The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell In 4 volumes

by George Orwell (edited by Sonia Brownell Orwell and Ian Angus)

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First edition

The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell Published by Secker & Warburg in 1968 ISBN: 9780436350184; 9780436350177; 9780436350160; 9780436350153 Condition: Good Description: Four Volume set of hardcovers, first edition. Red dustjackets, unclipped, priced at ‘50s net’ (designed Bernard Higton, credited on inside flap). Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spines. A previous owner's signature on loose front endpaper(s), dated. Frontispiece features a two-sided plate, with black and white facsimile and, overleaf, writer photograph. Vol I. An Age Like This: 1920-1940. Dustcover lettering, pink title with royal blue volume title. Loose endpaper signed T Kenyon 1968. Small tear to bottom of front volume title. Small foxing mark on main title page and opposite frontispiece. Owner’s brief annotations (ink) on pp159 and 163. Frontispiece on two pages (plates preceding main title page), entry from Wallington diary, 2.6.39, and author ‘at eighteen’. This volume covers his first article published to wartime including his formative years and experience in the Spanish Civil war. Vol II. My Country Right or Left: 1940-1943. Dustcover lettering, pink title with cerulean blue volume title. Loose endpaper signed T Kenyon 1968. Dustcover with wear to blue board corner. Owner’s brief annotations (ink) on pp96-7, 127, 241. Frontispiece on two pages (plates preceding main title page), first page of wartime diary, 14.3.42, and Orwell in 1943. Vol II covers from his join

• Publisher: Secker & Warburg
• Year: 1968
• ISBN: 9780436350184
• Condition: Good

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