Heaven and Hell
by Huxley, Aldous
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1956 First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth, with spine stamped in gilt; in its original blue dust jacket, with two overlapping circles to front panel, lettered in red and white, jacket designed by John Woodcock. About fine, with a small bookseller sticker to front pastedown and a touch of offsetting to endpapers; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with light wear to head of spine, light toning to spine and edges of rear panel, and a small closed tear to bottom edge of front panel. Overall, a tight and fresh copy. '"Heaven & Hell" is a companion volume to Huxley's landmark essay, "The Doors of Perception." In "Heaven & Hell," Huxley continues his discussion on psychedelic drugs, which he claims take the experimenter to "an unexplored New World of the mind" (jacket flap). The essay is followed by eight appendices that address vitamin starvation, fireworks, artwork, and other sources of visionary power. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. Illus. by Woodcock, John.
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- Bookseller
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AH027
- Title
- Heaven and Hell
- Author
- Huxley, Aldous
- Illustrator
- Woodcock, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- London: Chatto & Windus
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- 20th Century Literature; Modern Firsts; British Literature; Signed Books;
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B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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About B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
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