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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.
See below our stock of Aldous Huxley First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: The Folio Society, 1971. [Dystopia] FIRST EDITION THUS. Octavo (24 x 17cm), pp.176. With nine illustrations by Rosoman, including a frontispiece. Publisher's silver paper-covered boards with blind titles to spine and white decoration to upper. Red endpapers. With the black paper-covered slipcase.v A lightly handled, fine copy of the..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1954. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.63; [1], imprint. Publisher's sky blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine, striking abstract dust-wrapper design by John Woodcock priced at 6s. Book is fine but for an unfortunate paperclip rust mark affecting top margin of first..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1937. [Pacifism] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[6] 126 [2]. Publisher's yellow soft covers with red titles to upper, priced at 6d. Light handling to covers, with additional rubbing and toning to spine. Near fine. 55 alphabetically ordered short articles on subjects relating to Pacifism..... More
Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1916. [Student Poetry Anthology] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.iv; 60. Publisher's white quarter cloth with dark grey paper over boards, and navy titles to white paper labels laid onto spine and upper. All edges untrimmed. Light spotting to endpapers and preliminaries. Heavy browning to spine..... More