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1932rif. 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
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 books
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 books
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 books
1932rif. 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
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 books
1932rif. 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
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 books
1978rif. 195560Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 1978. Hardcover. Like New light wear to leather boards edges & corners. dark green-black leather boards w/ decorative gilt printing; four raised bands w/ five decorative gilt comparments. silken pastedowns & endpapers. 237 pgs. all edges gilt. Appears to a lightly handled and read copy. Illustrations by Mara McAfee. The Easton Press hardcover books
1932rif. 140941273New York: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1932. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth stamped in gilt with red topstain. Near Fine with light sunning to spine and edges pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket edge-worn and with several masking tape reinforcements to the verso. 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 books
1932rif. 04995BRAVE NEW WORLD Doubleday Doran 1932 first American edition spine and margins of covers lightened else a tight vg copy in a near vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and chipping mostly to the base of the dust-wrapper spine and adjoining section of the rear dust-wrapper panel. Strangely much less common than its' British counterpart. Doubleday, Doran unknown books
1978rif. 9028134Norwalk: Easton Press 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Mara McAfee. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. Introduction by Ashley Montagu and illustrations by Mara McAfee. Bound in the publisher's original dark green genuine leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Four raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers. Easton Press hardcover books
19651st edition. 12mo, 168 pages, no illustrations. VG hbk in green cloth, gilt spine lettering. With a foreword by Peter Scott. A discussion on mankind and his environmental impact . 23908. eng
1978rif. 216680Norwalk Connecticut: Easton Press 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Mara McAfee. Near Fine Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Collector's Edition. Easton Press hardcover
1946rif. 332809New York: International Collectors Library 1946. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Owner name inked on front pastedown. Some margin notes and underlining inked throughout. Foxing throughout text block. Water stain on bottom text block edge. Shelfwear on panel corners and spine crown and heel. International Collectors Library hardcover
rif. BN299828Brave New World - Huxley Aldous Brave New World - Huxley Aldous Aldous Huxley unknown
2018rif. BN352196Vintage Classics 2018. 2018. Hardcover. Brave new world Brave new world Aldous Huxley Vintage Classics hardcover
1977rif. GB009Z2YNY8I4N01Folio Society 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Folio Society, hardcover
rif. 9789370898028Fingerprint Publishing. New. New Fingerprint Publishing unknown
1932rif. 9726This is an early reprint edition of the classic dystopian novel "BRAVE NEW WORLD" by Aldous Huxley with its original dust jacket. 1932; The Sun Dial Press; New York. The dust jacket mimics that of the first American edition published by Doubleday The Sun Dial Press operated as an imprint and subsidiary used primarily by Doubleday to release cheaper popular fiction reprints. The book envisions a futuristic World State where citizens are environmentally engineered into a rigid caste system. To maintain absolute stability and forced "happiness" individuality free will and natural reproduction are eliminated leaving society highly vulnerable to state control and consumerism. The dust jacket comes with a clear protective sleeve not shown. Condition: Soiling/mildew to the front and back covers. The top-right corner of the front cover is damaged. 3/4" cloth tear at the bottom edge of the front board; tiny cloth tear at the bottom edge of the rear board. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are lightly age-toned and mostly clean with occasional mild foxing here and there; the last 6 pages including the rear pastedown have a small stain at the lower-outer corner. The book has a light musty odor. A perfectly fine reading copy with nice pages though in overall Fair condition only. The dust jacket has bits of paper missing at the top and bottom edges of the covers and spine as well as at the flap creases; tanning to the covers and spine.overall the dust jacket is in Fair condition. The Sun Dial Press hardcover
1958rif. SKU-145First Edition of the famous essay in which Aldous Huxley analyzes overpopulation propaganda and mind control re-evaluating the predictions made in Brave New World. New York / London: Harper & Brothers / Chatto & Windus 1958. 1st Edition 1958. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Harper & Brothers / Chatto & Windus hardcover
1978rif. mon0004231036Easton Press 1978. Leather Bound. Very Good. 1.9000 10.9000 7.9000. Easton Press hardcover
1972rif. 3580045714Penguin International 1972. Unknown. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Penguin International unknown
1974rif. 336780Norwalk Connecticut: Heritage Press 1974. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Hardcover. Illustrated by Mara McAfee. Very Good in a Very Good slipcase. Sandglass neatly laid in. Heritage Press hardcover
1958rif. 603323New York: Harper & Brothers 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Foxing along text block edges and panels. Minor bumping at spine crown.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 147 pages. Harper & Brothers hardcover
