Brave New World.

o brave new world that has such people in't

A very good first edition example of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, in a modern fine-binding by Bayntun Riviere.

This groundbreaking and chilling dystopian classic is set in the futuristic World State whose citizens are engineered into a social caste system based on their intelligence. The social hierarchy is challenged by the novel's protagonist and sleep-learning specialist, Bernard Max as he fights against the psychological conditioning of the State. The novel has consistently been ranked among the Top 100 books of the 20th Century.

First edition; 8vo (18.5 x 13 cm); slight age toning to text block (as usual), occasional small spot or mark throughout, otherwise very good internal condition; modern full aquamarine morocco, one-line gilt-panelled back by Bayntun Riviere, gilt dentelles, cockerel endpapers, all edges gilt, mild age-toning, fading to spine, otherwise a handsome, finely-bound first edition; [viii], 306pp, [4]pp.