Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.
by Huxley, Aldous
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956. First collected edition of Huxley's biography of French monk Francois Leclerc du Tremblay. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition. First published in 1941, Huxley's Grey Eminence is a biography of Francois Leclerc du Tremblay, the French monk who served as advisor to Cardinal de Richelieu and was referred to by others as l'eminence grise. Huxley taught French for a year at Eton College, where Eric Blair (who was to take the pen name George Orwell) and Steven Runciman were among his pupils.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 130128
- Title
- Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics.
- Author
- Huxley, Aldous
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- Aldous Huxley first edition, Grey Eminence: A Study in Religion and Politics First Collected Edition
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...