BOOKS by Aldous Huxley

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1	Brave New World more books like this by Aldous Huxley When the novel "Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the modern-day world with his prophetic fantasy. He ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Island more books like this by Aldous Huxley For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise on earth. When cynical journalist, Will Farnaby, arrives to search for information about potential ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Brave new world & brave new world revisited more books like this by Aldous Huxley A satirical novel depicting a scientific and industrialized utopia in which Ford and Freud are worshipped, eugenics policies have eliminated class conflicts (while strengthening the division of the classes), and personal unhappiness is assuaged through drugs and pornography. see all copies from $4.79! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell more books like this by Aldous Huxley In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything was transformed. Huxley described his experience in "The Doors of Perception" and its sequel "Heaven and Hell". see all copies from $4.72! new only from $7.96! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Brave new world revisited more books like this by Aldous Huxley In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control. Nearly thirty years later in "Brave New World Revisited", Huxley checked the progress of his prophecies against reality and argued that many of his fictional fantasies had ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The perennial philosophy more books like this by Aldous Huxley In this reissue, in Huxley's centenary year, he quotes from Chinese Taoists, from followers of Buddha and Mohammed, from the Brahmin scriptures and from Christian mystics such as St John of the Cross to illustrate his belief in a universal truth. Beneath the revelations of all the great world religions, the teachings of the wise and the holy of ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $8.03! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Point Counter Point more books like this by Aldous Huxley 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Devils of Loudun more books like this by Aldous Huxley Urbain Grandier, parson of the French town of Loudun, was tortured and burned at the stake in 1634. He was accused of being in league with the Devil and seducing an entire convent of nuns, in what is the most sensational case of mass possession and sexual hysteria in history. Charming, handsome, dandyish and promiscuous, as soon as Grandier ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Eyeless in Gaza more books like this by Aldous Huxley Anthony Beavis is a man inclined to recoil from life. His past is haunted by the death of his best friend Brian and by his entanglement with the cynical and manipulative Mary Amberley. Realising that his determined detachment from the world has been motivated not by intellectual honesty but by moral cowardice, Anthony attempts to find a new way to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.94! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Antic Hay more books like this by Aldous Huxley When Theodore Gumbril hits upon the notion of designing a type of pneumatic trouser ('a comfort to all travellers, indispensable to first-nighters, the concert-goers' friends') to ease the discomfort of the sedentary life, he decides the time has come leave his position as a housemaster in a boys' public school and seek his fortune in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.93! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna more books like this by Swami Nikhilananda (Translator), A. Huxley (Designed by) see all copies from $12.00! new only from $15.75! \| first editions
12 view cover	Crome Yellow more books like this by Aldous Huxley Denis Stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at Crome, a country house renowned for its gatherings of 'bright young things'. Crome's hosts, the world-weary Henry Wimbush and his exotic wife Pricilla are joined by a party of colourful guests whose intrigues and opinions ensure Denis' stay is a memorable one. In the course of the weekend ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Doors of Perception more books like this by Aldous Huxley In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and waited to see what would happen. When he opened his eyes everything was transformed. Huxley described his experience in "The Doors of Perception" and its sequel "Heaven and Hell". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	The art of seeing more books like this by Aldous Huxley At the age of 16, Huxley was stricken with an eye disease which left him in a state of near-blindness for many years thereafter. In 1939, in a state of exasperation, he began to practise the method of visual re-education evolved by Dr W.H. Bates. Within two months he was reading without spectacles and without eyestrain. An enthusiastic convert, ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $89.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	After Many a Summer Dies the Swan more books like this by Aldous Huxley A satirical tale of greed and paranoia by the famed English novelist. It tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire obsessed with death who lives in an imitation castle surrounded by quack doctors and charlatan philosophers who try to convince him that he can prolong his life indefinitely by following their advice. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Time must have a stop more books like this by Aldous Huxley Sebastian is a young man with the beauty of an angel, the creative power of a great artist and the tiresomeness of a spoilt child. His life in London is dominated by a repressive father, but when Uncle Eustace whisks him away to the splendours of a Florentine palace, life becomes more interesting. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Those Barren Leaves more books like this by Aldous Huxley In a renovated Italian palace set above the blue of the sea, the Junoesque figure of Mrs Aldwinkle moves among her guests. These include a poet who earns his living editing The Rabbit Fancier's Gazette; a popular novelist who records every detail of her affair with another guest as future literary material; an aging philosopher who pursues a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Ape and essence more books like this by Aldous Huxley In February 2108, the New Zealand Rediscovery Expedition reaches California at last. It is over a century since the world was devastated by nuclear war, but the blight of radioactivity and disease still gnaws away at the survivors. The expedition expects to find physical destruction but they are quite unprepared for the moral degradation they meet ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.60! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The genius and the goddess more books like this by Aldous Huxley Into the household of physicist Henry Maartens enters Rivers, a scientist who stands in awe of both Maartens and his beautiful wife, Katy. But when the genius ails, and Katy, seeking temporary solace, takes the scientist to bed, Rivers is left to reflect on the uncertain grace of an earth-goddess. see all copies from $2.00! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Crows of Pearblossom more books like this by Aldous Huxley When Mrs. Crow discovers a snake has been eating her eggs, Mr. Crow and his friend Owl fool Mr. Snake and put an end to that problem. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $24.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Ends and Means more books like this by Aldous Huxley Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. see all copies from $16.76! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Beyond the Mexique Bay more books like this by Aldous Huxley From a calypso tent in Trinidad to the Mayan ruins of Copan, Huxley's account of his journey through the Caribbean, Guatemala and Mexico during the 1930s is a travel writing classic. see all copies from $5.00! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Zen and the Psychology of Transformation: The Supreme Doctrine more books like this by Hubert Benoit, Aldous Huxley (Introduction by) The Supreme Doctrine applies the essence of Oriental Wisdom to the pursuit of self-knowledge and transcendence. The first step in a holistic psychology is to begin examining the true "state of man," rather than his aberrations. In so doing, we can activate our true potential to transform and give new direction and purpose to our lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.35! \| SVS
24 view cover	Jacob's hands more books like this by Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood In the late 1930s, with war on the horizon, a large sector of the intellectual community of Europe immigrated to the United States, to California in particular. What they found there was Nirvana -- sunshine, freedom, mysticism, and the burgeoning movie industry. American writers such as William Faulkner and F. Scott Fitzgerald were trying their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Complete Essays, Volume I: Aldous Huxley, 1920-1925 more books like this by Aldous Huxley, Robert S Baker (Editor), James Sexton (Editor) These first two volumes of a projected six collect the complete essays of one of the major writers of the 20th century. His reading was immense, his taste impeccable, and his ear acute...His place in English literature is unique and is certainly assured.-T. S. Eliot. Edited with Commentary by Robert S. Baker and James Sexton. see all copies from $8.95! new only from $11.64! \| first editions \| SVS

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