For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition first printing of After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by Aldous Huxley with no dust jacket. First Edition stated, 1939 Harper Brothers. First Printing with 1939 on title page and M-O code on the copyright page which indicates a December 1939 printing.
The book exterior is in Near Fine hardcover with clean, bright boards, with a strong sheen and a few marks. The book has unevenly toned page blocks, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear and one bumped corner. Also with, strong title gilt on a straight spine and front cover. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with an erased price and a dated, two-line gift inscription on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
No dust jacket, but comes with a paperless archival wrap with mild surface wear on the back.
A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity-these are the elements of Aldous Huxley’s caustic and entertaining satire on man’s desire to live indefinitely. With his customary wit and intellectual sophistication, Huxley pursues his characters in their quest for the eternal, finishing on a note of horror.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
