Down and Out in Paris and London

by George Orwell

$1,350 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with boards lightly splayed. Cloth toned, worn and soiled. Pages toned. Orwell's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical work, which, much as the title promises, details hunger and poverty in two major European capitals. Item #140941404

  • Printing: first
  • Binding: Hardcover

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