Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles. Chatto and Windus, 1930.
Price: US$3.84 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback in good condition
Seller: RIVERLEE BOOKS, Waltham Cross, HERTS, United Kingdom
Huxley, Aldous. BRIEF CANDLES: STORIES. Chatto & Windus Limited, 1930.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed by the previous owner. Bright Red top page edges. There is gilt on the spine of the book, slightly faded. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and uncut edges. The text within the book is bright and clear. The cloth on the spine of the book is slightly frayed. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
HUXLEY, Aldous:. Brief Candles. U.K / Chatto & Windus / 1930, 1930.
Price: US$5.45 + shipping
Description: This is the fifth collection of short fiction stories from this author. It consists of the following four short stories:-Chawdron, The Rest Cure, The Claxtons, & After the Fireworks. / This is a 'cloth-bound' 1st edition hardback in fair condition-the cloth of the binding is marked/rubbed & it is split the spine. (324 pages).
Seller: Bookenastics, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles. Chatto and Windus, 1930.
Price: US$6.39 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles - Stories. Chatto And Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$7.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original red cloth in tidy, used condition, rubbed and a little worn in places, spine a little sunned, endpapers and page edges browned, previous owners name, first edition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Clarendon Books P.B.F.A., Leicester, United Kingdom
Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 324 pp, book and contents are clean and tight, owner name on front free endpaper, covers ae tight and have some scuffing and corner rubbing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$10.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean, tight copy. Light wear to the edges. Clothbound in red with some edgewear and fading. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. First Trade Edition. 8vo. 324 pages. Red cloth, spine letters gilt, top edges red. Spine faded, tiny loss of cloth to left of spine title, tiny tear to head of spine, no owner's name. Duval 72. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages
Seller: Dale A. Sorenson, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. BRIEF CANDLES (Stories). Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo, red cloth covers, with gilt titles on spine. 324 pages. Spine a little faded, else very good. No dust jacket. 061508B
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous:. Brief Candles.. London: Chatto, 1930.
Price: US$12.81 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 324p first edition, red hardback with gilt titles to slightly faded spine, nice copy, fresh and firm, contains four stories: Chawdron, The Rest Cure, The Claxtons and After the Fireworks Language: English
Seller: Plurabelle Books Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto and Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$12.81 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The authors fifth collection of short stories, the title taken from a line in Macbeth. There are four in this one: Chawdron, The Rest Cure, The Claxtons and After the Fireworks. Inscription by previous owner on front free endpaper. Several small indentations on front cover. Light soiling on covers. Light foxing on various pages throughout. Size: 195mm Tall, 12mo
Seller: Andmeister Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$14.09 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' 324 pp. Name to the front end paper, light foxing to the page edges, spine sun faded and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: True first British printing. No jacket. Red boards with gold lettering to spine are very good with very minor pushing to corners, little darkening to spine, the odd feint mark and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine (not major). Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Book is square and true. End-papers bit tanned. Rough cut page bottoms. Top of pages slightly dusty. Very occasional small mark to pages (nothing much). Previous owner's name in pen to front end-paper. Page edges slightly tanned. No other faults. A nice copy (sadly lacking the jacket). All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
HUXLEY, Aldous. Brief Candles, Stories. Chatto, London, 1930.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good hardcover. Corners on cover slightly bent. Spine discolored. Spine ends lightly bumped. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles: Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Spine top very slightly worn.
Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.
HUXLEY, ALDOUS. BRIEF CANDLES. LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS PUB 1930., 1930.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: VERY GOOD WITHOUT D.J. RED CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE WITH EXCISED FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A NICE READING COPY. FIRST EDITION. Binding is HARDCOVER.
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles : Stories. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$23.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1930 Chatto & Windus 1st edition, Very Good/Acceptable DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has pieces missing at spine ends, moderate edgewear, tanning on spine & edges, in new Mylar with price intact, handsome red boards, square corners & sound binding, no markings found, top edge of textblock dyed red.
Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
HUXLEY, Aldous.. Brief Candles. FIRST EDITION.. , 1930.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Description: Chatto & Windus. First edition. 1930. No DW. Original red cloth, gilt. Spine has slight lean and is very lightly sunned, prelims browned, occasional foxing throughout otherwise a remarkably clean and sound copy.
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
HUXLEY, Aldous:. Brief Candles;. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Description: 324 pages, 190 x 125mm; red cloth, dustwrapper (a little foxing to prelims, 3cm tear on upper hinge); (with PICTURE) 0.0
Seller: BOOKS & THINGS, STROUD, United Kingdom
HUXLEY, Aldous. Brief candles: stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$27.54 + shipping
Description: Dust jacket browned, especially on spine; small loss at head of spine. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG dustjacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
HUXLEY,ALDOUS. Brief Candles. chatto & windus london 1930, 1930.
Price: US$30.14 + shipping
Description: first edition 324pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,edges sl.foxed,cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine browned,chipping to head/foot of spine)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Huxley, Aldous. BRIEF CANDLES Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$34.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover; small 8vo, 324 pages. Red cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Faded spine. Edgewear to corners and head/tail of spine, lightly fraying. Top edge dyed red, bottom edge deckled. Lightly foxed edges. Yellowing endpapers. Last 15 pages are moderately foxed. No jacket. G+/--
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Red cloth with spine gilt lettering, red topstain. Trace corner wear, slight insecting. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is toned to spine/edges, chipped, with interior tape repairs. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
HUXLEY, Aldous.. Brief Candles: Stories.. London: Chatto & Windus,, 1930.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: vii + 323 pp. Foxing to page edges and endpapers, else near fine in near fine dust jacket the tanned spine that has shallow chipping to base and crown.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles : Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 324 p.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.08 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical descriptions; 323 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Fiction. Genre; Short story. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, London,, 1930.
Price: US$36.39 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo hardcover; red boards with gilt spine titling; 323pp. Top edge dyed red. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and title page with scattered spotting thereafter; spotting to text block edges. Plain card dustwrapper with small missing segments at spine panel extremities and corners; browning, rubbing and a few marks especially along spine panel; wear and chipping to edges. Good and wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film with white paper backing. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Price: US$38.37 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical descriptions; 323 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Genre; Short story. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
HUXLEY, Aldous. Brief candles.. London, Chatto&Windus , 1930, , London, 1930.
Price: US$38.37 + shipping
Description: in-8, pp. (6), 323, (1); legatura tela editoriale rossa. Edizione originale di questa quinta raccolta di racconti brevi. Comprende: Chawdron, The Rest Cure, The Claxtons, and After the Fireworks. Ben conservato.
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pregliasco, Torino, Italy
Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Brief candles : stories. London : Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$41.66 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 323p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Short stories -- English fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles: Stories. Chatto & Windus 1930, London, 1930.
Price: US$44.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. [v], 324 pp. Scarlet cloth with gilt lettering to spine, top edge red. Slight fading to spine, minimal wear to extremities and marks to boards. Light spotting throughout. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$48.40 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical descriptions; 323 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Fiction. Genre; Short story. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous.. BRIEF CANDLES. Stories by Aldous Huxley.. London: Chatto & Windus, 1930., 1930.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: - Octavo, 7-3/4 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Red cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a printed dust wrapper with the original price present at the bottom of the front flap. The top edge is stained red. The edges and spine of the dust jacket are darkened and there are a few short tears to the jacket's edges with chips to the head and tail of its spine. [vi], 323 & [1] pages. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, with a pencil signature on the endpaper. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. First edition.
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Brief Candles: Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: pp. 323. 8vo. Lovely red cloth over boards with gilt rules, and lettering to spine. Publishers' red topstain, untrimmed bottom foredges. Slight sunning and slant to spine, light foxing to foredge and endpapers otherwise the contents are clean, and free of any markings with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+.
Seller: Black's Fine Books & Manuscripts, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$52.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical descriptions; 323 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Genre; Short story. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963). Brief candles : stories. London : Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$55.60 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 323p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Short stories -- English fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
HUXLEY, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$57.64 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Near Fine in little marked dustwrapper, browned on spine.
Seller: Kestrel Books and Gallery, Hereford, United Kingdom
HUXLEY Aldous. Brief Candles. Stories. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY. Chatto & Windus,, 1930.
Price: US$58.92 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, red top, fore-edge lightly spotted else an unusually bright, crisp, clean copy.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Huxley, Aldous.. Brief Candles.. London: Chatto & Windus, 1930., 1930.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition. Red cloth. NF in DJ with very minor dust soiling and edge wear, else VG. Nice copy.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous.. Brief Candles.. London: Chatto & Windus, 1930., 1930.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Cloth. Former owner's neat signature. Book label of Jake Zeitlin, who was friend of Huxley's, on back pastedown. Very good in soiled, lightly edgeworn, good+ d.j. First edition.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. BRIEF CANDLES. , 1930.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Description: 1930 Huxley, Aldous BRIEF CANDLES London: Chatto & Windus, 1930 324pp 8vo red cloth outer edge of front cover slightly discolored from damp, else fine copy in VG, lightly chipped, stained d/w.
Seller: Columbia Books, ABAA/ILAB, MWABA, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto and Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (7s. 6d. net), generally toned and with some stains and small chips and closed tears. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, foxed at the edges and preliminaries, clean otherwise. A collection of four stories by the author of Brave New World.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. BRIEF CANDLES. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo. 323(1)pp. Bound in red cloth, spine lettering gilt, top edge stained red. A near fine copy with light scattered foxing in very good+ unclipped dust jacket with short closed tears, mild edge wear and minimal darkening spine.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, 1930.
Price: US$76.85 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition of this collection of stories by Huxley in red boards. No d.j. Slight spotting to page edges and occasional spotting inside but overall a clean, bright and tight copy.
Seller: Blue Cellar Books, Oxford, UK, United Kingdom
Huxley, Aldous. BRIEF CANDLES. CHATTO & WINDUS LONDON 1930, LONDON, 1930.
Price: US$77.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good condition light agewear
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous.. Brief Candles.. London:Chatto Windus. 1930. Hardcover., 1930.
Price: US$78.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. v.g.-fine. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
HUXLEY, Aldous. Brief Candles. Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Faint scattered foxing throughout with faint foxing on foredge, light crease on the spine, very good in a very good dust jacket with a toned spine, tiny nicks and a short tear.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The 1930 First Edition in the scarce jacket. Mild dustiness to the page edges, else a very clean copy of the Book. The jacket has minor dust soiling and some blank side clear tape repair to the spine panel. Attractive in Mylar! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition. 324 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Dust jacket slightly chipped at spine ends and slightly soiled as usual. Still a very nice copy
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Aldous Huxley. Brief Candles First Edition. Chatto and Windus, 1930.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition first print 1930 published by Chatto & Windus. Unclipped dustjacket is bright with a little tanning to spine. Bright red covers and gilt titles to spine, red top edge, square, secure binding, page edges with spotting which sinks slightly into the pages, but pages otherwise clean and bright with no inscriptions. Very good condition.
Seller: Bushido Books, Guildford, United Kingdom
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 324 pages. First English edition, first printing. Four stories including Chawdron, The Rest Cure, The Claxtons & After the Fireworks. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with the spine slightly darkened and light wear to the corners. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. BRIEF CANDLES Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover; 12mo/small 8vo; 323 pages. First U.K. Edition. Red cloth hardcovers with gilt lettering on spine. Tops dyed red. Clean and crisp interior. In a paper jacket, black titles on cover and spine, red/orange borders. Yellowing and lightly scuffed. Bumped edges. NPC. In a mylar jacket. FINE/NF
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto and Windus, 1930.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Signed first edition by Huxley!!! Book has minor smudging to covers, previous owner name in pen, some modest fraying at top of spine with mild wear to the edges and corners, front hinge has a small crack and is slightly shaken, otherwise in nice shape. The rough-hewn pages are bright, crisp and unmarked.
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
HUXLEY, Aldous. Brief Candles. Stories. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Light foxing on preliminary pages, else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous.. BRIEF CANDLES.. LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS. 1930, 1930.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First trade edition. Fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Spine on jacket age toned, but still perfectly readable. Shallow chipping at crest of spine on jacket. A few tiny chips at folds of jacket. Short edge tears. ) From the library of noted Huxley scholar Margaret Calhoun Hostetter with her book-plate on front paste-down & signature on jacket flap. Stories.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Huxley, Aldous. Brief Candles. Chatto & Windus, London, 1930.
Price: US$260.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket not clipped. Top edge stained light red. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Edge Gilt, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.