Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1984) by Orwell, George - 1949

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Brown Cloth. Very Good. 9 1/16" Tall. Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations. Xviii, 19- 651 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Scarce First Issue With All First Issue Points: American Publishing Company On Spine And At Top Of Publisher's Info On Title Page; 1869 Date On Title And Copyright Pages; No Illustration Of Napoleon Iii On P. 129; Missing Page Numbers In Table Of Contents Pp Xvii-Xviii; P. 643 Shows "Chapter Xli"; Text Ends P. 651 Followed By 5 Pages Of Ads With Personal History" On 3Rd Page Of Ads. Original Embossed Brown Cloth Covers With Original Spine With Gilt Lettering And Design, Gilt Present, Bright And Clear, But Not Entirely Brilliant, Professionally And Attractively Re-Backed In 2010 By Heritage Bindery Using The Original Boards And Backstrip From This Copy, Laying Down The Spine Over New Cloth With Some Minor Professional Repairs To The Edges. Small Triangular Loss Of Original… Read More

London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good Book/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/8" Tall. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Stamped In Gilt, Front Cover Stamped In Blind. True First Edition ( London), First Issue With All Points. 1904 Date On Title Page; Misprint On P. 187 ( Page Number Reads "871"); Last Page (Correctly) Numbered 480. Spine Has Title, Author And Publisher's Name ( "Harpers" ) In Gilt. Blindstamped Title And Author And Wave Designs On Front Cover. Overall A Clean, Bright, Attractive Copy With Some Wear. Gilt Lettering Overall Bright, A Little Dulling And Wear, Tiny Frays At Points Of Tips And At One Pinpoint On Top Of Spine; 1/8" Closed Tear Top Of Spine; Top And Bottom Of Spine Bumped. Inverness Bookseller's Label Front Pastedown. Very Slight Foxing To First And Last Few Pages. Some Roughness To Upper Right Of First Free Endpaper, Presumably Bookseller's Erasures. Slight Flecking Of Blue Color (To… Read More

Boston and New York / Riverside Press, Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Slate-grey Cloth. Near Fine/No DJ. 7 7/8" Tall. Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Issue, Mixed States. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After The Front Free Endpaper, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf Before The Rear Free Endpaper. Stub Between Pp 10 And 11. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin.&.Co. With Periods Around Ampersand, And Ampersand Is An Odd Design [Both Indications Of A Second Or Third Printing). (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Of Second Printing, 1004 Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 239 Pp. Original Red Cloth Spine Over Grey Cloth Boards, With Spine Lettered In Silver. "First Printing" Stated. The First Hardcover Book By John Williams, Who Was Winner Of The National Book Award (As Co-Winner With John Barth) For "Augustus". Book Is Near Fine, Barely A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks; Printed With Cheap Paper Which Is Evenly Age-Toned But Not Brittle. Dj Complete, Not Price Clipped, Clean, Very Slight Toning To Spine Panel, Two 1/4" Closed Tears At Top Of Rear Panel, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Flap Fold, Two Tiny Nicks At Two Upper Spine Corners.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth/Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 446 Pp. Maroon Cloth Over Grey Boards. "First American Edition" Stated, But True First Edition, Preceding The British Edition Published By Jonathan Cape. Winner Of The Booker Prize, Also Winner Of The "Booker Of Bookers". Signed By Rushdie On The Title Page. A Bright, Clean Fine Book. No Remainder Marks. Dust Jacket Is Clean, Slight Fading To Pink Background Color On Spine, Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With A 1/8" Square Chip Near The Spine Edge, Price Clipped, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel.

Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1869. First Edition, First Issue 1st Printing. Brown Cloth. Very Good. 9 1/16" Tall. Two Hundred and Thirty-Four Illustrations. Xviii, 19- 651 Pp. Brown Cloth, Gilt. Scarce First Issue With All First Issue Points: American Publishing Company On Spine And At Top Of Publisher's Info On Title Page; 1869 Date On Title And Copyright Pages; No Illustration Of Napoleon Iii On P. 129; Missing Page Numbers In Table Of Contents Pp Xvii-Xviii; P. 643 Shows "Chapter Xli"; Text Ends P. 651 Followed By 5 Pages Of Ads With Personal History" On 3Rd Page Of Ads. Original Embossed Brown Cloth Covers With Original Spine With Gilt Lettering And Design, Gilt Present, Bright And Clear, But Not Entirely Brilliant, Professionally And Attractively Re-Backed In 2010 By Heritage Bindery Using The Original Boards And Backstrip From This Copy, Laying Down The Spine Over New Cloth With Some Minor Professional Repairs To The Edges. Small Triangular Loss Of Original… Read More

London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Very Good Book/No Dust Jacket. 7 3/8" Tall. 480 Pp. Blue Cloth, Spine Stamped In Gilt, Front Cover Stamped In Blind. True First Edition ( London), First Issue With All Points. 1904 Date On Title Page; Misprint On P. 187 ( Page Number Reads "871"); Last Page (Correctly) Numbered 480. Spine Has Title, Author And Publisher's Name ( "Harpers" ) In Gilt. Blindstamped Title And Author And Wave Designs On Front Cover. Overall A Clean, Bright, Attractive Copy With Some Wear. Gilt Lettering Overall Bright, A Little Dulling And Wear, Tiny Frays At Points Of Tips And At One Pinpoint On Top Of Spine; 1/8" Closed Tear Top Of Spine; Top And Bottom Of Spine Bumped. Inverness Bookseller's Label Front Pastedown. Very Slight Foxing To First And Last Few Pages. Some Roughness To Upper Right Of First Free Endpaper, Presumably Bookseller's Erasures. Slight Flecking Of Blue Color (To… Read More

Boston and New York / Riverside Press, Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1900. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Slate-grey Cloth. Near Fine/No DJ. 7 7/8" Tall. Embossed Cloth With Silver. First Trade Issue, Mixed States. (I-Viii) Including Preliminary Blank Leaf After The Front Free Endpaper, (1), 2-251; Printer's Imprint , P. (252); Final Blank Leaf Before The Rear Free Endpaper. Stub Between Pp 10 And 11. Publisher's Imprint At Bottom Of Spine : Houghton | Mifflin.&.Co. With Periods Around Ampersand, And Ampersand Is An Odd Design [Both Indications Of A Second Or Third Printing). (First Printing Of 2028 Copies, Per Sisson-Martens, 1010 Of Second Printing, 1004 Of Third Printing, But What Identifies 2Nd And Third Printings Is Not Absolutely Clear). Bal Does Not Provide Definitive Points For The First State. However, James Henry (As Cited In Sisson-Martens) In "A Proposed Chronology Of Editions Of "The Son Of The Wolf" Requires The Following Additional Points For… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 239 Pp. Original Red Cloth Spine Over Grey Cloth Boards, With Spine Lettered In Silver. "First Printing" Stated. The First Hardcover Book By John Williams, Who Was Winner Of The National Book Award (As Co-Winner With John Barth) For "Augustus". Book Is Near Fine, Barely A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners, No Names Or Marks; Printed With Cheap Paper Which Is Evenly Age-Toned But Not Brittle. Dj Complete, Not Price Clipped, Clean, Very Slight Toning To Spine Panel, Two 1/4" Closed Tears At Top Of Rear Panel, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Flap Fold, Two Tiny Nicks At Two Upper Spine Corners.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth/Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 446 Pp. Maroon Cloth Over Grey Boards. "First American Edition" Stated, But True First Edition, Preceding The British Edition Published By Jonathan Cape. Winner Of The Booker Prize, Also Winner Of The "Booker Of Bookers". Signed By Rushdie On The Title Page. A Bright, Clean Fine Book. No Remainder Marks. Dust Jacket Is Clean, Slight Fading To Pink Background Color On Spine, Light Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine With A 1/8" Square Chip Near The Spine Edge, Price Clipped, 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel.