Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. There is a previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front end paper. Light tanning at the inner edge between the end papers and pastedowns. Nice interior - the text pages are clean and nearly appear unread with no issues found. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Brave New World Revisited is a trenchant plea that humankind should educate itself for freedom before it is too late."Ĭlean covers and spine sharp corners. He scrutinizes threats to humanity, such as overpopulation, propaganda, and chemical persuasion, and explains why we have found it virtually impossible to avoid them. Written more than twenty-five years later, Brave New World Revisited is a re-evaluation of his predictions based on the changes he witnessed over that time. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the original $3.00 price intact on the front flap.įrom a review: "When Aldous Huxley wrote his famous novel Brave New World, he did so with the belief that the dystopian world he created was a true possibility given the direction of the social, political and economic world order. 1958 1st edition (stated) Harper & Brothers New York. Nice condition copy of "Brave New World Revisited" by ALDOUS HUXLEY with its original dust jacket.
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