AFTER MANY A SUMMER DIES THE SWAN
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1939. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 1st American edition, 1939. A Very Good book in a Good- dust jacket. 8vo., 356 pp., bound in publishers brown cloth with green dust jacket, price clipped. Some small losses to jacket, chipping along the edges and some overall wear. End papers tanned, text edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Very Good / Good-. Item #36673
After Many a Summer (1939) is a novel by Aldous Huxley that tells the story of a Hollywood millionaire who fears his impending death. It was published in the United States as After Many a Summer Dies the Swan. Written soon after Huxley left England and settled in California, the novel is Huxley's examination of American culture, particularly what he saw as its narcissism, superficiality, and obsession with youth.
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