Island

Red cloth hard covers with gilt and red (embossed on white) titles on the spine. Minor wear and discolouration at the very top and base of the spine and on the corners. Some discolouration on the top edge and one small mark on the bottom edge near the spine. Initials and date in biro on first free endpaper. pages clean and in good condition. Dust jacket is worn at the edges particularly at the top and base of the spine and at the front lower corner; the spine is sunned.

What would be the character of a liberty loving society dedicated to the proposition that its members ought to be helped, as far as possible, to realise their desirable potentialities? 'People', says one of the characters in this Utopian fantasy 'are at once the beneficiaries and the victims of their culture. It brings them to flower, but it also nips them in the bud or plants a canker at the heart of the blossom. Might it not be possible, on this forbidden island, to avoid the cankers, minimize the nippings, and make the individual flowers more beautiful?'

Author(s):

Huxley, Aldous

Condition:

Used: good

Edition:

1962, second impression

Format:

Hardback

Number of pages:

286

Publisher:

Chatto & Windus

Title:

Island