Brave New World by Huxley, Aldous - 1932

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1918. First Edition, First Issue . Green Cloth. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. 8" Tall. 475 Pages. Green Cloth Stamped In Yellow And Brown, Illustrated Endpapers. There Is No Definitive Published Bibliography Of The Various Issues Of The Huge Printings Of Books By The Immensely Popular Gene Straton-Porter, But This Is Indeed The Very Scarce First Issue: First Binding State With Publisher's Name With Ampersand In Shape Of Open "E", Without Diagonal Cross Line; Lettering On Cover And Backstrip Both Orange (Not Mixed With One Panel In Yellow).; First Issue With "Were" On Line 20, Page 304 ( Almost All Copies Were Printed With "Were" Corrected To "Was" In Heavier Type); And All Other Points Sometimes Present Even After "Were" Corrected: Perfect Page Number On Page 11; Pages 1 1/8" Thick When Compressed. First Editions Lacking Several Or All Points Are Common; Issues With All First Issue Points… Read More

London: Methuen (1910), 1902. First Edition . Red Cloth. Fine. 31 Pp. + 47 Pp Publisher's Catalog At Rear. First Edition Sheets And First Edition Red Cloth Binding With 1902 Date On Title Page, But 1902 Sheets Bound With 1910 Catalog At Rear. A Philosophical Fantasy, With A Starring Mermaid. Probably Wells' Least Successful Work, Now More Appreciated. A Stunningly Fine Copy, Absolutely Bright, With A Trace Of Bumping At Edges. This Is The Copy Which Belonged To Wells Fan And Indiana Poet And Novelist George Barr Mccutcheon, With His Personalized Engraved Bookplate On The Front Pastedown. There Is Also The Attractive Bookplate Of Anne J. Smith On Ffep, With A Naked Eve Holding An Apple In Which Lies A Tiny Book. The Book Is Enclosed In A Custom Half-Leather Case, With A Cloth Sleeve ( A Matching Case With Men Like Gods Is Also Available). Nice Copies Of This Book Are Apparently Rarer Than Even His Sf Classics.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine Book/Fine DJ. 307 Pp. Orange Cloth, Gilt, Over Grey Boards With Author's Initials In Gilt. First Printing Of This New English Translation (1991). Signed By Fuentes. Common In Paperback, The Hardcover 1991 Edition Is Scarce, Especially When Signed. As New, Dj Not Price Clipped, No Names Or Marks Or Wear Or Rubbing.

New York: New Directions, 1939. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Rough Beige Cloth. Near Fine Book/Very Good + Dust Jacket. 363 Pp. Beige Cloth With Paste-On Illustration Of Eye. First Issue Book And Dj, One Of 2000 Copies, Miller's First Book Publication In The U.S. Bright, Clean Example, Pages Square. No Fading Or Aging To Cloth, A Few Pinpoint Rubs To Cover Paste-On Illustration Of An Eye In The Clouds, A Little Browning To Edges Of Page Block. Some Aging To Endpapers, With Faint Outline Of A Removed Bookplate. On Front Endpaper Is Some Erased Red Pencil "Get Circus Of Dr. Lao - Artzybasheff Illus...", Not In Miller's Hand, With 4 1/2" X 2 3/4" Finely Drawn, High Quality Drawing Of A Bearded Man's Head Looking Just Past The Viewer, In Which Tiny Lines In The Right Of The Beard Include Letters '4M..." And Possibly A Few More Letters, Apparently By Pierre Sicart. Inscribed By Miller To Pierre [Probably His Collector And Friend, The Artist Pierre… Read More

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Library 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1985, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Long Run, 38 Issues Beginning With Volume 1 No 1, All Fine And Apparently With All Loose Inserts As Issued. The First Four Volumes Each Have Their Own Clamshell Box, Green Morocco Spines, Gilt, Over Green Cloth [The Clamshell Boxes Alone Would Now Cost Many Hundreds Of Dollars ]. No Marks, No Wear.

New York 1885, 1886: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1885. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good. First Edition. Volumes 1 Through 6 (All Published). A Matched Set In Blue Cloth With Wavy Lines In Gilt On Cover And Spine; Gilt Title On Front Cover, Gilt Title, Volume Number, And Publisher On Spine. Correct Publishing Dates At Foot Of Title Page (Volumes 1 Through 4 Dated 1885, Volumes 5 And 6 Dated 1886, All Are First Printings). Contains A. Conan Doyle's First Published Story, "Bones", In Volume Iv ( With 1885 Date At Foot Of This Title Page, A Point Of Issue). A Bright, Clean Set. All Gilt Lettering And Designs Strong. A Few Points Of Fraying At Top/Bottom Of Spines. Vol. Vi Has A 1/4" X 1/8" Gouge On Front Cover, Not Affecting Lettering Or Design. A Few Small Water Stains To Covers: 1 Square Inch On Bottom Of Rear Cover Of Vol. I, 1/4 Square Inch Top Corner Of Front Cover Vol. Ii. Partially Detached Signature Vol. V. Bookplates Of H.C. Allen And Small Signature… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine Book/Fine DJ. 307 Pp. Orange Cloth, Gilt, Over Grey Boards With Author's Initials In Gilt. First Printing Of This New English Translation (1991). Signed By Fuentes. Common In Paperback, The Hardcover 1991 Edition Is Scarce, Especially When Signed. As New, Dj Not Price Clipped, No Names Or Marks Or Wear Or Rubbing.

Los Angeles: Tina Modotti-Richey, 1923. First Edition . Striped Boards / Cloth Spine. Good. Frontispiece and Two Plates By Tina Modotti. 59 Pp. #152 Of 200 Hand-Numbered Trade Copies And Ten Author's Copies. Canvas Cloth Spine, Green And Brown Striped Batik Covered Boards; The Batik Was Handmade By Richey And Modotti. Original Illustrated Paper Label On Front Cover With Title And Author And A Small Design. Scarce. Light Dampstain In 1/2" X 3" Area Along Bottom Spine Edge Of All Pages; Tips And Spine Worn With A Little Fraying, A Little Pencil Scribbling On Rear Free Endpaper Which Is Mostly Erased.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1958. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Yellow Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 320 Pp. Yellow Cloth Stamped In Gilt And Violet. Near Fine Book, Clean, Hinges Tight, No Names Or Marks, Spine Gilt Bright, No Fraying Or Foxing. Dj Not Price Clipped [16S Net], Wear At Corners With Small Losses At Corners And Along Most Of Top And Bottom Edges Of Spine, Not Affecting The Lettering, And Wear Along Rear Spine Edge; Small 1/4" Deep V-Chip At Right Of Lower Edge Of Front Panel. Signed By Author On Title Page And Dated 1970.

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Library 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1985, 1967. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Long Run, 38 Issues Beginning With Volume 1 No 1, All Fine And Apparently With All Loose Inserts As Issued. The First Four Volumes Each Have Their Own Clamshell Box, Green Morocco Spines, Gilt, Over Green Cloth [The Clamshell Boxes Alone Would Now Cost Many Hundreds Of Dollars ]. No Marks, No Wear.