Point counter point
by Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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Stockbridge, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928, 1928. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. [1st American edition; later printing] 432 pages 22 cm ; LCCN: 28-25185 ; LC: PZ3.H981; PR6015.U9; Dewey: 823.91 ; OCLC: 920277 ; "In this satiric view of intellectual life in the 1920s, diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously by characters based on celebrities of the time, such as D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, and Huxley himself." ; "The dilettantes who frequent Lady Tantamount's society parties are determined to push forward the moral frontiers of the age. Marjorie has left her family to live with Walter; Walter is in love with the luscious but cold-hearted Lucy who devours every man in sight; the repulsive Spandrell deflowers young girls for the sake of entertainment and all the while everyone is engaged in dazzling and witty conversation." ; lavender cloth with green and purple paste down spine title label ; no dustjacket ; bright green harlequin-design endpapers ; sunning to spine ; slight wear ; else G.
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- Joseph Valles - Books (US)
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- Title
- Point counter point
- Author
- Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928
- Date Published
- 1928
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