HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Eyeless in Gaza, London, 1936, 8vo, half title, original tan hessian lettered in red, top edges red, dust-jacket (some minor creasing and rubbing at the head of the backstrip). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.

HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963). Eyeless in Gaza, London, 1936, 8vo, half title, original tan hessian lettered in red, top edges red, dust-jacket (some minor creasing and rubbing at the head of the backstrip). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.

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HUXLEY, Aldous (1894-1963).  Eyeless in Gaza. London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. 8vo (208 x 140mm). Half title. Original tan hessian lettered in red, top edges red, dust-jacket with price of 10s. 6d. unclipped (some minor creasing and rubbing at the head of the backstrip, a few nicks or very short tears to the edge). A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. Please note that the original dust-jacket has been photographed in its modern protective archival Mylar wrapper, thereby avoiding any risk of damage through its temporary removal. Boxall (ed.) 1001 Books (2006) p.383: "... The novel is chronologically experimental ... creating a range of ironic links between past and present. It is experimental, too, in the boldness with which customary plot development gives way to intellectual meditations, providing a range of witty or provocative reflections on topics such as sociology, democracy, and totalitarianism, particularly the problem of reconciling freedom with social harmony ..."; Bromer Aun Aprendo: A Comprehensive Bibliography of the Writings of Aldous Leonard Huxley (2011) A41; Eschelbach & Shober Aldous Huxley: A Bibliography (1961) 27.