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2005192631Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2005-07-05. Paperback. Very Good. Minor wear. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback books
1978WALTER-FILM004123Softcover/Paperback. Very Good. Manuscript Aldous Huxley source Robert E. Thompson screenwriter Set of two 2 vintage original revised draft scripts USA. Hollywood: Universal Studios 1978. Two volumes brad bound printed wrappers quarto.1118;1119-234. <br /><br />Revised drafts of scripts for what was originally conceived as a two part mini-series but aired on television in the U.S. in March of 1980 as an abridged single 3-hour film. The BBC however broadcast the uncut version in March of 1981. Doran William Cannon contributed to the final version of the production script. <br /><br />The present draft which is credited to Thompson alone includes revisions dated from 7 April through 6 June 1978. This was the very first screen adaptation of Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel which to date remains his most celebrated work. It is a difficult book to bring to the screen and there have been three subsequent versions of which the most recent one is in pre-production at this time. Universal paperback 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
19749025837Avon Connecticut: Limited Editions Club. 1974. Hardcover. Fine condition. With author's foreword and a new introduction by Ashley Montague. Illustratred with gravures by Mara McAfee.Bound in publisher's original shiny blue composite with front cover and spine titled in a blod blue typeface with two orange heliocopter ornaments on the front cover. In publisher's original slipcase wrapped in orange paper with minor soiling and fading. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the artist. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Club. hardcover 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
1983BL2859Oxford:: Oxford University Press 1983. 1983. 20 cm. xxvi 123 pp. Illus. index. Printed wrappers; rubbed gutter corner bumped. Burndy bookplate. Very good. ISBN: 0192851314 Oxford University Press, 1983. unknown books
19313653LONDON CHATTO 1931 1931. DUST JACKET FIRST ENGLISH EDITION FINE. 1st Edition. Hardcover. LONDON, CHATTO, 1931 hardcover books
19541333152New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1954. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 12mo; pp 127; VG-/G-; sunned red spine with white text; dust jacket shows several chips to edges; lightly soiled rear; cloth has lightly sunned spine; sturdy boards; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; illustrated; good binding. 1333152. FP New Rockville Stock. G.P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
19581333886New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1958. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 399; G/G-; gray/red spine with ivory and gray text; dust jacket shows several chips to edges; slight cracking to joints; exterior shows sun darkened and edges; some smudges to front and rear; cloth shows slight shelf wear to exterior; strong boards; text block edges have slight age toning; deckled fore edge; previous owner's name to ffep; interior clean; good binding. 1333886. FP New Rockville Stock. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
196814097New York: Greenwood Press 1968. Cloth. Near Fine. A very handsome example of this 1968 Greenwood Press re-issue of T.H. Huxley's collected essays complete in 9 volumes. Save for a tiny former owner name and date stamped to the top-edge of each front pastedown all 9 volumes are tight and crisp and virtually pristine. Thick uniform octavos in their wine-red cloth with bright unrubbed gilt-lettering along the spines each volume is solid and well-preserved and easily Near Fine. This collection of essays from the renowned English biologist even in this re-issue is uncommon as such in its complete run. <br/><br/> Greenwood Press hardcover books
1947WRCLIT75443Universal City: Universal Studios / National Screen Service 1947. Eight 11 x 14" full color lobby cards. NSS blindstamp in lower extreme corner of each card three short strips of paper tape not as repairs on verso of title card upper right blank margin of title card has a short nick and some creasing but otherwise a very good or better bright set. A complete set of the lobby cards issued to promote US distribution of Huxley's own adaptation to the screen of his 1922 story "The Giaconda Smile." Zoltan Korda directed stars Charles Boyer Ann Blyth Jessica Tandy and Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Huxley's name is prominently incorporated in each of the cards. BROMER D3. Universal Studios / National Screen Service unknown 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
18733431baGNew York: D. Appleton 1873. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. Science; philosophy education; First American edition. xiv 317 pages of text and 4 pages of advertisements. Hardcover binding; original blind stamped maroon cloth slightly rubbed with moderate fading to spine. Soiled spot and owner marks on front flyleaf. D. Appleton Hardcover books
