{
  "full": "\n**ALDOUS HUXLEY. POINT COUNTER POINT. 1930–1967. (ML 180)**  \n\n#### 203a. First printing (1930)  \n\n[within double rules] POINT COUNTER | POINT | [rule] | BY | ALDOUS HUXLEY | [rule] | [torchbearer A3] | [rule] | BENNETT A. CERF : DONALD S. KLOPFER | THE MODERN LIBRARY | PUBLISHERS : NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [*6*], [1] 2–514. [1–16]16 [17]4  \n\n[*1*] half title; [*2*] pub. note D5; [*3*] title; [*4*] *Copyright,* 1928, *by* DOUBLEDAY DORAN & CO. | [short double rule] | *First Modern Library Edition* | 1930; [*5*] fly title; [*6*] blank; [1]–514 text.  \n\n*Jacket:* Non-pictorial in strong reddish orange (35), moderate greenish blue (173) and black on cream paper with title in ornamental lettering in strong reddish orange, moderate greenish blue and black; borders in moderate greenish blue and strong reddish orange, other lettering in black, all against cream background. Signed: EMcKK (E. McKnight Kauffer). (*Fall 1930*)  \n\n> Front flap: 
 The rational and the fantastic characters who form a processional across the pages of *Point Counter Point* belong to today’s world. They are modern in their promiscuities and in the refinements of their virtues and their vices; they are always reckless in their spiritual and carnal experiences. *Point Counter Point* is in the staccato tempo of our time, a colorful symphony, full of extravagant and fascinating tonalities, shrewd commentaries and graceful embellishments. It is, above all, a sophisticated novel for a sophisticated age. (*Fall 1936*)  \n\nOriginally published in U.S. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. ML edition printed from Doubleday, Doran plates made from a new typesetting that appears to have been used exclusively by the ML. Published November 1930. *WR* 29 November 1930. First printing: 10,000 copies. Discontinued 1967.  \n\n*Point Counter Point* was one of four Doubleday titles to which the ML secured reprint rights at the time it purchased the Sun Dial Library from Garden City Publishing Co. (see 199). The ML paid Doubleday, Doran a \\$3,000 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy. Most ML royalties were based on the number of copies printed; the royalties for *Point Counter Point* were based on sales.  \n\nThere was a second printing of 5,000 copies in August 1931 and a third printing of 4,000 copies in November 1932. *Point Counter Point* was low in the first quarter of ML titles in terms of sales during the 18-month period May 1942–October 1943. Sales improved significantly by the early 1950s. During the 12-month period November 1951–October 1952 *Point Counter Point* was the 27th best-selling title in the ML.  \n\nIn 1939 Doubleday, Doran sold its plates and the publishing rights to Huxley’s older books to Harper & Bros. Cerf expressed the hope that *Point Counter Point* and *Antic Hay* could remain in the ML “for a long time to come” (Cerf to Henry Hoyns, Harper & Bros., 27 February 1939). Harper’s considered publishing the titles in full-priced editions at \\$2.50 and was concerned about the income it could expect from the ML editions. Unless the income was substantial, Hoyns indicated, the ML editions “might turn out to be a very unprofitable arrangement from our point of view” (Hoyns to Klopfer, 17 March 1939).  \n\nKlopfer and Hoyns met over lunch to discuss the matter. Shortly before the meeting Klopfer wrote directly to Huxley, who was a personal friend: “Help, help, Harper’s are threatening to take POINT COUNTER POINT and ANTIC HAY away from us. These two books belong in the Modern Library and it would be a crime not to have them available in a cheaper edition. . . . Could you influence the Harper office in any way in our favor? I am having lunch with Hoyns later this week, and I hope we can make a deal with him without bothering you, but I do want to make a strong plea to have these books available in the small size inexpensive reprint, rather than just in the \\$2.50 library, deluxe size” (Klopfer to Huxley, 20 March 1939).  \n\nKlopfer’s appeal appears to have been successful. Following the lunch Klopfer sent Hoyns new five-year contracts for the books. The *Point Counter Point* contract called for the ML to pay a \\$1,200 advance against royalties of 12 cents a copy and included a special clause that allowed Harper’s to cancel the contract if the ML could not undertake a reprint of at least 5,000 copies after three years.  \n\nIn 1965 Harper & Row gave six months’ notice that the ML contract was being terminated so that *Point Counter Point* could be included in its own hardbound series, Perennial Classics (Virginia Olson, Harper & Row, to Epstein, 23 July 1965). The ML was allowed to sell out its stock on hand, which consisted of 4,400 copies (Epstein to Olson, 9 August 1965). The ML edition was out of stock by summer 1967.  \n\n#### 203b. Title page reset (1940)  \n\n[within single rules] [6-line title and statement of responsibility within second set of single rules] POINT | COUNTER | POINT | BY | ALDOUS | HUXLEY | [below inner frame: torchbearer D5 at right; 3-line imprint at left] THE | MODERN LIBRARY | NEW YORK  \n\nPp. [*6*], [1] 2–514 [515–522]. [1–16]16 [17]8  \n\nContents as 203a except: [*2*] blank; [*4*] COPYRIGHT, 1928, BY DOUBLEDAY DORAN & COMPANY; [515–519] ML list; [520–521] ML Giants list; [522] blank. (*Fall 1942*)  \n\n*Jacket:* Enlarged version of 203a on coated white paper with signature “EMcKK” removed. Front flap as 203a. (*Fall 1940*)  \n\n> Front flap revised: 
 The rational and the irrational characters who form a processional across the pages of *Point Counter Point* belong to today’s frantic world. They are modern in their promiscuities and in the pleasure they take in their vices and their virtues; they are reckless and indifferent to consequences. *Point Counter Point* captures the staccato tempo of our time. It is full of extravagant and fascinating improvisation, shrewd commentaries and graceful ornamentation. It is a sophisticated novel for a sophisticated age and the freshness of its point of view appeals to the young in spirit. (*Spring 1962*)  \n\nAlso in the Modern Library  \nHuxley, *Antic Hay* (1933– ) 252  \nHuxley, *Brave New World* (1956–1967) 485  \n\n",
  "id": "203",
  "year": "1930",
  "label": "ALDOUS HUXLEY. POINT COUNTER POINT. 1930–1967. (ML 180)",
  "author": "ALDOUS HUXLEY",
  "title": "POINT COUNTER POINT.",
  "date": "1930–1967.",
  "something": "ML 180",
  "revisions": [],
  "type": "book"
}