The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters.
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London: Secker & Warburg,, 1968. First collected edition of Orwell's non-fiction, containing much material that had never previously been published, the first collection that allowed general readers "to see exactly how complex and varied a writer Orwell was compared to what we had concluded on the basis of the major novels alone" (Schlueter, p. 95). The text was edited by Orwell's widow, Sonia, and Ian Angus, who helped set up the Orwell Archive at University College, London. 4 vols, octavo. Portrait frontispiece and manuscript facsimile to each vol. Original blue cloth, spines lettered in gilt, blue endpapers. With dust jackets by Bernard Higton. Minimal bumping, cloth bright; minor sunning to spines of unclipped jackets and ink mark to spine of vol. III: a near-fine copy in like jackets. Fenwick D12. Paul Schlueter, "Trends in Orwell Criticism: 1968-1983", College Literature, vol. 11, no. 1, 1984.
- Year: 1968
- Binding: hardcover
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