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Property of a German Collector

HUXLEY | Five first editions, two signed

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August 4, 02:21 PM GMT

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1,000 - 2,000 GBP

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Property of a German Collector

HUXLEY, ALDOUS


COLLECTION OF FIVE FIRST EDITIONS:


Young Archimedes. New York: George H. Doran, 1924. 8vo, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED ("Young Archimedes | Aldous Huxley | 1945"), original yellow cloth, spine label, previous owners bookplate, boards slightly worn, bumped; 


Point Counter Point. London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. 8vo, FIRST BRITISH EDITION, original red cloth, top edge red, spotting and browning to cloth, spine sunned; 


After many a Summer dies the Swan. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. 8vo, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, red cloth with gilt and blue design, dust-jacket, lightly bumped, dust-jacket with small chips at extremities;  


The Genius and the Goddess. London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. 8vo, FIRST BRITISH EDITION, turquoise cloth with spine label, dust-jacket designed by Charles Mozley, dust-jacket worn slightly at extremities with small tear on upper cover; 


The Genius and the Goddess. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. 8vo, FIRST AMERICAN EDITION SIGNED ("Aldous Huxley | 1956"), boards with publisher's imprint in gilt, spine gilt, dust-jacket by Emil Antonucci, dust-jacket chipping at extremities  with spine sunned; 


Eschelbach and Shober 41, 49, 2, 29, 29


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