fifth impression, 1965.
london: chatto and windus. 8 x 5.5 inches. 163 pages. hardcover. bound in blue cloth covered boards. book condition: owner plate to front paste down. gentle toning to spine. near fine. jacket condition: superficial tear to front panel. gentle soiling and staining to back panel.....
first edition, 1955.
huxley's novella chronicles the life of john rivers, a student physicist in the 1920s who is hired as a laboratory assistant to the nobel-prize-winning henry maartens. explores ideological themes regarding god, sex, history, and death.
london: chatto & windus. 5.15x7.5". 127 pages. hardcover.....
first edition, 1977.
edited by michael horowitz and cynthia palmer; introductions by dr. albert hofmann and dr. alexander shulgin.
new york: stonehill publishing company. isbn: 0883730421. 6.25 x 9.5. 314 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: moderate foxing to bock. else fine. jacket condition: staining to.....
first edition, 1947.
london: chatto and windus. 8 x 5 inches. 63 pages. hardcover. bound in blood red cloth covered boards with gold lettering. book condition: light rubbing to front board. gentle bumping to spine. near fine. jacket condition: light toning and imperceptible soiling throughout. unclipped(3s. 6d. net).....
later edition, 1936.
this ambitious novel traces the moral and spiritual evolution of anthony beavis, moving through childhood, bohemian london, and an eventual political awakening in non-chronological order. both a modern portrait of good and evil and a critique of social futility, excess, and false values. this book marks.....
first edition, 1962.
huxley's final work before his death is part novel, part utopian manifesto. considered a counterpart to the dystopian "brave new world," this book is set on the fictional buddhist "forbidden" island of pala, where psychedelic drugs and tantric sex are shameless parts of daily life...