1984 aka Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell (aka Eric Blair)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
1984 (aka Nineteen Eighty-Four) by George Orwell (aka Eric Blair) Limited Hardcover Artist Edition Suntup Press 2021 illustrated by Jim Burns in a limited edition of 1000 hardcover copies in dust jacket and slipcase. Introduction by Joe Hill (true first edition: Secker & Warburg UK and Harcourt Brace US, 1949) Fine in Fine Dust Jacket in Slipcase as NEW. (There were also Roman Numeral, Lettered, and Numbered editions, the first two of which are nearly unobtainable at this point. Some numbered copies can be had for $2000+.)
NOTE: The original first edition was titled Nineteen Eighty-Four and was published in 1949 by Secker and Warburg in the UK and Harcourt, Brace in the US and subsequently made into a feature film released in 1984 starring Richard Burton as O'Brien and John Hurt as Winston Smith, and directed by Michael Radford. The present copy published by Suntup is one of a very small number of illustrated editions of this book. Without question one of the best editions of this book ever published.
NOTE: The first two pictures of this listing show the actual copy for sale. The other pictures were taken from Suntup's website.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TristanBooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1984Suntup
- Title
- 1984 aka Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Author
- George Orwell (aka Eric Blair)
- Illustrator
- Jim Burns
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in dust jacket and slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Limited Illustrated Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Suntup
- Place of Publication
- Irvine, CA
- Date Published
- 2021
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
TristanBooks
Biblio member since 2006
Oakland, California
About TristanBooks
Tristan Books offers modern first editions of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Literature, and Children s, some signed limited editions and small press books as well as a few antiquarian books printed circa 1540-1900.
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