• Fine Printed Books and Manuscr auction at Christies

    Sale 5475

    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts

    London, South Kensington

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    7 June 2010

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    • HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963).  B
    Lot 250

    HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Brave New World. London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. 8°, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge blue (one or two faint spots on spine), dust-jacket (loss at head of spine just affecting title lettering and adjoining areas of covers, smaller chips at corners and other extremities). FIRST TRADE EDITION. Connolly, The Modern Movement, 75.

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    HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Brave New World. London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. 8°, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge blue (one or two faint spots on spine), dust-jacket (loss at head of spine just affecting title lettering and adjoining areas of covers, smaller chips at corners and other extremities). FIRST TRADE EDITION. Connolly, The Modern Movement, 75.

    WOOLF, Virginia (1882-1941). Between the Acts. London: Hogarth Press, 1941. 8°, original gilt-lettered blue cloth (spine faded at head and tail), dust-jacket (chipped with loss to title panel, rear cover and base of spine). FIRST EDITION, posthumously published. (2)

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