Little Mexican & Other Stories.
by Huxley, Aldous
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. First edition of Huxley's third collection of short fiction. Octavo, original red cloth. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Huxley's third collection of short fiction, Little Mexican contains six short stories, including: Uncle Spencer, Little Mexican, Hubert and Minnie, Fard, The Portrait, and Young Archimedes. It was published under the title Young Archimedes in the United States, the title story of which was adapted into a film, Prelude to Fame in 1950 and an Italian film, Il piccolo Archimede, in 1979.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140252
- Title
- Little Mexican & Other Stories.
- Author
- Huxley, Aldous
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- Aldous Huxley first edition, Little Mexican & Other Stories First Edition
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About the Seller
Raptis Rare Books
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Palm Beach, Florida
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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