Fine Books & Manuscripts
Description:
Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963) Brave New World, First Edition. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition, octavo, in the original jacket, publisher's blue cloth, spine sunned, jacket chipped at head, with loss of title, and at the back bottom joint with loss of the first letters of the publishers' names, not price clipped, some spotting to half-title and first few preliminary leaves, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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London
Christopher D. Fox
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
508-970-3200
Fine Books & Manuscripts
The Fine Books & Manuscripts department delivers scholarship, expertise, and attention to detail in appraisals, evaluations and auctions of rare and historically important material ranging from medieval manuscripts to presidential documents.