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Aldous Huxley | First Editions
1894 - 1963
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, and prominent member of the Huxley family (a British family of which several members have excelled in scientific, medical, artistic, and literary fields. The patriarch of the family was the zoologist and comparative anatomist Thomas Henry Huxley).
Aldous Huxley is best known for his novels, including Brave New World, set in a dystopian London. He is also remembered for his non-fiction books, such as The Doors of Perception, which recalls experiences when taking a psychedelic drug - and which inspired the name of American rock band, The Doors. Huxley was a humanist, pacifist, and satirist. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism - in particular, universalism. By the end of his life, Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in seven different years.
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Freed From the Fret of Thinking. Poem contained within The Adelphi, vol. 2. no.12., May 1925.
London: British Periodicals Ltd. [1925]. [Poetry] Publisher's yellow paper wraps. Contains a 3-verse poem by Hardy. Previous catalogue description loosely inserted. Darkened to spine, spine nicked at bottom, owner's name on upper, one inked annotation on p.974. Very good. Also includes an article by Aldous Huxley entitled Our Contemporary Hocus-Pocus..... More
A Leader of Fashion. Poem contained within The Adelphi, vol.3. no.6, November 1925.
London: British Periodicals Ltd. [1925]. [Poetry] Publisher's yellow paper wraps. Contains a 7-verse poem by Hardy. Previous catalogue description loosely inserted. Nicked to spine ends, some dustiness, corners folded, small splash mark to the rear cover. Very good. Also includes a war poem by Edmund Blunden. Purdy, p.239... More
Letters of Aldous Huxley.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1969. [Literary Letters] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 992. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to a blue oval on spine. With the green typographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Harvey, priced at 100s / £5.00. Internally crisp and clean. Jacket shows some..... More
Eyeless in Gaza.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. [Philosophical Novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 620. Publisher's grey cloth with maroon titles to spine and upper. Top edge maroon. With the maroon typographic dust-jacket, priced at 10/6. Large woodcut bookplate of Elizabeth Armour to front pastedown. A touch of light wear..... More
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