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Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. 127 + [1] pp. Bound in original green cloth with white title label, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper, which has edge wear, including chips at side, head and tail of spine. Flyleaves slightly browned and a little edge foxing; otherwise a very good copy. A late novel by Aldous Huxley, whose protagonist is a student physicist who is hired out to work as a lab assistant.