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Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984] by George [Eric Arthur Blair] Orwell - 1st Edition - 1949 - from Idler Fine Books (SKU: 001651)

Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]

Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984] by George [Eric Arthur Blair] Orwell - 1st Edition - 1949 - from Idler Fine Books (SKU: 001651)

Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]

by Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair]

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1949 First printing of the first British edition, original light green cloth, spine lettered in red, with red topstain, in original red dust jacket, with the publisher's price listed on the inside front flap, 312pp. Tanning to spine and cover margins, 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 US (US)
Bookseller 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
Near Fine
Quantity available
1
Edition
1st Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Place of Publication
London
Date published
1949
Keywords
FICTION, LITERATURE, CLASSIC, DYSTOPIAN, BRITISH LIT.

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