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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
-
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Early edition. Missing jacket. Letter code on copyright page indicates this book was printed in September, 1948.
Book is in Good- condition, with spine faded, couple of tiny spots along joints. Cover corners lightly bumped/rubbed. Prior owner name written on front endpaper in black pen. Front hinge lightly splitting between "also by" page and title page, rear hinge splitting. All pages intact. Title page has two pencil notes written on it, both referring to pages in the book. Title page also has a spot of foxing. Some yellowing in endpapers.
Synopsis
Brave New World is a novel by Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A.F. in the book), the novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology and sleep-learning that combine to change society. The future society is an embodiment of the ideals that form the basis of futurism. Huxley answered this book with a reassessment in an essay, Brave New World Revisited (1958), and with his final work, a novel titled Island (1962), both summarized below. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20244
- Title
- Brave New World
- Author
- Aldous Huxley
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- brave new world, early edition, 1948, aldous huxley, science fiction, classics, literature, novel, fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics; Sci-Fi/Fantasy;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
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- Title Page
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