Brave New World

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 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. Housed in a custom solander box with gilt titling, marbled inserts and a silk tie. A sharp copy of an increasingly elusive title to find in collectible condition. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.