HUXLEY, Aldous. An Encyclopaedia of Pacifism. London: Chatto & Windus. 1937.
8vo. Original white paper wrapper with original yellow dustwrapper (both repaired to rear hinge), printed in red; pp. 126 (despite 128 being promised on the cover); spine sunned with wear to head and foot, edges of wrapper a little toned, internally very clean, very good.
First edition. Published for the Peace Pledge Union, this handbook to pacifism covers the ethical, religious and political bases for opposition to war as well as the institutional mechanisms by which international peace could be enforced. The Peace Pledge Union, which is still running, was set up in 1934 as a result of the pacifist campaigning of Dick Sheppard, the canon of St. Paul's Cathedral. Amongst its supporters, alongside Aldous Huxley, were Bertrand Russell, Siegfried Sassoon and Rose Macaulay.
Sold with:
Plastic envelope containing:
1. Peace or War? A National Declaration on the League of Nations and Armaments, double-sided flyer torn in half along central vertical crease, National Declaration Committee, 1934.
2. Dick Sheppard’s Candid Letter to the “Men who Matter”, bifolium pamphlet, tears to folds. Peace Pledge Union, [n.d., 1935].
3. The Peace Pledge Union: What It is, single-sided flyer, Peace Pledge Union [n.d., 1936].
4. Join The Peace Pledge Union, bifolium pamphlet, Peace Pledge Union, [n.d., 1936].
5. National Petition for a New Peace Conference, double sided foolscap sheet, National Peace Council, 1938.
6. Arms Race or a New Peace Conference?, double-sided flyer in support of National Petition, National Peace Council, 1938.
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