Aldous Huxley. Second American edition, later printing. New York: Harper Brothers, 1946. Both unclipped dust jacket, with original price $2.50 on inside flap, and hardcover are in Very Good condition. A wonderful dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. There is some chipping on the spine and foxing on DJ and flyleaf pages. No writing or markings found in the book, 311 pp.
"A defining moment in the genre of the dystopian novel, Brave New World considers the dangers that new technologies and mass modernization pose to the very core of humanness. Rather than depicting these developments as gateways to utopia, as writers such as H.G. Wells had done, Huxley foreshadowed how radically technology and psychological conditioning could limit individual rights ranging from sexuality and reproduction to creativity to love. A "nightmarish prognostication of a future in which humanity has been destroyed by science".
Huxley's novel was first published by Chatto and Windus in 1932, of which, 324 were signed by the author. It was followed up with this revised edition in 1946 that included a new foreword written by the author. The next revision took place in 1958. Named to the "Connolly top 100" best book list. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Brave New World fifth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
