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BEDFORD**, SYBILLE: : ALDOUS HUXLEY - A Biography. VOL 2,1939-1963

LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS/COLLINS,1974.

ISBN 002160145.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.VG/VG.No owner inscrptn.but an owner's bookplate pasted to front fep and price-clipped to dw/dj.B/w photographic portrait dw/dj with some light shelf-wear and slight creasing to edges and lightly sunned/faded spine/backstrip.Top edge dust-soiled with fore-edges slightly aged and grubbed.Contents bright,tight and clean.Blue paper-covered boards with gilt letters to spine/backstrip and plain white endpapers.Bottom edges of boards lightly marked/stained.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,xii+378pp includes b/w photographic portrait frntis,a Chronology,list of Works,Sources,Appendices(2),8pp b/w photographs and an Index. In the second half of his life Aldous Huxley became ever more deeply concerned with the condition of man in the 20thC,his power to multiply and to destroy himself,his relation to nature, to society,to the planet on which he must live and to the values he must live by.Yet as before Huxley is presented not only as a writer and thinker,but as a private man.We see him in his day-to-day life,in the free and easy world of Hollywood or at his isolated house in the arid beauty of the Nevada desert,his ventures into the world of films and the theatre,in the anxieties of WW2 and the trials of bereavement as well as the gaiety and happiness of his family relationships.These were the years of Grey Eminence,a historical biography that offers insight into the mysticism with which he was increasingly preoccupied; of 'Time Must Have A Stop' and 'Perennial Philosophy'; 'The Doors of Perception',his controversial book on the use of hallucinogenic drugs; of 'Island', the 'good' Utopia that complements the satire of 'Brave New World.' However his achievements are rated,Huxley was an exceptional human being.So it is not altogether surprising that his life should exemplify to an exceptional degree the contradictions of the human condition.How does one reconcile,for instance,Huxley's devotion to his first wife with his seeming blindness to the stresses his dependence imposed upon her,and his renaissance after her death? How can one explain the diverse,sometimes perverse,methods he employed in his search for a state of self-transcendence? This evidence,above all,reveals Huxley as a man whose extraordinary range of knowledge was matched by kindness,fortitude and compassion; a man who was much loved.His lectures on American university campuses attracted many thousands of young people who instinctively recognised in him both the wisdom born of self-knowledge and true humanity.The reader of this biography will share that perception.Companion volume to rja329. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now,in some cases,cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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