HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.
Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
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HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932.
8vo. Original blue cloth (front joint leaned, spine faintly creased, some spotting to text-block); in dust jacket (price-clipped, some restoration at extreme ends and fore-corners, spine lightly sunned); folding case. Provenance: Booksellers' ticket.
FIRST EDITION of Huxley's dystopian novel, ranked fifth by the Modern Library on its list of the 100 best English-Language novels of the 20th century. Connolly, The Modern Movement 75 ("brilliantly plausible fantasy").
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
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