Texts and Pretexts: An Anthology with Commentaries (The Collected works of Aldous Huxley)

Aldous Huxley

ISBN 10: 0701108169 / ISBN 13: 9780701108168

Published by Chatto & Windus, 1974

About this Item

Boards have a small mark to the spine and the rear. The upper edge of the page block is lightly foxed and has a light stain that does not encroach internally, otherwise sharp and unmarked. DJ with a cover image showing Blake's "Angel Striding Through Stars" is somewhat lightly age toned and foxed with light wear to extremities. The upper edge of the DJ has two small closed tears and a larger open tear at the spine-head which encroaches about 3cm. VG/G.

Seller Inventory # GE509*

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Texts and Pretexts: An Anthology with Commentaries (The Collected works of Aldous Huxley)
• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0701108169
• ISBN 13: 9780701108168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 429 grams

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Synopsis

One of the most original and lively writers of the twentieth century, Aldous Huxley achieved worldwide fame with his novels, essays and short stories.In his introduction to Texts and Pretexts, he wrote, 'It would have been better, I repeat, to write it all oneself - a new Divine Comedy; and, if I had the abilities of Dante, I should certainly undertake the task. But... I must content myself with picking up these broken and half-forgotten fragments from the past and fitting them, one here, another there, into their appropriate places in the jumbled mosaic of contemporary experience.'Binding together this personal selection of poetry (and a sprinkling of prose) are Huxley's own illuminating commentaries.

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