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London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. Signed limited first edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, original yellow cloth, gilt topstain as issued. One of a limited edition of 324 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page. In near fine condition with light toning. An exceptional example.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, original blue cloth. Boldly signed by Aldous Huxley on a slip laid in. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with professional restoration.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. First. hardcover. Very good/Very good. A very good first edition (1932 on title page and no mention of later printings on copyright page) in a very good dust jacket, with a page inscribed by Huxley inserted after the front free endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down, some damage to front paste-down paper as well as to rear paste-down paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First UK edition (signed/limited), one of 324 copies, octavo size, 315 pp. Much of Aldous Huxley's (1894-1963) work deals with the conflict between the interests of the individual and society, often focusing on the problem of self-realization within the context of social responsibility. These themes reached their zenith in this work, "Brave New World", published in 1932. His most enduring work imagined a fictional future in which free will and individuality have been sacrificed in deference to complete social stability, in which he may have been more prophetic than we ever imagined. This the first signed/limited UK edition (published simultaneously with the UK trade edition). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full canary cloth over bevelled boards, grey leather spine label with gilt lettering and decorative border, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges uncut, tasteful Ex-Libris of Louis Y. Schermerhorn on the front pastedown,… Read More

The First UK printing published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1932. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Original blue boards with slight fading of the blue colouring to the spine. Gilt titling and decoration remain vibrant. Light pushing at the spine ends and a tiny bump to the lower rear corner. Neat 'Henry Sotheran' bookseller sticker to the lower front pastedown. Free from inscriptions. A hint of toning to the text-block and extreme page edges. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It is correctly priced at '7s. 6d.net' to the front tower flap. A few rubbed areas to the upper spine end with a little loss, not involving the lettering. Some rubbing to the folds and corners and small losses at the upper corners. Light edgewear with a few nicks and small closed tears in places and a light horizontal scratch to the rear panel. Light toning to the spine. The wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. A nightmarish prognostication of a future… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight sunning to spine and light edge wear. Pages toned, with foxing to preliminary and terminal sheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine, chipping and edge-tears, foxing to flaps and blindside. 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.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Teal cloth, gilt, with slight bumps at the heel and foot of the spine. Wrapped in a pictorial dust jacket, soiled at top edge with a pinhole and soiling on the spine, tape on the back of the heel and foot and other tears similarly repaired. Overall a very good jacket with competent restoration. Clean interior. The American Library Association lists this dystopian title among its 100 most banned books, and it regularly makes lists of the best books of all time..

London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. Signed Limited First Edition. Very Good. First British edition, signed limited issue. Number 302 of a limited 324 copies signed by Aldous Huxley. Bound in publisher's original yellow cloth with blue morocco title label to spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt and all others untrimmed. Very Good with cloth spine-toned and lightly dust-soiled, pages browned at rough-cut edges. A beautiful copy of the author's best-known work.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. Signed limited first edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, original yellow cloth, gilt topstain as issued. One of a limited edition of 324 numbered copies signed by Aldous Huxley on the limitation page, this is number 8. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.

Chatto & Windus, London., 1932. First edition. Octavo. 306 pages. One of the defining novels of the twentieth century, a dystopian vision which distils the fears arising from scientific advance, just as Orwell's 1984 did for those arising from the misuse of progressive political theory.A few small spots to fore-edge. Faint vertical crease to spine. Very good indeed in good dustwrapper with some rubbing to the edges, a 6 cm closed tear and a thumbnail sized chip to the tail of the spine affecting the publishers' names; repairs on the reverse. The fold of the front flap has been clumsily reinforced on the reverse. The colour of the dustwrapper is sharp and bright, making this a suitable candidate for the restorer's art.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. . Signed, limited deluxe first edition, no.135 of 324 copies produced, 8vo., pp.(iv),306, publisher’s lightly bevelled yellow buckram with blue morocco title label to spine, gilt, untrimmed paper, t.e.g.; very light sunning to spine (gilt remains bright), light crease to head of spine, very slight foxing to fore-edges, internally fresh and fine, a very good copy indeed. Signed by Aldous Huxley.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Fine with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine with brown boards, titled in gilt, TEG. Stated first (American) edition. Limited edition # 129 of 250 copies signed by Huxley to the limitation page. A few flecks to gilt top edge, and slight wear to one corner else a square tight clean copy. In plastic protective cover. In publisher's lightly rubbed slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition. [viii], 306, [2] pp. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Slight lean to cloth, in dust-jacket with minor chipping and short tears, some loss at head of spine. First edition. [viii], 306, [2] pp. 8vo. 'Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly - they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced.'. Huxley's most celebrated work, a dystopian vision of the future - the first key work in English - and a classic of twentieth-century literature, in the striking dust-jacket. Connolly, The Modern Movement 75 ("brilliantly plausible fantasy")

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First UK Edition. First UK edition. Signed by author on professionally tipped in page from a single limited edition, therefore the authenticity is guaranteed. Comes with a brand new facsimile (reproduction) dust jacket for protection and display. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 306 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Minor staining to spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine still full and vivid. Moderate staining to both boards. Professionally tipped in page signed by author opposite of front pastedown. Brave New World is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory# (L3-18).

New 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.

New 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.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1932. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. [viii], 311 pp. Bound in publisher's original brown cloth stamped in gilt with red topstain. Very Good+ with rubbing to spine lettering ,a little dust-soiled, former owner's name and ink number on title page, no other writing. In Very Good, sunned spine panel, foxed, small tear to front panel, edge wear, unclipped ($2.50). Housed in a custom slipcase.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.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In fine condition. An exceptional example.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition of Huxley's masterpiece, with a signed notecard laid in which reads, "For H.A. Rappoport with all good wishes Aldous Huxley." Octavo, original blue cloth. In very good condition.

BRAVE 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.