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Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]
by Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair]
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949 First printing of the first British edition, original light green cloth, spine lettered in red, with red top-stain, in original red dust jacket, with the publisher's price listed on the inside front flap, 312pp. Tanning to spine and cover margins and light wear, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with tanning to spine and professional restoration along edge, else fine.
Synopsis
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell has become the definitive dystopian novel of the twentieth century. Originally published on June 8, 1949 by Secker and Warburg in the United Kingdom, the book follows the main character, Winston Smith, through his disillusionment with totalitarianism and a doomed struggle of resistance. George Orwell is a pen-name, Orwell's real name was Eric Blair. -
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- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001651
- Title
- Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]
- Author
- Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair]
- Illustrator
- Michael Kennard
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket condition
- Very Good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature, Classics, Dystopian, English Literature, Science Fiction.
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