ALDOUS HUXLEY
Island
Publication: 1964, US, Bantam S2695, stated 2nd printing
In Island, his last novel, Huxley transports us to a Pacific island where, for 120 years, an ideal society has flourished. Inevitably, this island of bliss attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala, and events begin to move when an agent of the conspirators, a newspaperman named Faranby, is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and—to his amazement—give him hope.
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After Many a Summer
Dies the Swan
Publication: 1964, US, Avon VS1, stated 6th printing
Cover art: Nick Fasciano
Font size: small
A
Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician
happens to be working on a theory of longevity-these are the elements of
Aldous Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live
indefinitely. With his customary wit and intellectual sophistication,
Huxley pursues his characters in their quest for the eternal, finishing
on a note of horror.
An unusual edition with curved corners.
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Brave New World
Publication: 2014, Vintage Classics, reprint
Cover art: La Boca
Font size: medium-small
The dystopian classic.
Trade paperback edition.
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Condition (fair/good)
Exterior: minor shelf wear & marks; Swan has diagonal crease across front, minor , dents & a small surface tear
Interior: tanned, light marks; price in pencil, name in pen; stains in corners
Binding: strong
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