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Aldous Huxley Complete Essays: 6 Volumes Complete
by Huxley, Aldous – Edited by Robert Baker and James Sexton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000-2002. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine / Near Fine. Six Volumes Complete. Volume I: 1920-1925, 487pp. Volume II: 1926-1929, 587pp (creasing and slight bending at upper leading corner of back board; slight creasing to dust jacket near top of front panel). Volume III: 1930-1935, 632pp. Volume IV: 1936-1938, 445pp (small black marks on boards, mainly at top front edge, as well as scratches and tiny punctures to front board). Volume V: 1939-1956, 476pp. Volume VI: 1956-1963, 411pp. Quarter-bound black cloth over paper covered boards, each volume bound in color coordinating with dust jackets. Initials, "AH," debossed on each front board. Text blocks tight and square, pages clean and unmarked. Dust jackets now in archival protective covers. Please note: This is an oversized or heavy item or set; additional shipping charges will apply.
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- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000072
- Title
- Aldous Huxley Complete Essays: 6 Volumes Complete
- Author
- Huxley, Aldous – Edited by Robert Baker and James Sexton
- Format/Binding
- Quarter-bound cloth on paper covered boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ivan R. Dee
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 2000-2002
- Pages
- 3038
- Size
- Sm 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
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