Nineteen Eighty-Four.
$15,798 · Offered by Biblio
First edition
London: Secker & Warburg,, 1949. Who controls the past controls the future First edition. Orwell's last book has exerted a monumental impact on both political consciousness and the English language, coining terms such as "doublethink" and "Big Brother". It was published in green and red jackets simultaneously, in proportions of about two green to one red. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge red. With red dust jacket. Clipped obituaries of Orwell loosely inserted, related browning to front free endpaper and half-title. Spine skewed, spine and cloth edges faded, two spots to front cover, bump to fore edge; jacket price-clipped, skimming final letter of artist credit, spine and head of front panel faded, only a little rubbed and nicked: a very good copy in like jacket. Fenwick A12a.
- Year: 1949
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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