singular position within the twentieth-century literary canon as a prophetic dystopian vision that transcends mere speculative fiction through its incisive critique of technological determinism consumer capitalism and the erosion of individual autonomy. Unlike contemporaneous dystopian works that focused primarily on political authoritarianism Huxley's novel pioneered the concept of a "soft tyranny" wherein citizens willingly participate in their own subjugation through engineered pleasure and commodified happiness—a prescient anticipation of late capitalism's emphasis on consumption as identity formation. The novel's enduring relevance stems from its philosophical engagement with fundamental questions regarding the tension between individual liberty and social stability the ethical implications of biotechnology and the psychological price of material prosperity achieved through emotional suppression. Chatto and Windus unknown
1958D20114New York: Harper & Row 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cloth-backed paper over boards; dust jacket ; 8vo; pp. x 147. Previous owner's bookplate of an owl. A nice copy with minor wear only. <br/><br/> Harper & Row hardcover
