Down and Out in Paris and London
by Orwell, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. reprint. Very Good. small octavo. hardback in original cloth 213pp., Nice copy of the uniform edition in slightly sunned pale green cloth
Synopsis
Down and Out in Paris and London, published in 1933, is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell. It is a story in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is a picaresque account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 156955
- Title
- Down and Out in Paris and London
- Author
- Orwell, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- small octavo
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About the Seller
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
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- Uniform Edition
- A collection or series of individual volumes of an author's work bound to match with a uniform size and style. Especially common...