Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley (The Library Press, Minerva Edition, London)
Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley (The Library Press, Minerva Edition, London)
This Minerva Edition of Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley, published by The Library Press, is of interest to collectors of early 20th century British fiction and Huxley first editions.
About: A handsome copy in the distinctive Minerva Edition binding — rich marbled boards with gilt Minerva medallion to front board and gilt-ruled borders. The interior presents a decorative title page with the Minerva Edition imprint and publisher's vignette. A collectible example of this attractive series.
Details:
- Title: Crome Yellow
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- Publisher: The Library Press, London
- Edition: The Minerva Edition
- Condition: Good
- Binding: Hardcover
Synopsis: Aldous Huxley's debut novel, Crome Yellow (1921), is a witty satirical comedy set at a country house party, skewering the intellectual pretensions and romantic entanglements of the Bloomsbury-era intelligentsia. A landmark of early modernist British fiction.
Review: Crome Yellow established Huxley as a sharp and sardonic observer of English upper-class life. Drawing on his own experiences at Garsington Manor, the novel blends comic dialogue, philosophical digression, and social satire in a form that anticipates his later masterwork, Brave New World. Essential reading for collectors of interwar British literature.