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1958réf. 213796New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 147 pages. A very good copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine with some minor wear and a paperclip impression to the top of the front free endpaper and first few pages and in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1958réf. D20114New 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. Harper & Row hardcover books
1959réf. 569422New York: Harper & Brothers 1959. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint "A-I". x 147pp. Spine ends gently bumped light toning on the endleaves near fine in a very good dust jacket with chips and a few tears along the edges along with toning and a few faint stains. "Brave New World Revisited is not fiction. It is a shocking yet calm estimate of what has been done what is being done and what may very soon be done to turn men into compliant robots." from the real flap. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1958réf. 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 books
2009réf. 2348246New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2009. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Fine. 0x5x7. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. An exceptional copy. 2009 Trade Paperback. 259 22 pp. Includes P.S. section for reading groups. "A novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley and published in 1932. Set in London in the year AD 2540 632 A.F. - "After Ford" - in the book the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology sleep-learning psychological manipulation and classical conditioning that combine profoundly to change society. Harper Perennial Modern Classics paperback books
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1974réf. RO80264292Penguin Books. 1974. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. 200 pages - ouvrage en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1960réf. RO60122264Hachette. 1960. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 88 pages. Illustré de dessins en noir et blanc hors texte. Texte en anglais. Annotations en page de faux-titre (ex-libris).. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
2013réf. 234479Everyman's Library 2013-01-01. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x0x8. Dust jacket and book are in very good condition. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Everyman's Library hardcover books
1946réf. RO60009837Perennial Classic. 1946. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur bon état. 177 pages. Un feuillet détaché.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
1991réf. RO80247878Longman Literature. 1991. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos fané, Quelques rousseurs. 245 pages. Texte en anglais.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon
réf. 9781841593593Everyman's Library UK
réf. 9780099477464Vintage UK
1932réf. 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 books
réf. UHUXBRA03drpEast. Fine. Huxley Aldous. Brave New World. Norwalk Connecticut: East ND. 8vo. Book condition: Near fine. In shrink wrap. East unknown books
1978réf. 1418245Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1978. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo xxxi 237 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's decorated dark green leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Edges of text block gilt. Shelved in Easton Press. 1418245. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Easton Press hardcover books
1932réf. 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 books
1933réf. 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 books
2006réf. 69843New York: HarperCollins 2006. Reprint. Paperback. New. 259pp. Octavo 20.5cm. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "Aldous Huxley's profoundly important classic of world literature Brave New World is a searching vision of an unequal technologically-advanced future where humans are genetically bred socially indoctrinated and pharmaceutically anesthetized to passively uphold an authoritarian ruling order-all at the cost of our freedom full humanity and perhaps also our souls. "A genius who who spent his life decrying the onward march of the Machine" The New Yorker Huxley was a man of incomparable talents: equally an artist a spiritual seeker and one of history's keenest observers of human nature and civilization. Brave New World his masterpiece has enthralled and terrified millions of readers and retains its urgent relevance to this day as both a warning to be heeded as we head into tomorrow and as a thought-provoking satisfying work of literature. Written in the shadow of the rise of fascism during the 1930s Brave New World likewise speaks to a 21st-century world dominated by mass-entertainment technology medicine and pharmaceuticals the arts of persuasion and the hidden influence of elites. HarperCollins paperback books
1932réf. 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 books
1932réf. 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 books
1932réf. 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 books
1932réf. 09670New 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. Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc hardcover books
1932réf. 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 books
1932réf. 565426London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in especially bright and very near fine dust jacket with small chips at the spine ends and a tiny and seamless internal repair of a miniscule tear. Housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell case with gray morocco gilt spine label. A nice copy of Huxley's masterpiece a bleak and despairing vision of future society. Increasingly rare in collector's condition. A much fresher than usual example. Connolly 100. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
