Most of us have had some experience with Aldous Huxley's writing. His most famous work is probably Brave New World but many of his other works have achieved a very high level of critical acclaim. Vulgarity in Literature is such a work. In this extended essay of 59 pages Huxley surveys the literary scene and deals with what he considers to be the "Vulgarity" in literature. He is not talking about obscenity here. Rather, he deals with a number of issues in Vulgarity. Regarding Charles Dickens, for example, Huxley cited Little Nell as a prime example of "vulgarity in literature", with the death scene of the child being a crude appeal to sentimentality rather than furthering a serious artistic purpose. This is a Signed Limited and Numbered edition. It was published by Chatto and Windus in London 1930. It was a very small printing of 260 copies of which this is number 182. The book is bound in a cloth floral pattern that shows some toning from age, particulary to the outer reaches of the boards. The textblock is absolutely clean and the pages show some slight toning. The book is housed in a beautiful custom designed clamshell case that is in light brown leather. There is fine 24kt lettering to the front of the case. There is a bit of darkening to some of the leather of the case but this is not wear. Rather it is the natural tones of the original highest quality leather. This book makes a great presentation and is truly a rare treat for the collector. We are pleased to send pictures on request.