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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
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. 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
1958Best.-Nr. 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
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
1974Best.-Nr. 1390285Avon CT: Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press 1974. First Edition First Printing Limited Edition #1050/2000. Hardcover. Octavo xxvi 237 1 pages. In Very Good condition. Contained in a Very Good condition red-orange slipcase with dark blue lettering along the spine and mild wear along the head edge. Navy blue spine with light blue lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear. Textblock has mild wear along the rear end-page a blue ink stain on the front hinge and mild wear along the edges. Signed by Mara McAfee on the publisher's limitation page limited edition #1050/2000. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1390285. Special Collections - Downstairs. Limited Editions Club// The Cardavon Press hardcover
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1932Best.-Nr. 104591932 Doubleday Doran hardcover no printing listed. No dj spine a little tilted title faded from spine a lot of fraying including a chip on top of spine and some soil on cover corners bumped two owner's and a note from one of them name on ffep pages tanned with stains on some else text clean binding still good. Doubleday Doran hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 065412London: Chatto & Windus 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 306pp; blue boards no d/j gilt title to spine pages not guillotined at bottom edge light edgewear top edge stained blue. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chatto & Windus Hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 018649New York: Harper & Brothers. Toning on inside front cover and ffep where a piece of paper had been. Brave New WorldClipped DJ in archival cover chips toning. . Fine. Hardcover. 1946. Harper & Brothers. hardcover
Best.-Nr. SKU0580951Harper 2017-05-09. hardcover. Good. 6x1x9. Textbook May Have Highlights Notes and/or Underlining BOOK ONLY-NO ACCESS CODE NO CD Ships with Tracking Harper hardcover
Best.-Nr. SKU0628458Harper 2017-05-09. hardcover. New. 6x1x9. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Harper hardcover
2006Best.-Nr. SKU0628457Harper Perennial 2006-10-17. paperback. New. 0x5x7. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Harper Perennial paperback
1932Best.-Nr. 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
1932Best.-Nr. 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
1959Best.-Nr. 146478New York: Harper & Brothers 1959. First edition of Huxley's classic work revisiting the premises of his iconic dystopian and prophetic novel published 28 years earlier and how this vision has come to fruition. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on the half-title page. This title is rare signed as Huxley near the end of his life was nearly blind. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed. Published 28 years after Huxley’s nightmarish masterpiece Brave New World Revisited contains a concise analysis of how the author's grotesque vision of the future has in many ways already come to fruition. Huxley examines the ways in which Big Business and political propaganda have already established a "psychological slave trade" in addition to many other "Brave New World techniques" which increasingly threaten the freedom of the individual. Chapters include Propaganda in a Democratic Society The Arts of Selling Brainwashing Chemical Persuasion Hypnopaedia and Education For Freedom. Harper & Brothers hardcover
1932Best.-Nr. 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
