New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First American edition, first printing. Review copy with letter from the publisher folded in half and tipped in at front free endpaper, protruding slightly over the textblock. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine lettered in white. Near Fine with light sunning to cloth at top and bottom edges. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with the Searchlight Books advert printed in red on the verso;..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine lettered in white. Very Good with vertical creases to the boards, fading to top of spine cloth, set of staple punctures to front free endpaper and toning to pages. In a Very Good..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. First British edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding with titles on spine, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good. Cloth rubbed and worn, bumped at the crown. Rear hinge repaired. Contents toned and foxed. Victor Gollancz originally rejected this novel, publishing it only after the success..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original cloth binding with titles printed in black, lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with soiling and foxing to cloth, fading to spine and a small hole at the front spine joint. Light foxing, soiling and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations. Very Good with lean to spine, previous owner address stamp to front free endpaper and toning to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with chipping and several short..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with spine faded and lightly worn at ends, covers lightly scuffed. Pages toned. A lovely copy of Orwell's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical work..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with boards lightly splayed. Cloth toned, worn and soiled. Pages toned. Orwell's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical work, which, much as the title promises..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1933. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with lean to binding, wear to spine ends, worming to cloth and textblock edge. Former owner name to front free endpaper, pages toned, sporadic foxing lightly through but heavier at..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1933. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original black cloth; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with rubbing to cloth and wear at extremities, slight lean to binding. Glue repair to exposed hinge at title page, erased pencil marking and bookseller label to rear pastedown. Orwell's..... More
London: Searchlight Books, 1941. First edition. 127 pp. Original cloth, green spine lettering. Near Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with toning to spine panel and top edge, light wear, Very Good+. A nice copy. Three great essays by Orwell: "England Your England," "Shopkeepers at War," and "The English Revolution." More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. Advance review copy of the first American edition. Bound in publisher's original wraps printed in brown. Near Fine with toning, light soiling and light creasing to wraps, small loss to top and bottom corners of the spine near the front joint, pages toned..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First American edition. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with black and crimson stamping. Near Fine with light soiling, light edge wear and light toning to cloth at edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with publisher's original price of $3.00 and properly..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with red lettering to spine. Near Fine with fading to cloth at spine and edges, pages lightly toned and slight evidence of several instances of erased pencil to text. In a Near Fine unclipped..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. First American edition. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with black and crimson stamping. Near Fine with slight wear at corners and spine ends. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with publisher's original price of $3.00 and properly lacking Book Club mention on..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with red lettering to spine. Very Good+ with light lean to binding, cloth sunned through dust jacket, former owner name and bookseller ticket to front paste down, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped..... More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with spine lettered in red and red topstain; lacking the dust jacket. Very good with lean to binding, uneven fading and some spots to cloth with light fraying at the spine ends. More
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with spine lettered in red and red topstain; lacking the dust jacket. Very good with heavy lean to binding, fading to spine and foxing to cloth. Former owner name to front free endpaper, pages..... More
Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson, 1947. First edition. [16] pp. Stapled wraps. Subtle toning to wraps, else Fine. A very crisp, bright copy. The first book publication of an essay that first appeared in the magazines Horizons in the UK and The New Republic in the US, "Printed as a...... More
Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson, 1947. First edition. [16] pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good with a faint cup ring to the front wrap, a few other very light stains to wraps but contents in very nice shape. The first book publication of an essay that first appeared..... More
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Early, unattributed and bibliographically unknown Czech samizdat edition of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four. Carbon copy sheets printed on rectos only, bound in cloth covered boards with white plastic brads. (2), 2-205 [p. 15 mis-paginated: 16.]. Very Good with light soiling to covers. First and last several pages are worn..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1950. First edition, first printing. [viii], 212 pp. Publisher's green cloth lettered in red. Very Good with sunning to spine cloth, light wear and a little foxing to cloth, jacket unclipped, spine panel sunned, Very Good+. A collection of essays demonstrating the acclaimed wit and insight..... More
Irvine, CA: Suntup Editions, 2021. Artist Gift Edition. One of 1,000 copies thus signed by artist Jim Burns. 328, [4] pp. Full cloth smyth sewn binding with two-hits foil stamping over cloth boards, in foil stamped dust jacket, housed in die cut silver paper covered slipcase. A Fine copy. In..... More
Eastbourne, Sussex: St. Cyprian's School, 1916. Original program for a wartime musical theater performance by the boys of St. Cyprian’s School, featuring three major British authors-to-be: George Orwell, Cecil Beaton, and Cyril Connolly. Orwell (then known as Eric Blair) and Connolly played characters in “Mr. Jingle’s Wooing,” an adaptation of..... More