two-signed-limited-edition-aldous-huxley-books
Lot 25
Two Signed Limited Edition Aldous Huxley Books
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
(2) signed special editions to include:

Aldous Huxley. DO WHAT YOU WILL: ESSAYS. London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. First edition. No. 198 of 260 copies. Signed by the author on the limited/special edition statement page. Hardcover in yellow and white patterned paper boards, seafoam green cloth spine with gilded lettering, top edges gilt. 8vo; [viii], 310pp.

Aldous Huxley. VULGARITY IN LITERATURE: DIGRESSIONS FROM A THEME. London: Chatto and Windus, 1930. First edition. No. 46 of 250 for sale copies (260 total). Signed by the author on the limited/special edition statement page. Hardcover in patterned paper boards, burnt orange cloth spine with gilded lettering, top edges gilt. 8vo; [vi], 59pp.

5 7/8 x 8 1/2 in.; 5 3/4 x 8 3/8 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

First title with slight staining to boards, corners rubbed with small paper loss, spine tanned with head and tail rubbed; pages toned and with scattered foxing throughout, very light offsetting to free endpapers, otherwise clean interior with many pages uncut. Second title boards browned, spine rubbed and worn at head and tail, corners rubbed with small paper loss; pages lightly toned, small amount of foxing mostly on endpapers, otherwise clean interior. Overall good copies of these signed books; scarce.