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Huxley, Aldous. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems. B.H. Blackwell, Oxford, UK,, 1918.

Price: US$40.27 + shipping

Description: Octavo; paperback, in decorated yapp covers, with upper board and spine titles on labels; 50pp. (+ 2pp. of adverts) on laid paper, unopened and untrimmed. Top joint cracked; very mild edgewear and discolouration to wrappers; labels spotted and hinges worn; very mild spotting to the preliminaries; text block and page edges spotted. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. One of a limited edition of only 500 copies, printed on handmade paper. This is Huxley's third book, after "The Burning Wheel" (1916) and "Jonah" (1917), and is the third in Blackwell's "Initiates" series - "A Series of Poetry by Proved Hands". It contains works by Huxley, along with his translations of Rimbaud and Mallarme.

Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia

Aldous Huxley. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems. Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 1918.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: One of an editon of 750 copies. Toned and wear to spine and edges, but still very good.

Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.

Huxley,Aldous author of "The Burning Wheel". DEFEAT OF YOUTH & OTHER POEMS, The. Blackwell, Oxford, 1918.

Price: US$65.01 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: (Limited to 250 copies) green decorated yapp-edged card covers with paper label (edges rubbed and browned spine splitting but sound label foxed sl.bumped) (49pp)+catal. EPs browned scattered foxing to a few pages otherwise clean and printed on heavy quality paper. His third published work. 1 volume.

Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United Kingdom

HUXLEY, ALDOUS. THE DEFEAT OF YOUTH AND OTHER POEMS. OXFORD/ B. H. BLACKWELL PUB JUNE 1918, LONDON, 1918.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Description: AUTHOR 3RD PUBLISHED BOOK / 1 OF 250 COPIES (ESCHELBACH AND SHOBER) CARD COVERS WITH GREEN AND WHITE DECORATED PAPER COVERS AND PAPER SPINE LABELS TO THE SPINE AND FRONT COVER. THIS COPY IS MISSING THE NARROW PAPER SPINE LABEL WITH MODERATE WEAR AND RUBBING TO THE SPINE, SPINE EDGES, AND CORNERS, AND A NARROW (1/8"DEEP) PIECE CHIPPED OFF THE REAR FORE-EDGE CORNER. STILL A NICE COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND FRAGILE BOOKLET.

Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.

HUXLEY, Aldous. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems. B.H. Blackwell, Oxford, 1918.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. 49pp. Pictorial card covers with paper label on front. A couple pages roughly opened some with foxing, spine and extremities age-toned and chipped, good only.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Huxley, Aldous. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems. B. H. Blackwell, Oxford, 1918.

Price: US$130.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First edition. Octavo. Original green and white floral decorated wrappers (spine label lacking). No dust jacket. Enclosed in green morocco slipcase. Good. 49 pages and two pages of ads. No signatures or bookplates. Eschelbach 19. Bromer A3.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

HUXLEY, Aldous. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems. B.H. Blackwell, Oxford, 1918.

Price: US$147.65 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Oxford, B.H. Blackwell, 1918. Octavo, 50, [2] (publisher's catalogue) pages. Overlapping decorated card covers with paper title-labels on the spine and front cover, all edges uncut; covers rubbed at the extremities; spine sunned, with the label a little chipped; a very good copy (internally fine) with a small 'For Review' blindstamp to the front cover (barely visible on the recto). Huxley's third published work, and the third title in the 'Initiates Series of Poetry by Proved Hands'. Bromer A3 (750 copies).

Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Huxley, Aldous. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems. B. H. Blackwell, Oxford, 1918.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first edition, published by B. H. Blackwell of Oxford in 1918. Published in art nouveau green stiff paper wrappers. A very good copy with a bit of wear to the edges and and spine folds, title label flaked off on the spine.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

Huxley, Aldous. The Defeat Of Youth & Other Fine Poems. B. H. Blackwell, Oxford, England, 1918.

Price: US$260.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 49 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 0.8: KB#010426: Bookplate of Stanley Austin neatly affixed to inside of front cover. Covers are original green decorated (with multitude of white flowers) paper wrappers, with title/author labels on spine and upper cover, spine and cover edges are worn. Otherwise, covers and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound (except for slight loosening of string binding) and sharp cornered. "This is the third of the initiates series of poetry by proved hands, and the series is limited in the case of each volume to an edition of five hundred copies on hand-made paper." Scarce, Out Of Print, Book.

Seller: Keener Books (Member IOBA), Menomonee Falls, WI, U.S.A.

Huxley, Aldous. The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems. B.H. Blackwell, Oxford, 1918.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. 1 vols. Sm 8vo. An attractive copy of the author's third book (preceded by "The Burning Wheel" & "Jonah".). Eschelbach and Shober 19 Original green decorated paper wrappers, labels on spine and upper cover, joints and lower edges of covers rubbed, internally fine, an unopened copy with unused extra labels tipped in. Preserved in a half green morocco slipcase with inner wrapper. Bookplate of Joan Whitney

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Huxley, Aldous. The Defeat of Youth & Other Poems. Blackwell, Oxford, 1918.

Price: US$432.00 + shipping

Description: Bound in publisher's original stiff green printed paper. Original glassine wrap has small chip at top near spine.and tear at bottom of cover, otherwise intact. This is the author's third published book. 8 x 5 and 3/4 inches. 52 pages, uncut, including colophon and two pages of Blackwell's advertising of the period at the back of the book.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.