Product code: Island - Aldous Huxley (true 1st edition 1st print, B-M) Harper popular & Brothers, 1962
True first edition, first printing hardcover popular copy of Island by Aldous Huxley (Harper & Brothers, 1962). First printing as indicated by publisher's code of “B-M” on title page, stating a print date of February 1962. One of Huxley's masterworks, this time crafting a vision of utopia instead of the dystopian vision laid out in Brave New World. Jacket is now protected in new mylar sleeve but previously experienced rubbing to faces and shelf wear around the edges including small tears, creases and mild chipping. Boards are straight and clean with corners and spine ends bumped. Binding remains firm and spine is straight. Jacket front liner flap and front free endpaper clipped on top right corner. All pages are clean and unmarked though tanned. See photos for condition. Packaged with care and shipped via USPS Media Mail.
True first edition, first printing hardcover popular copy of Island by Aldous Huxley (Harper & Brothers, 1962). First printing as indicated by publisher's code of “B-M” on title page, stating a print date of February 1962. One of Huxley's masterworks, this time crafting a vision of utopia instead of the dystopian vision laid out in Brave New World. Jacket is now protected in new mylar sleeve but previously experienced rubbing to faces and shelf wear around the edges including small tears, creases and mild chipping. Boards are straight and clean with corners and spine ends bumped. Binding remains firm and spine is straight. Jacket front liner flap and front free endpaper clipped on top right corner. All pages are clean and unmarked though tanned. See photos for condition. Packaged with care and shipped via USPS Media Mail.