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rif. 0260090077.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1895rif. 555394William and Norgate London 1895. Very Good. 1895. Hardcover. hardback large 8vo 4 vols 295;240;276;215pp owner's bookplates on endpapers slight foxing text otherwise clean and sound. maroon cloth gilt slightly rubbed Very Good condition . William and Norgate, London, 1895, hardcover
1913rif. 6303London UK: Smith Elder& Co 1913. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wilson E A. Complete in two volumes. Includes photogravure frontis. to each volume protected by glassine 6sketches in photogravure 18coloured plates 260photographs and 7maps some folded. Vol.I-xxvi 634pp; Vol.II-xvi 534pp. Both volumes bound in original blue cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spines and gilt to upper page edges. Both volumes have rubbing to extremities and sunning to spines. Endpapers and pastedowns are toned to both volumes. Text-blocks are heavy and this has caused a little sagging on the spine and tender hinges but does not yet appear to be serious. Pages are text-blocks generally in good order with very occasional light signs of foxing. Vol.I has a vertical crease down its centre. Books weigh 3.5kg additional postage fee may be required. Smith, Elder& Co hardcover
1939rif. 75051w95London: Chatto & WIndus 1939. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original yellow cloth hard covers with gilt titling to spine. Moderate soiling and handling to covers. Toning to edges and endpapers; old owner's bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked. Very neat -- a sound copy. Illustrated. viii406platespp. Chatto & WIndus Hardcover
rif. 1108040551.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 0881841684.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. Q-0060800232HarperCollins Publishers 1965-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HarperCollins Publishers paperback
1982rif. Q-0140017151Penguin Books 1982-01-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
rif. 1199961329.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1932rif. 140949470London: Chatto and Windus 1932. Limited First Edition. Near Fine. First edition limited issue. Copy #203 of 324 copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page at front. viii 306 1 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow cloth with blue morocco title label to spine top edge gilt. Near Fine with light soiling to cloth and rubbing to corners offsetting to endsheets. A beautiful copy of the author's best-known work. Chatto and Windus unknown
1928rif. 140949258London: Chatto & Windus 1928. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. Limited first edition. Number 237 of 256 copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page at front. viii 601 1 pp. Bound in publisher's apple green cloth over beveled boards with spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Very Good with sunning to spine and light rubbing to extremities. Hinges cracked light offsetting to endpapers short tear to front free endpaper. A signed first edition of Huxley's bestselling roman a clef about his friendship with D.H. Lawrence who wrote: "I have read Point Counter Point with a heart sinking through my boot-soles and a rising admiration." Versions of Katherine Mansfield Nancy Cunard and other famous writers and artists appear in this satire of interwar British society. It is Huxley's most complex novel and a cornerstone of his reputation. Chatto & Windus unknown
1959rif. 140948457London: Chatto & Windus 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. 288 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Near Fine with small faint stain at tail light foxing to textblock edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel and light foxing. Also in the rare Book Society Choice belly band sunned on the spine. A beautiful copy of Elspeth Huxley's memoir of growing up in Kenya as the child of white settlers struggling to adjust to their new environment. The book was adapted into an ITV miniseries starring Hayley Mills and Ben Cross in 1981. Chatto & Windus unknown
1937rif. 140947225London: Chatto & Windus 1937. Signed Deluxe First Edition. Near Fine. Deluxe limited first edition copy #72 of 160 signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page. viii 336 pp. Bound in original patterned paper over beveled boards yellow cloth spine lettered in gilt top edge gilt. Near Fine with light soiling and sunning to spine foxing to text block edges and first and last few pages and occasional foxing to margins throughout. Bookseller ticket to front free endpaper. An attractive special edition of this collection of essays by Huxley who analyzes the theories and practices of social reformers. Chatto & Windus unknown
1944rif. 140947235New York: Harper and Brothers 1944. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition first printing. Signed and dated 1960 by Aldous Huxley on the front free endpaper. vi 311 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt ruling and lettering to spine titles blocked in dark blue. Near Fine with slight lean to spine light soiling to endpapers. In Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear and modest rubbing and soiling to rear panel. Housed in a custom clamshell case half morocco over marbled paper. First edition of Aldous Huxley's bildungsroman about a spoiled and materialistic young man finding his way to enlightenment. Signed copies of the first edition are scarce. Harper and Brothers unknown
1932rif. 140946487New 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
1932rif. 140946546London: 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
1932rif. 140946918London: 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
rif. 1588276678.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1932rif. 140945945London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. First edition first printing. vi 306 1 pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt blue topstain. Near Fine with typical slight toning to spine bookplate on paste down in a Very Good unsophisticated dust jacket light pink staining to front panel title lettering spine panel toned slightly chipped extremities with a triangular chip to the fore edge of the rear panel unclipped 7s 6d. The first British trade edition of 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. Perennially relevant. As Helmholtz Watson says in the book "Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced.". Chatto & Windus unknown
1932rif. 140946254New 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
rif. B9781163117064Paperback / softback. New. paperback
rif. B9781163439227Hardback. New. hardcover
1936rif. 140944596London: Chatto and Windus 1936. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition limited issue. Copy #111 of a limited 200 copies signed by the Aldous Huxley. Bound in publisher's original patterned paper-covered boards over brown spine cloth lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light edge wear uneven toning to rear cover faint waviness to pages and slight bleeding and offsetting to author's signature. A lovely copy. Chatto and Windus unknown
1958rif. 140943639New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition first printing. Signed by Aldous Huxley on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original grey-blue boards over black spine cloth stamped in blue and gilt. Near Fine with boards slightly sunned through dust jacket and former owner bookplate to front free endpaper. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear light soiling and light toning. A non-fiction work written nearly thirty years after the publication of Brave New World in which Huxley ponders whether the world had moved toward or away from his vision of the future from the 1930s. Harper & Brothers unknown
1916rif. 140941755Oxford: B. H. Blackwell 1916. First Edition. Very Good. First edition of Aldous Huxley's first book. A presentation copy signed by the author and inscribed to Elbridge Adams dated 1929. Bound in publisher's original cream-colored wraps with title label to spine and upper cover. Very Good with soiling and edge wear and a short split started at the bottom of the front spine fold. The words "Printed in Great Britain" penciled to title page and pages lightly thumbed. Housed in a custom green cloth folding slipcase. B. H. Blackwell unknown
