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    Sale 7386

    The Library of the Late Jean Albert Gondrexon 1906-1985

    London, South Kensington

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    25 October 1996

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    Lot 120

    HUXLEY, Aldous. Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus, 1932, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth, dust-jacket (rubbed and chipped at extremities, spine browned); The Discovery. A Comedy in Five Acts. Written by Mrs. Frances Sheridan. Adapted for the Modern Stage with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley, London: Chatto & Windus, 1924, 8°, SPECIAL EDITION, number 127 of 210 copies on Italian hand-made paper, original cloth-backed floral decorated boards, dust-jacket (spine browned, extremities faded); The World of Light, London: Chatto & Windus, 1931, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original tan cloth, dust-jacket; The Cicadas, London: Chatto & Windus, 1931, 4°, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, dust-jacket. (4)

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    GBP 299

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    GBP 250 - GBP 350

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    HUXLEY, Aldous. Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus, 1932, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth, dust-jacket (rubbed and chipped at extremities, spine browned); The Discovery. A Comedy in Five Acts. Written by Mrs. Frances Sheridan. Adapted for the Modern Stage with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley, London: Chatto & Windus, 1924, 8°, SPECIAL EDITION, number 127 of 210 copies on Italian hand-made paper, original cloth-backed floral decorated boards, dust-jacket (spine browned, extremities faded); The World of Light, London: Chatto & Windus, 1931, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original tan cloth, dust-jacket; The Cicadas, London: Chatto & Windus, 1931, 4°, FIRST EDITION, original cloth, dust-jacket. (4)

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