Nineteen Eighty-Four
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First edition
Publisher and Year: London: Secker & Warburg, 1949 Edition: First edition, first impression ("First published 1949" with no reprint stated). Lacking the dust jacket. (Fenwick A.12a) Condition and Description: Octavo, pale green cloth lettered in red, top edge dyed red, 316 pp. Fading to the cloth (as usual), most heavily to the spine. A couple of bumps to the bottom edge of the boards. Red lettering and top stain faded. Tight hinges and binding. Slight spine lean. Tiny note in pencil to the rear pastedown; otherwise clear of any prior owner's markings. Pages lightly tanned but clean. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." Inventory ID: 465 - 015 - 628
- Publisher: Secker & Warburg
- Year: 1949
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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