1984, secker 1949 (58 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1949" printed on the copyright page. A magnificent copy of this TRUE First Edition. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's printed price of 10s. net present on the front flap with slight wear to the edges. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth and appears UNREAD. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy in collector's condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing An outstanding copy with a crisp fine/near fine book with a superb very good red variant dust jacket with the extremely scarce unfaded spine still retaining the majority of the red tones. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before the disease claimed his life, the novel is a work ?of hectic, devilish, claustrophobic intensity. nightmarish in the telling? (Clute & Nicholls, 896). In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Named as one of Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. ?It is quite simply a novel which has changed the world? The book is in Fine condition with crisp, bright and clean light green cloth boards with red titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners and no edgewear. The cloth has a very small touch of fading along the outer edges of the cloth, and only a very slight amount to the spine cloth which is otherwise common with this title. The binding is tight and square. The end papers are in clean and in bright condition with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat and crisp with no age toning, no stains, no marks, no writing, no bent pages and no foxing. Beautiful clean, crisp, book internally appearing as unread. Scarce in this condition. Please see images. The preferred near fine scarce red variant original dust jacket retains the exceedingly impossible to find unfaded red spine with the majority of the red tones present. We have only encountered a few of these jackets with the spine colors still mostly red, as the red jacket is very prone to fading and is normally found with the spine faded to various shades of grey. The Nineteen Eighty-Four jacket is known to be extremely fragile. This jacket benefited from very very slight restoration which was limited to the outer spine tips, and a dime size spot of rubbing to the spine. The jacket has no chips, and no tears, and is NOT price clipped, having a stated price of 10s. net on the front inner flap. The front panel of the jacket has light rubbing and the rear panel has some overall toning. Please see detailed images. A remarkable crisp, clean copy of this title in the scarce red variant color. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1949" printed on the copyright page. A wonderful copy with the ORIGINAL RED dustjacket that is rich in color with NO chips or tears with some repair. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's 10s. net printed price present. The book is in excellent condition. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A beautiful copy housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation. We buy Orwell First Editions.

Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with red lettering to spine. Near Fine with fading to cloth at spine and edges, pages lightly toned and slight evidence of several instances of erased pencil to text. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with fading to the spine, light edge wear with shallow chipping at the spine ends, several small tape repairs to the verso and a short split to the bottom of the front spine joint repaired with mending tissue from the verso as well. A first edition increasingly difficult to find, let alone in nice of condition with no restoration or funny business, and quite rare as such.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing A clean crisp book with the original dust jacket in the scarce red variant color. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before the disease claimed his life, the novel is a work ?of hectic, devilish, claustrophobic intensity. nightmarish in the telling? (Clute & Nicholls, 896). In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Named as one of Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. ?It is quite simply a novel which has changed the world? The book is in near fine condition with light green cloth boards with red titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners, a tight binding and no edgewear. Hint of slight edge bumping. Mottling and toning to the cloth mostly to the spine tips. The end papers are in clean condition with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions but with some very pale faded foxing spots. Small faded bookseller stamp to the rear end paper. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no age toning, no stains, no marks, no writing, no bent pages and no foxing internally but some foxing spots to the outer page block. Please see images. The preferred scarce red variant original dust jacket has benefited from some restoration by an expert paper conservator and as such presents in near fine condition. The restoration is mostly limited to the very outer spine tips/edges and to an intact tear along the rear panel. The Nineteen Eighty-Four jacket is known to be extremely fragile, and usually in pieces or missing altogether. This jacket has strong vibrant colors with the typical fading of the spine to a grey tone. Otherwise the jacket has no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing and no foxing. The rear panel remains quite bright with a very softened slight crease. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 10s. net. A beautiful unclipped dust jacket! Please see detailed images. A remarkable crisp, clean copy of this title with an original jacket in the scarce red variant color. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi titles.

First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small chips and closed tears. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A very nice example. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before the disease claimed his life, the novel is a work â of hectic, devilish, claustrophobic intensityâ ¦ nightmarish in the tellingâ (Clute & Nicholls, 896). In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Named as one of Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. â It is quite simply a novel which has changed the worldâ (Pringle, 100 Best Science Fiction Novels 1). Fenwick A12a. Connolly 99. Anatomy of Wonder II:838. 100 Most Influential Books 93.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. This unrestored original RED dustjacket has the publisher's 10s. net printed price present with some wear to the spine and edges. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing A stunning, fine/near fine clean example of this title with a fine/near fine vibrant dust jacket. An exceptional copy. The book is beautiful condition with crisp, bright light green cloth boards with bright red titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners, and no edgewear. The green cloth is clean with a some of the common fading and toning to cloth along spine and outer edges. The binding is tight and square. Red top stain applied by publisher. The end papers are clean with a few dots of foxing, otherwise no owner names, no inscriptions, and no bookplates. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with a dot of foxing to the first and last page, otherwise no writing, no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no foxing and no bent pages. Beautiful crisp book, internally appearing as unread! The rare original green dust jacket has benefited from some very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator and as such presents as a fin/near fine stunning example. The Nineteen Eighty Four jacket is known to be extremely fragile, and usually in pieces or missing altogether. This jacket has strong vibrant colors with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing and no foxing. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 10s. net. Please see detailed images. A very handsome example of this classic fragile book. Presents well on the shelf with the striking near fine vibrant dust jacket. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQEUST. Please see our stores on ABE for other important SciFi titles.

Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with red lettering to spine. Very Good+ with light lean to binding, cloth sunned through dust jacket, former owner name and bookseller ticket to front paste down, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear with chipping at the corners and loss to the spine ends. An increasingly difficult first edition to track down in the original dust jacket.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with red titles to the spine, in the maroon Michael Kennard designed dustwrapper. Top edge purple. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh with a little fading to the extreme edges. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The text block edge is a little toned with a few spots of foxing to the top edge, the purple however remains vivid and without fading. Complete with very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, that has a couple of small chips with associated creasing to the upper tip of the habitually faded spine. The present example, in entirely original condition, does retain some of its red colour to the spine panel rendering the white titles still legible and is therefore uncommon thus. Not price-clipped (10s net to the lower front flap). Housed in a bespoke grey and black quarter morocco solander case. The first printing of Nineteen Eighty-Four was published on 8th June 1949, the 25,000 copies issued in two colours of dustwrapper, identical in all but the background colour of the upper panel and spine, one being green, the other maroon. Although no precedence has been established, the maroon would appear to be scarcer of the two and is considered the more desirable. (Fenwick A12a). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing A clean crisp book with the original dust jacket in the scarce red variant color. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before the disease claimed his life, the novel is a work ?of hectic, devilish, claustrophobic intensity. nightmarish in the telling? (Clute & Nicholls, 896). In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Named as one of Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. ?It is quite simply a novel which has changed the world? The book is in near fine condition with light green cloth boards with red titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners, a tight binding and no edgewear. Hint of slight edge bumping. Mottling and toning to the cloth mostly to the spine tips. The end papers are in clean condition with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions but with some very pale faded foxing spots. Small faded bookseller stamp to the rear end paper. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no age toning, no stains, no marks, no writing, no bent pages and no foxing internally but some foxing spots to the outer page block. Please see images. The preferred scarce red variant original dust jacket has benefited from some restoration by an expert paper conservator and as such presents in near fine condition. The restoration is mostly limited to the very outer spine tips/edges and to an intact tear along the rear panel. The Nineteen Eighty-Four jacket is known to be extremely fragile, and usually in pieces or missing altogether. This jacket has strong vibrant colors with the typical fading of the spine to a grey tone. Otherwise the jacket has no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing and no foxing. The rear panel remains quite bright with a very softened slight crease. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 10s. net. A beautiful unclipped dust jacket! Please see detailed images. A remarkable crisp, clean copy of this title with an original jacket in the scarce red variant color. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi first printing titles.

First edition, first impression, in the preferred red dust jacket. Copies of the first impression were issued either in green or dark red dust jackets. To judge from surviving examples, this was done in proportions of about two green to one red, and consequently the red is scarcer. Orwell's ninth and last book, a warning against totalitarianism in any guise, had a monumental effect on the English language, introducing terms such as "double think", "newspeak", and "Big Brother" into the language. "No novel of the past century has had more influence than George Orwell's 1984. The title, the adjectival form of the author's last name, the vocabulary of the all-powerful party. It's almost impossible to talk about propaganda, surveillance, authoritarian politics, or pervasions of truth without dropping a reference to 1984" (Packer). Fenwick A12a. George Packer, "Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined", The Atlantic, July 2019. Octavo. Original light green cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge red. With red dust jacket. Spine and edges sunned, extremities slightly bumped, trace of label removal to front pastedown, contents clean; jacket a little rubbed and price-clipped, spine sunned, extremities lightly chipped and worn with minor loss to foot of spine, a couple of short splits to flap folds: a very good copy in very good jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A beautiful copy of this TRUE First Edition. This ORIGINAL GREEN dustjacket is rich in color with minor repair. Although there is NO priority over the green and red dustjacket, the RED dustjacket seems to be the preferred dustjacket among collector's. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book with slight foxing to the edges. A lovely copy in collector's condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell (1949), True First Edition. Secker and Warburg, 1949. Condition: book is in very good condition with a slight spine lean. First state jacket has had some professional restoration work. See pics. In good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1949" printed on the copyright page.This ORIGINAL RED price clipped dustjacket is rich in color with minor wear to the spine and edges. The book is in fantastic shape. The binding is tight with minor wear to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing A lovely copy of this title with a near fine vibrant first printing dust jacket. The book is very good/near fine condition with light green cloth boards with bright red titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners, with one tiny bit of fray to the very outer outer tip, and no edgewear. The green cloth is clean with a some of the common fading and toning to the cloth along spine and outer edges, and a faint circular cup stain mark to the rear board. The binding is tight with a slight cant. The end papers have an erased owner name, and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean with no handling marks, no bent pages and no stains. The end papers and first few pages to both the front and back of the book have light scattered foxing, else internally clean and fresh being clean and bright with no writing, no stains, no handling marks, no other foxing and no bent pages. Please see images. The rare original green dust jacket has benefited from some very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to the spine tips and as such presents as a near fine stunning example. The Nineteen Eighty-Four jacket is known to be extremely fragile, and usually in pieces or missing altogether. This jacket has strong vibrant colors with no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing and no foxing. Slight toning to the rear panel. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 10s. net. Please see detailed images. A well priced copy with a lovely near fine original first printing dust jacket. Presents well on the shelf. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi listings.

First Edition. Very minor cloth fading; nearly fine in a green dust jacket., which has minor tape strengthening removed; overall very good, although a little awkwardly price-clipped. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

First edition, first impression, in the green jacket. The first impression was also issued in red jackets simultaneously; judging from surviving examples, this was done in proportions of about two green to one red. Warning against totalitarianism in any guise, Orwell's final book has exerted a monumental impact on political consciousness and on the English language, coining terms such as "double think" and "Big Brother". "No novel of the past century has had more influence than George Orwell's 1984. The title, the adjectival form of the author's last name, the vocabulary of the all-powerful party. It's almost impossible to talk about propaganda, surveillance, authoritarian politics, or pervasions of truth without dropping a reference to 1984" (Packer). Fenwick A12a. George Packer, "Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined", The Atlantic, July 2019. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettering and top edge red. With green dust jacket. Ownership inscription on half-title dated July 1949, the month after publication. Spine lightly faded, as often, contents clean; unclipped jacket rubbed, a few chips to edges, 5.5 cm diagonal closed tear at upper right corner of front panel, notably bright overall: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.

FIRST EDITION. 192 x 125 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). 312 pp. DRAMATIC BLACK MOROCCO WITH INLAID DESIGN, covers with central panel dominated by the all-seeing eye of Big Brother inlaid in vellum, green, and black on a background mosaic of geometrical compartments in shades of red, the eye radiating gilt rays, four more "eyes" peering at the central eye from each corner, raised bands, spine panels with gilt fleuron at center, two red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, rear pastedown with binder's leather label dated 2022 and with a tree-like design that may include the initials :"J I." â Pristine text in a new binding. Orwell's classic dystopian novel is offered here in a memorable binding that plays homage to one of the story's most infamous motifs. The modern design features two perpetually open eyes, which can be fully appreciated when the binding is completely open and the covers are seen side by side. Alert and unflinching, the eyes look directly at--or perhaps through--the viewer with uncomfortable scrutiny. The large pupils and irises resemble the lenses of cameras, and the blood-red inlays, coupled with black borders, evoke a sense of dread, helping to establish the terrifying tone of the narrative even before the first sentence. Set in a world of totalitarian governments whose citizens endure constant surveillance and where even one's thoughts can be punished, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" revolves around protagonist Winston Smith, an otherwise unremarkable worker at the so-called "Ministry of Truth," who secretly dreams of rebellion against the state and its lies. According to Britannica, "the novel gains much of its power from the comprehensive rigour with which it extends the premises of totalitarianism to their logical end: the love of power and domination over others has acquired its perfected expression in the perpetual surveillance and omnipresent dishonesty of an unassailable and irresistible police state under whose rule every human virtue is slowly being suborned and extinguished. Orwell's warning of the potential dangers of totalitarianism made a deep impression on his contemporaries and upon subsequent readers, and the book's title and many of its coined words and phrases ('Big Brother is watching you,' 'newspeak,' 'doublethink') became bywords for modern political abuses." George Orwell was the pen name of writer Eric Blair (1903-50). Straight out of school (where he studied with Aldous Huxley), Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police, but became disillusioned with their mission and returned to England to pursue writing. The present novel was Orwell's final work, written while the author was sick with tuberculosis and published just six months before his death.

First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo, bound in full leather. In fine condition. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before the disease claimed his life, the novel is a work â of hectic, devilish, claustrophobic intensityâ ¦ nightmarish in the tellingâ (Clute & Nicholls, 896). In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Named as one of Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. â It is quite simply a novel which has changed the worldâ (Pringle, 100 Best Science Fiction Novels 1). Fenwick A12a. Connolly 99. Anatomy of Wonder II:838. 100 Most Influential Books 93.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of George Orwell's (1903-1950) classic dystopian novel that has captured the imagination and fears of readers, critics, and social observers ever since its publication in 1949. Orwell's ninth and final book, written and published in the closing years of his life, Nineteen Eighty-Four provides a gripping and prophetic meditation on the twentieth century's totalitarian movements. Set in an imaginary future (1984) absorbed in conflict, the story traces the fate of Winston Smith, a diligent party worker in the superstate of Oceania, who secretly abhors and yearns to rebel against the ruling Party and its dictatorial leader, Big Brother. Equal parts science fiction and cautionary tale, Nineteen Eighty-Four accentuates the historical revisionism, propaganda practices, linguistic manipulation, and violence that characterized Stalinist Russia, Nazi Germany, and other ascendent totalitarian ideologies of the pre- and postwar world. Nineteen Eighty-Four would share important themes with Orwell's satirical and allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945), including an emphasis on social stratification, the subordination of the modern individual to the collective, the power and manipulability of language, and the consequences of ideological revolution. Nineteen Eighty-Four was first published in the UK by Secker & Warburg in 1949 to high critical acclaim, and in the US by Harcourt, Brace & Company the same year. It has remained a mainstay on popular and critical reading lists ever since, and its concepts and neologisms, including "Big Brother," "doublespeak," "thoughtcrime," and "memory hole," have managed to endure as important terms in our twenty-first century lexicon-as has the eponymous phrase "Orwellian." In 2005, Time Magazine selected the book as one of the 100 best English-language works published between 1923 and 2005, and the Modern Library named it one of the best works published in the twentieth century. One of the greatest works of modern fiction, here in first edition with a striking custom binding. Octavo. First edition rebound in modern red morocco with skull buttons and "Winston Smith" lettered in white to left breast with on-laid fake eye to chest with blind-stamped lines; title and name lettered in white on spine; front and rear free endpapers and pastedowns replaced with collage of Orwell's eyes, including a secret "trapdoor" on front pastedown disclosing a picture of the Queen of England; minor toning to certain leaves, including title page (as pictured). Brilliant first edition in remarkable custom binding. First edition, first printing with "First published 1949" on copyright page.

First edition, first printing. Published by Secker and Warburg, London, in 1949. This is a very good (or better) copy. Publisher's original pale green cloth with lettering to spine in red and the rich, red top-stain still intact. Some spotting to preliminaries and edges with a few other isolated and minor instances to a few other pages. Some creasing to page 190 and to top corner of page 76 & 77. Boards beautifully clean and red top-stain is unfaded and well-preserved. The original and unclipped dust jacket - designed by Michael Kennard, has some tears to edges with areas of rubbing and some minor loss to spine tips and chipping to corners with a few internal repairs. There are thin patches of rubbing to the spine. The green and red dust jackets were issued simultaneously with no priority between them. Overall, this is a very good (or better) copy of an iconic title and without restoration. Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. It also popularised the term "Orwellian" as an adjective, with many terms used in the novel entering common usage, including "Big Brother", "doublethink", "Thought Police", "thoughtcrime", "Newspeak", and "2 + 2 = 5". Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes. Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005, and it was placed on the Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list, reaching number 13 on the editors' list and number 6 on the readers' list. In 2003, it was listed at number eight on The Big Read survey by the BBC.

First editions, first printings of the complete 20 volume uniform set (Vols. I-IX were previously issued in 1986-7). Original blue cloth lettered in silver to spines, in the dustwrappers designed by Ekhorn/Gray, each volume with a bound-in ribbon bookmark. A fine set, presenting as unread, the bindings square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The unclipped dustwrappers are very near fine (barring the occasional nick and touch of rubbing), except for Vol. IX, which is a little rubbed to edges and extremities with a closed tear (c. 6 cm) to upper half of the rear spine fold. A wonderful example of this magnificent, and scarce, set. Peter Davison's monumental edition of Orwell's complete works is, even by the standard of editorial undertakings on this scale, a labour of love, and of sheer persistence in the face of serial obstacles that might have deterred anyone less tenacious. In a 2012 article, he recounted the vicissitudes that beset the project. The original plan to publish freshly edited versions of Orwell's nine books in time for publication in 1984 ("a new but intriguing kind of anniversary celebration") had, "owing to disastrous delays" only materialised in 1986 and then had to be pulped, the printer having used an uncorrected version of Davison's text. Despite many further headaches (including a sextuple heart bypass and Secker and Warburg changing hands seven times) and precarious financial circumstances, Davison, with the assistance of his wife Shelia, and Ian Angus, set about collecting, editing and annotating everything Orwell wrote, including letters, articles, reviews, lecture notes, as well as hundreds of BBC broadcasts. Angus, formerly Librarian and Keeper of the Orwell Archive at University College London, had earlier edited (with Sonia Orwell) the 1968 four-volume set of Orwell's 'Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters', an edition which became the starting point for Vols. X to XX of this later edition. A huge bibliographic undertaking, Davison soon discovered that all previous and current editions of Orwell were, to a greater or lesser extent, unreliable. The new edition attempts to restore the author's original intentions. "This is no simple reprint with a few typographical errors corrected", he writes in the general introduction. "It was realised from early on that the textual position was complex and as the history of the texts was recovered and the variations in readings realised, it became apparent that a new edition without explanation would prove confusing". Each volume is provided with textual notes and a list of readings and variants. In his review (The Observer, 23 August, 1998), Paul Foot wrote of the edition that "the volumes sing with Orwell's irresistible writing style. Prose, he said, should be like a window pane, so you can see right through it. Every letter, every broadcast, even every diary entry is written clearly, sprinkled everywhere with wit, surprise and hope". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. A first edition copy of Nineteen Eighty Four with repaired dust jacket. Original green cloth boards with red lettering on the spine. Faded spine colour. slight lean to the book. top edge red. Clean end papers with P/12 stamped on front paste down. Clean contents. The dust jacket has repairs to the spine, folds and a tear across the front with a slightly darker ink used for repairs.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Secker and Warburg, 1949, First Edition; First Impression. Recently rebound in a Russian Poster Style blue full coarse grained morocco leather binding with red and cream leather onlays. Internally tanned and foxed with some staining see photos. Housed in a cloth covered slipcase with a leather label with black author s name. Lacking the final end paper. With the First Impression points of First Published 1949 to the reverse of the title page and Printed in Great Britain by The Alcuin Press to the base of the reverse of the title page. First edition of Orwell s masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four (also stylised as 1984), a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society. Orwell, a democratic socialist, modelled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. 312pp. Approximately 7 ¾ inches tall (book); 8 inches tall (slipcase). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition red and cream leather onlays in the style of a Russian Poster. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition red and cream leather onlays with cream Author s name, a cream leather eye and 1984 to the front board. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, other page edges tanned see photos. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition intact. Paste downs very good condition silk effect paper. End papers very good condition silk effect and new cream end papers before the original end papers. Title good condition tanned and foxed, half title present. Pages good condition tanned, foxed and stained throughout, stained to pages 44/45 see photo, small closed tear (3mm) to the bottom of page 55/6, 9 pages with folded corners 8 top corners with historic page marker folds, 1 bottom corner. Binding very good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1949 Binding: Hardback.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 1949 Secker & Warburg 1st UK edition 1st impression. Very good+ clean tight binding. Green cloth boards. In Facsimile dustjacket of original first state deep red dust wrapper; protected in clear sleeve.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. A wonderful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth and is in great shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A lovely copy with a beautiful facsimile dustjacket from the original.

Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with spine lettered in red and red topstain; lacking the dust jacket. Very good with lean to binding, uneven fading and some spots to cloth with light fraying at the spine ends.

Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with spine lettered in red and red topstain; lacking the dust jacket. Very good with heavy lean to binding, fading to spine and foxing to cloth. Former owner name to front free endpaper, pages toned and edge tear to page 115/116.

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Holland, George (Orwell Jacket Caricature) Ilustrador. First Edition. Stated at copyright page: "first Canadian edition." Tan full cloth boards, bold red cover and spine titles, light shelf wear, bump. Pages near fine, clean; no writing Bind fine; hinges intact. Original first edition dust wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 3.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic mid-twentieth century wrapper in bright blue with bold black titles. Caricature of Orwell at back panel by George Holland. Rare near fine first edition in same original wrapper. 1984 is the year in which it happened! The world is divided into three great powers, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, each perpetually at war. Britain is part of Oceania and is known as Airstrip 1. Throughout Oceania, The Party rules through four ministries, whose power is absolute. The Ministry of Peace deals with war, the Ministry of Love, seat of the dreaded Thought Police, handles 'law and order,' the Ministry of Plenty deals in scarcities, and the Ministry of Truth doles out the propaganda. 'New-speak' is the 'modern' perversion of language ordained by the Party. It has installed such remarkable words as double-think (duplicitousness), thought-crime, and sex-crime or 'love' in standard English. In every room, a tele-screen is installed, which can never be switched off, and where 'authorities' spy on every action, word, gesture, and thought. On every hoarding a huge face is displayed - the face of Big Brother! Set within this nightmare is the drama of Winston Smith, possibly the last man alive to rebel against the Party's rule and doctrine, clinging to the belief in the individual and in those precious human feelings and values. With flawless craftsmanship, ingenuity and narrative power Mr. Orwell lays out a terrifying potential future. The love of Winston for the amorous and independent Julia, and the fate that befalls them, stirs the reader's emotions as the cautionary tale paces to a tremendous climax. When Mr. Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was published three years prior, critics hailed him as a new Jonathan Swift. The satirical passages in '1984' justify the critics' verdict. But, presented here is much more than satire. Printed in the United States of America by the Haddon Craftsman, Scranton, Pa. 314 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.