[Signed] [First Edition] Brief Candles Aldous Huxley [Used - Very good] [Hardcover]
235.18 CAD
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23.5 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 320 pages. Limited to 842 copies SIGNED by the author, Aldous Huxley, on the half-title this being copy 77. Bound in black boards. Previous owner's bookplate (for Hugo Friedhofer) inside front cover. 1 cm gouge to the spine as well as some edge wear to the spine.
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