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1932Best.-Nr. 337130London: Chatto & Windus 1932. hardcover. fine. 306 pages. Short 8vo handsomely rebound in full aqua crushed morocco ornately gilt spine. London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. Fine. Chatto & Windus unknown
1956Best.-Nr. 54812NY: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Original orange cloth stamped to spine in gilt and black with black HB logo to front cover. Later printing of the new edition with Harper code C-F March 1956. $3.50 flap price. Corners lightly worn hint of soil to text block edges. The DJ is slightly soiled/rubbed with slight edgewear and a couple of short closed edge tears. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages . Harper & Brothers hardcover
Best.-Nr. ANAIS-006200171XHarper Perennial. paperback. Good. 9.5X6.5X1.5. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Harper Perennial paperback
1933Best.-Nr. 211899Hamburg: The Albatross 1933. Softcover. VG: Wear to the edges and corners. Previous owner's name on the half-title page. Clean body pages and solid binding. A nicely sized small softcover edition of this classic book. Orange wraps with black text on the spine. 257 pages. The Albatross paperback
1946Best.-Nr. 50413New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1946. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. near fine in a VG dust jacket. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 142512020015Harper & Row Publishers New York 1946. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Second American Edition. ORIGINAL 1946 PRINTING. Dust jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer is price-clipped with another price written in pen shows moderate shelf wear general rubbing light scuffing along fore-edge fraying at corners small tears covered in protective mylar. Black cloth covers with gilt decoration along spine show very light edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Minimal foxing. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Harper & Row, Publishers, New York hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 46307Norwalk Ct. : Easton Press. Fine No dust jacket as issued. Leather Bound. Leather Bound. Bound in dark green leather with gilt titles and ornaments. Gilt edges. Silk bookmark. Moire endpapers. McAfee Mara illustrator. Includes both Huxley's forword and a new introduction by Ashley Montagu.; 237 pages . 1978. Easton Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0881030104New. library. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
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1974Best.-Nr. 20277The Limited Editions Club. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by the illustrator. Limited edition of 2000 copies this being copy #869. Glossy navy cover has a couple barely visible scuffs else fine. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Publisher's notes laid-in. Pages are clean and pristine. Slipcase is has a couple of abrasions and a few tiny spatters of white paint but in very good condition.; 0 pages; Signed by Artist . 1974. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 020355London: Chatto & Windus 1932. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Third Impression Chatto & Windus london 1932; viii 306 colophon blank pages; blue cloth gold titling to spine rubbed cloth fraying at corners with board showing spine ends bumped chipped at base both internal hinges split pp 15-16 289-290 & 303-end loose bookseller sticker inside front board some toning to endpapers & block a good copy; missing the dustjacket. Published the same year as the First Edition Huxley's dystopian novel quickly became a classic & remains scarily prescient to this day. Chatto & Windus hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 008731London England: Folio Society 1971. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rosoman Leonard. First edition thus the Folio Society. Originally published in 1932 by Chatto & Windus. Printed and bound in Great Britain. Set in Monophoto Univers Light 10 point leaded 1 point. Approx. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. High gloss silver paper-covered hardboards with blind-stamped titling to the spine and gray-on-silver figurative design to the front board. Unbumped spine head and tail and sharp corners. Exceptionally clean binding. Text block firmly bound in and tight. Top edge stained red. With 176 numbered pages and 9 full-page B&W illustrations including frontis. All pages appear clean and crisp; the book almost certainly unread. No dust jacket as issued. In a medium-duty card slipcase. The slipcase in glossy black paper and with rubbing along the edges and corners. The book appears unread. A fairly scarce Folio Society imprint. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good Minus slipcase. 1 lb. 4 oz. Folio Society hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 1410732Norwalk: The Easton Press 1978. Reprint; Collector's edition. Hardcover. Octavo xxxi 237 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is green with gold print raised bands. Boards in green leather. Text block has gilt edges moire endpapers green ribbon marker. Illustrated: color frontispiece portrait b&w gravures. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1410732. FP New Rockville Stock. The Easton Press hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. 6497Norwalk CT: Easton Press. Fine. 1978. Full-Leather. Book is in FINE condition - bright boards & sound binding. KAS 26 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Easton Press hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 49848London: Chatto and Windus 1932. First edition 8vo vi 306 pp. Recent blue half morocco t.e.g. London: Chatto and Windus unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 150336London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands gilt ruling to the front and rear panels gilt ruled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery hand-made Italian marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Boldly signed and dated by Aldous Huxley on a page bound-in. In fine condition. An exceptional presentation rare and desirable signed. "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
1932Best.-Nr. 149102London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo bound in full leather by Exeter Bookbinders in a unique binding of a blue suit jacket and three titanium skull-shaped buttons to the front panel gilt titles to the spine "Bernard Marx" in gilt on the front panel. In near fine condition. Ownership inscription to the copyright page "Yes!!!! 1st edition." Exeter Bookbinders bookplate to the rear pastedown. "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
Best.-Nr. dola3128London: Chatto & Windus 1932. First Edition. 12mo. pp. 4 p.l. incl. initial blank 306 1. cloth. Very good copy slight lean to spine. without dw. dola3128 London: Chatto & Windus, 1932 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 0792765745.Gpreloaded_digital_audio_player. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
Best.-Nr. 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
1956Best.-Nr. 074881New 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
1946Best.-Nr. 250404-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
Best.-Nr. 502187Classic dystopian tale. 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 hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 1156London: 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
1946Best.-Nr. BOOKS341509New 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