Orwell, George
£750
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Description
Nineteen eighty-four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, facsimile red dustwrapper, spine faded; [Idem] Animal farm. London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. Second edition, 8vo, original green cloth, grey and green dustwrapper a little soiled and very slightly chipped in places; [Idem] Critical essays. London: Secker & Warburg, 1946. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth gilt, beige dustwrapper with spine a little soiled and very slightly bumped along upper edge; [Idem] The road to Wigan Pier. London: Victor Gollancz, 1937. First (Left Book Club) edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, small ownership inscription to first free-endpaper, spine a little faded and a couple of corners frayed a little. [Idem] The lion and the unicorn. London: Secker & Warburg, 1941. First edition, 8vo, original grey cloth, dustwrapper a little dust-soiled and bumped; [Idem] Shooting an elephant. London: Secker & Warburg, 1950. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, grey and red dustwrapper slightly chipped and faded along spine, spine of book faded; [Idem] England your England. London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, green dustwrapper very slightly bumped and a little dust-soiled on reverse; [Idem] Such, such were the joys. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. First American edition, 8vo, original green cloth, orange dustwrapper a little chipped, rubbed and faded along spine with small closed tear to upper cover; [Idem] The English people. London: Collins, 1947. 8vo, original green printed boards, green and cream dustwrapper very slightly dust-soiled on lower cover; And two other works (6 books) relating to Orwell (14)