New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First edition. Small octavo. Blue boards, black cloth gilt lettered spine. 147,[3] pp. First edition. Light sunning along bottom edge, else a fine copy, in a very good, bright dust jacket with the usual fraying and rubbing at top and bottom.

The sequel to Huxley's fictional Brave New World, published in 1932, where he warns of the use of mass propaganda by dictatorships. Here he warns of the clear and present danger of modern drugs and technology to turn men and women into compliant robots who will acquiesce to the will of the state.

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Bookseller: Second Wind Books LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 537
Title: BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED
Author: Huxley, Aldous
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1958
Keywords: Soma, psychopharmacopeia,

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