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1934ref. 986R32London: Chatto and Windus; Penguin 1934-1952. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 7.5" by 4.5". None. A very good set of two early edition dystopian literary landmarks both in the publishers' original binding. A set of early editions of Brave New World and Animal Farm the former with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This set is comprised of:The sixth impression first Phoenix Library issue of Brave New World in the original unclipped dust wrapper from 1934. The first Penguin Edition reprint of Animal Farm in the original paper wraps from 1952. Both works contains pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear: fifteen in Brave New World; seven in Animal Farm.There is an ink inscription to the top of the front cover of Animal Farm. In the publisher's original cloth and paper wraps Brave New World with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart with shelf wear to the extremities. Age toning and spotting to Animal Farm with shelf wear to extremities and joints. Chip to spine head and spine tail cracked at the joint AF. Marks to boards AF. Dust wrapper is sound. Closed tears and chipping to extremities. Loss to top of front and rear wrap and middle and tail of spine. Wrap is age toned with spotting to rear and reverse of wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages marginally age toned BNW and fully AF with spotting to Animal Farm heaviest to the first and last few. Both works contains pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear: fifteen in Brave New World; seven in Animal Farm. Very Good Chatto and Windus; Penguin hardcover
1941ref. GB0007JIQYGI5N01Chatto And Windus 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Chatto And Windus hardcover
1942ref. 827j1055London: Hulton Press Ltd. Good. 1942. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Features: Julian Huxley Reports on What Churchill's Visit Has Meant to the United States; The R.A.F. Choose Some Girls to be Police Women; On the Third Front Against the Nazis - 80000 Patriots Still Fighting in Jugoslavia; Cochran Dresses One More Show - Fancy Costumes For Ladies; A Girl Goes Into War Industry Women at War #5 - Ivy Burfitt and Rita Stewart work in an aircraft factory; Nathaniel Gubbins - The War's Leading Humorist; A Party for London's Salvage men; Photos of bomb-proof home designed by Wallace Neff; Spicy photo of Lupez Velez; Nice Bird's Custard ad on back cover; and more. 28 pages. Complete and unmarked with average wear. A sound example of this informative WWII-era issue.; Folio . Hulton Press, Ltd. unknown
1971ref. G0701108118I3N11Chatto and Windus 1971. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Chatto and Windus hardcover
ref. G8525056065I3N00BIBLIOTECA AZUL - GLOBO. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. BIBLIOTECA AZUL - GLOBO paperback
ref. wrh32a-13Hardcover. Used - Acceptable. Publisher: Doubleday & Company1966. Former library. Binding: Hardcover. Clean text solid binding minor wear on cover no dust jacket. Free tracking available. International shipping available. 2. hardcover
2009ref. G8435010406I4N00Edhasa 2009. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Edhasa hardcover
1964ref. 623447Cambridge Massachusetts: The Psychedelic Review 1964. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. I No. 3. Edited by Paul A. Lee and Ralph Metzner. Octavo. 261-370pp. Illustrated. Owner name of a noted American psychologist on the contents page. Spine toned small "P" written on cover and a bit of light tanning and wear very good or better. Aldous Huxley Memorial Issue with remembrances by Alan Watts Timothy Leary Gerald Heard and Huston Smith. Also prints a seven-page excerpt from Charles Olson's Maximum Poems "The Religious Experience: Its Product and Interpretation" by Timothy Leary and an article on the hallucinogens of Mexico by R. Gordon Wasson. The Psychedelic Review unknown
1964ref. 623447Cambridge Massachusetts: The Psychedelic Review 1964. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. I No. 3. Edited by Paul A. Lee and Ralph Metzner. Octavo. 261-370pp. Illustrated. Owner name of a noted American psychologist on the contents page. Spine toned small "P" written on cover and a bit of light tanning and wear very good or better. Aldous Huxley Memorial Issue with remembrances by Alan Watts Timothy Leary Gerald Heard and Huston Smith. Also prints a seven-page excerpt from Charles Olson's Maximum Poems "The Religious Experience: Its Product and Interpretation" by Timothy Leary and an article on the hallucinogens of Mexico by R. Gordon Wasson. The Psychedelic Review unknown books
1923ref. 000308London: Chatto and Windus 1923. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 7.75x5.5. A fine copy smooth clean and tight in a VG jacket 7s6d net. with faded spine and tape repairs to verso and one repair on the outside of the cover at spine bottom. Ffe tanned on other side of where bookmark may have been. Frayed edges as published and top of text block retains yellow stain. Bound into copy on page 328 is a 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" bound in title stating Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley. A very nice copy despite flaws to wrapper of this famous witty and devastating novel. Quite scarce in jacket. Antic hay is a comic novel which takes place in London and depicts the aimless or self-absorbed cultural elite in the sad and turbulent times following the end of WWI. Chatto and Windus hardcover
ref. B19734-FChatto and Windus. Collectible - Good. 1923 assumed 1st NAP orange cloth spine ends and corners bumped foxing to eps interior is clean and sound dust jacket is darkened edgeworn torn and chipped. Chatto and Windus hardcover
ref. B19734-FChatto and Windus. Collectible - Good. 1923 assumed 1st NAP orange cloth spine ends and corners bumped foxing to eps interior is clean and sound dust jacket is darkened edgeworn torn and chipped. Chatto and Windus hardcover books
1921ref. 25481Nicholas Brown 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Dust Jacket chipped torn. Uncommon . Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25481. . Nicholas Brown hardcover
1949ref. 146156London: Chatto & Windus 1949. First English edition of this cautionary tale and satire. Small octavo original cloth top edge blue. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer philosopher and notable pacifist widely known for his recording of psychedelic experience 'The Doors of Perception' and his dystopian narrative 'Brave New World.' He published 'Ape and Excess' in 1948 a satire of the rise of large-scale warfare and warmongering in the 20th century. An excellent commentary of progress and nationalism the novel presents a pessimistic view of the politics of mutually assured destruction through the surreal imagery of humans apes who as a whole are certain to kill themselves. Chatto & Windus hardcover
2013ref. 108701London:: Folio Society. As New. 2013. Hardcover. Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. As new in like slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Folio Society, hardcover
ref. 3524Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles. New York: The Fountain Press 1930. Limited first edition No. 705 of 800 numbered commercial copies. Signed by Aldous Huxley. Octavo. 320pp. Publisher's black cloth spine lettered in gilt deckled edges no jacket as issued. Spine and boards lightly rubbed; gently bumped to upper front corner and lower rear board edge; minor toning throughout. Very good. . unknown
1930ref. 498877London: Chatto & Windus 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Light foxing on preliminary pages else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover
2000ref. BOOKS123054IChicago: Ivan R. Dee. Fine copies in fine dust jackets. 2000. 1st. hardcover. 8vo 2627 pp. . Ivan R. Dee hardcover
1931ref. 336801New York: The Fountain Press 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing Slipcase. First American Edition limited to 842 copies signed by Aldous Huxley. The Fountain Press 1931; #53 as inscribed on limitation page; 6 7-146 1 colophon. Author's signature on limitation page at rear. Marbled paper over black cloth boards paper title label on spine. Typography by Pynson Printers printed on laid paper. Missing the scarce slipcase. Binding is tight sturdy and square; some wear at board edges paper split at top corners rubbed around all corners else only mild shelfwear; very faint toning to interior page edges text remains clean; mild toning to spine title label brown text remains clearly legible. No slipcase. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis Minnesota. The Fountain Press hardcover
1931ref. 61293London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue-grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Crown gently nudged upper corners bumped though still sharp with a pictorial bookplate to front pastedown; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped pricd 7s.6d. net spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with some corresponding wrinkling to upper corners and a tiny puncture to rear joint; Very Good. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown
1928ref. 75689Garden City: Doubleday Doran 1928. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Early reprint. Small neat owner name on the front fly bottom of the boards a little worn near fine in very good plus dustwrapper with a small smudge on the spine and a couple of unnecessary internally repaired small chips. A nice copy of this important novel considered by many to be Huxley's most ambitious and complex. Scarce in dustwrapper. Doubleday, Doran hardcover
1942ref. 520Publisher s cloth Octavo 273 pages. First U.S. edition first printing preceding the London edition by a year. A clean and bright fine copy with a small vintage bookstore sticker to the rear pastedown in a near fine dust-wrapper with a few small edge tears and some very minor wear. These American Harper dust-wrappers from this period are notoriously prone to wear and rarely surface in presentable condition. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
2013ref. 108701London:: Folio Society. As New. 2013. Hardcover. Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. As new in like slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Folio Society, hardcover books
1930ref. 498877London: Chatto & Windus 1930. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Light foxing on preliminary pages else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1931ref. 61293London: Chatto & Windus 1931. First Trade Edition. First Impression. Octavo 19.25cm; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue-grey topstain; dustjacket; vi2693pp. Crown gently nudged upper corners bumped though still sharp with a pictorial bookplate to front pastedown; contents fresh; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped pricd 7s.6d. net spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn with some corresponding wrinkling to upper corners and a tiny puncture to rear joint; Very Good. Collection of 25 essays. BROMER A28.2. Chatto & Windus unknown books
