Lot 205
Orwell, George
Collection of first editions
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
Burmese Days. A Novel. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1935. First UK edition, one of 2,500 copies, first impression, 8vo, original black cloth, spine rolled, front free endpaper excised, pencilled annotations to rear blank [Fenwick A2c];
The Road to Wigan Pier. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. First trade edition, first impression, one of 2,150 copies, 8vo, original blue cloth, 16 halftone photographic plates (with images numbered 1-32), spine rolled, covers slightly bowed, cloth a little faded and marked, shadow of Boots library label to front cover [Fenwick A5b];
Homage to Catalonia. London: Secker and Warburg, 1938. First edition, first impression, one of 1,500 copies, 8vo, original green cloth, cloth marked, small tear and a couple of small puncture-marks to spine, front cover slightly bowed, ink-mark to bottom edge of textblock, marginal ink-staining to pp. 10-11, shadow of Boots library label to front cover, remnants of possible lending-slips or labels to rear free endpaper and rear pastedown, pencilled annotations to rear free endpaper, ink-staining to rear inner hinge [Fenwick A6a];
and 3 others (Down and Out in Paris and London, 1933, second impression; Critical Essays, 1946, first impression, with dust jacket; and The Lion and the Unicorn, 1941, second impression) (6)
