# Is "Do What You Will" by Aldous Huxley a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Do What You Will by Aldous Huxley (Chatto & Windus, 1929) is identified by: First edition of the twelve essays, Chatto & Windus, London, 1929 ([viii] + 310 pp., octavo). UK Chatto & Windus is the true first; the US edition was published by Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, also 1929.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition of the twelve essays, Chatto & Windus, London, 1929 ([viii] + 310 pp., octavo)
- Two issues appeared simultaneously: the ordinary trade issue in cloth, and a signed limited issue of 260 numbered copies bound with a green cloth spine over yellow-and-white patterned paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed, each signed by Huxley on the limitation leaf
- Publisher imprint reads Chatto & Windus
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Aldous Huxley |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
| Year | 1929 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition of the twelve essays, Chatto & Windus, London, 1929 ([viii] + 310 pp., octavo) |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition of the twelve essays, Chatto & Windus, London, 1929 ([viii] + 310 pp., octavo). Two issues appeared simultaneously: the ordinary trade issue in cloth, and a signed limited issue of 260 numbered copies bound with a green cloth spine over yellow-and-white patterned paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine, top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed, each signed by Huxley on the limitation leaf.

## Is this the true first?
UK Chatto & Windus is the true first; the US edition was published by Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, also 1929.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
The signed limited issue of 260 numbered copies stands apart from the ordinary trade issue; there is no book-club issue.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Do What You Will* by Aldous Huxley a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/do-what-you-will
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.