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FORT500990The Franklin Library. Used - Very Good. Fully-bound in brown leather with gilt lettering and decoration on boards and outer edges. Silk moire endpapers with matching sewn-in bookmark. B/W illustrations throughout. The Franklin Library hardcover
A5-S002-0319good. unknown
194653513Place_Pub: New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1946. First U.S. Edition. fair to good fair. 118 text somewhat darkened discoloration inside boards and flyleaves DJ worn and soiled: small edge tears/chips. This allegorical novel is a critique of Communism and Stalinism. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1946BR-1017-216Hardcover. Politics. 155 pp. Harcourt Brace & World; New York 1946. Fifteenth Printing stated on CP. 1954 printing. Ex-Library copy. No markings. Corners sharp. Taped DJ. Very Good condition. More photos upon request. Shipped in a box within a box in bubble wrap; with a tracking number. Harcourt, Brace, & World hardcover
1946020443New York: Harcourt Brace 1946 New York: Harcourt Brace c. 1946. 12mo. Green cloth binding no ownership marks.118 pp. Spine completely faded with a few rub marks to front board. Wear to bottom of spine. Good in NEW facsimile dust jacket. Harcourt, Brace hardcover
120009San Francisco CA: Arion Press 2013. three-piece cloth printed on front and back gilt stamped spine slipcase. Arion Press. large 8vo. three-piece cloth printed on front and back gilt stamped spine slipcase. 204 pages. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the artist. Fine in fine slipcase.<BR> <br /> <BR> <br /> A special edition of George Orwell's 1945 allegory with illustrations by Jonathan Hammer b. 1960 who worked for a time as a bookbinder at the Arion Press. As the Stanford University historian Peter Stansky writes in his introduction "Orwell is a writer of extraordinary power and this may be his greatest masterpiece a perfect text. As a fable about human nature it transcends the political era in which it was written. It is in so many ways a despairing book but it has such compassion and empathy. In the end there is still a glimmer that possibly some day we might create a better and more equal society." Composed in Monotype Times New Roman and letterpress printed on ivory Zerkall mouldmade paper. The 24 relief prints are letterpress printed from polymer plates made from films scratched by the artist with an etching needle for the black images and with photo-polymer plates made from overlay drawings in pencil for the red tints. Arion Press unknown
aly1384New York: Harbourt Brace & Company 1946. Book Club Edition. 12mo. pp. 2 118. cloth previous owner’s signature on front free endpaper. dw dw rubbed with several short tears & damp staining New York: Harbourt, Brace & Company, 1946 hardcover
1995000028London: Secker & Warburg 1995 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/NF This special edition celebrates the 50th anniversary of Orwell's great work complementing the text with a series of magnificent pictures by Ralph Steadman. Book is clean tight no markslike new. Slight scuffing to DJ otherwise near fine condition not price clipped. One of the best established and widely read masterpieces of our time it has sold since then many millions of copies in over 70 languages; and its immortal satire - 'contre Stalin' as Orwell himself wrote to his French translator - remains as vivid and relevant today as it was on first publication. Secker & Warburg hardcover
1946007173New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1946. 118pp. Green cloth binding. Orwell's famous novel which is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. Orwell based the book on events up to and during Joseph Stalin's regime. Orwell a democratic socialist and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years was a critic of Stalin and was suspicious of Moscow-directed Stalinism after his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Previous owner name inside front cover - otherwise clean. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
2004084142David R. Godine Publisher Inc 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. 5x1x8. Gently used paperback. No spine crease. Only slight wear. Odor free. No owners' names/labels. Text is clean unmarked. Shelf: J2 Books are carefully sealed in waterproof poly and boxed to prevent damage during transit. David R. Godine Publisher Inc paperback
1968140433New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc. 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. The Collected Essays Journalism and Letters of George Orwell Volume III. xv 435 p. 22 cm. B&w frontispiece. Blue cloth in green dustjacket. Light wear and a bit of soiling to jacket. Mark on p. 57. <br/><br/> Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. hardcover
Q-0156186225Harcourt. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt paperback
9786584956513-11-125835GARNIER. New. GARNIER unknown
2008Q-0141036613Penguin UK 2008-09-23. Mass Market Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin UK paperback
1987395044-XR1Arethusa Pers Herber Blokland 1987. Hardcover. Good. Original brown cloth with mounted title foreword by W.E. Butler 1 wood-engraving by Hilary Paynter printed in 150 numbered copies this is number 136 uncut 8vo. Arethusa Pers Herber Blokland hardcover
198774798-K-5Baarn: Arethusa Pers Herber Blokland 1987. Original yellow-brown cloth with mounted title foreword by W.E. Butler wood-engraving by Hilary Paynter printed in 150 numbered copies 8vo. Includes a small note by the publisher H. Blokland. Arethusa Pers Herber Blokland hardcover
9786558885559PE DA LETRA. new. Os tr�s livros mais lidos e mais vendidos do George Orwell agora em uma �nica cole��o. Tr�s hist��rias incr�veis relatando acontecimentos pol�ticos marcantes mostrando um olhar cr�tico e alǸm de seu tempo nos ajudando a compreender o presente atravǸs da sua distopia literǭria. PE DA LETRA unknown
9786555611083NOVO SECULO. new. AS MAIS IMPORTANTES OBRAS DO RENOMADO AUTOR REUNIDAS EM UM BOX ESPECIAL. No mundo existem pessoas que escrevem. Entre elas existem os escritores. E entre os escritores existem aqueles que de t�o relevantes tornam-se adjetivos. Que o digam os versos shakesperianos a prosa machadiana. Poderia George Orwell pseud�nimo de Eric Arthur Blair prever em sua Ǹpoca o qu�o orwelliana seria sua pr��pria obra O horizonte de George Orwell re�ne os dois livros mais famosos do escritor brit�nico A revolu��o dos bichos e 1984 ambos em nova tradu��o de Luisa Geisler. AlǸm disso acompanha um suplemento de leitura assinado por importantes nomes brasileiros como o escritor Samir Machado de Machado o diretor de teatro ZǸ Henrique de Paula a professora e pesquisadora Caroline Valada Becker a artista e designer Paula Cruz e o jornalista e cr�tico de cinema Roberto Sadovski. Esta edi��o especial celebra um dos autores mais importantes do sǸculo XX que foi testemunha ocular da guerra e do desespero e denunciou em sua metǭfora universal os descaminhos que poderiam tornar ainda mais cinzentos os tempos vindouros. Para nossa Ǹpoca a vis�o orwelliana n�o Ǹ uma senten��a e sim um alerta pois aquele futuro pode � mas n�o precisa � ser o nosso presente. INCLUI P�STER MARCADOR E SUPLEMENTO ILUSTRADO COM CONTE�DO EXCLUSIVO ESCRITO POR SAMIR MACHADO DE MACHADO Z� HENRIQUE DE PAULA CAROLINE VALADA BECKER PAULA CRUZ E ROBERTO SADOVSKI. NOVO SECULO unknown
9786586064384ALEPH. new. Escrito durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial e publicado em 1945 A revolu��o dos bichos � uma alegoria pol�tica baseada na Revolu��o Russa e na ditadura stalinista � foi eleito um dos cem melhores romances em l�ngua inglesa do sǸculo 20. Cansados dos maus-tratos e da explora��o a que s�o submetidos na Fazenda do Solar os animais se rebelam contra seu mestre o expulsam e assumem o controle da propriedade. Liderados pelos porcos os bichos estabelecem uma sociedade igualitǭria baseada no Animalismo um sistema de ideias contrǭrio �� tirania dos seres humanos e que na prǭtica garantiria liberdade justi��a e fartura de alimentos a todos. Mas com o passar do tempo as esperan��as de um futuro mais feliz v�o se perdendo. O ideais da rebeli�o s�o corrompidos e depois esquecidos. Os porcos novos donos do poder repetem antigos hǭbitos e aos poucos instauram um novo regime de opress�o. Obra mǭxima de George Orwell 1984 Ǹ um dos livros mais influentes do sǸculo 20. Eternizada pela cr�tica ao totalitarismo e �� usurpa��o dos direitos individuais esta distopia assustadora marcou toda uma gera��o de leitores. Em uma sociedade extremamente regulada e aterrorizada por um regime totalitǭrio Winston Smith se sente encurralado. Funcionǭrio p�blico no MinistǸrio da Verdade onde trabalha alterando documentos para atender aos interesses do Partido ele se v� desiludido com o sistema e com a pr��pria exist�ncia. O desejo de se rebelar porǸm esbarra na constante vigil�ncia das teletelas e no aparato repressivo do governo que transformou a liberdade e a individualidade em crimes e persegue quem ousa desafiar as suas regras. Ao se aventurar em um romance secreto com Julia com quem partilha o desprezo pelo Partido Winston percebe que sua �nsia pela verdade pode se tornar uma possibilidade real de mudan��a. Mas combater o regime n�o serǭ nada fǭcil e o Grande Irm�o cobrarǭ seu pre��o. ALEPH unknown
194011337BOYS' WEEKLIES in Horizon Volume 1 #3 March 1940 first edition fine in wraps as issued this copy with not only the publishers wraparound yellow band but with their further promotional leaf one page folded to make four asking for subscriptions because of the war laid in also. This issue also contains original contributions by W. H. Auden IN MEMORY OF SIGMUND FREUND; William Plomer KILVERT'S COUNTRY; John Betjeman BLACKFRIARS; Stephen Spender SEPTEMBER JOURNAL et.al. The true first printings of these works. Edited by Cyril Connolly. Horizon paperback
1948103977Allan Wingate. 1948. Allan Wingate. London. 1948. First edition. Hardback with DW. Pages are browned and endpapers are foxed o/w a lovely copy in very slightly worn wrapper hardcover
1948184990London: Allan Wingate 1948-51. First editions of this collection of pamphlets. George Orwell edited and contributed the introduction to volume I which was published in November 1948. His death in January 1950 led to A. J. P. Taylor replacing him as joint editor and writing the introduction for volume II which was published in 1951. 2 vols octavo. Original brown cloth spines lettered in gilt. With dust jackets. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown of vol. 1 ownership inscription of one Raymond Challinor to front pastedown of vol. 2. Head of spine of vol. 1 lightly worn a little spotting to edges of text blocks; a very good set in the lightly rubbed jackets with some nicks and short splits. hardcover
358407Allan Wingate 1948-51. 2 VOL SET FIRST EDITION octavo brown cloth boards gilt lettering & rule to spines frontispieces vol 1- 264pp vol 2- 302pp illus VG light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems sl soiling to boards moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 1 in d/w VG- vol 2 price clipped minor fading & soiling to spines moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss light to moderate tanning & soiling light foxing Allan Wingate 1948-51 hardcover
1948190963London: Allan Wingate 1948; 1951. First edition of this political anthology reprinting pamphlets by such figures as John Milton Gerrard Winstanley Edmund Burke and William Morris. Orwell and Taylor also provided introductions to volumes I and II where the former wrote "it is necessary that people should once again become aware of the possibilities of the pamphlet as a means of influencing opinion" p. 16. Orwell's death in January 1950 led to Taylor replacing him as joint editor of the series. 2 vols octavo. Half-tone frontispiece to both vols illustrations in the text. Original brown vol. I and red vol. II cloth spines lettered and ruled in gilt. With dust jackets. Ticket of the Kitazawa bookshop Tokyo to front pastedown of vol. I. Minor bumping light browning to endpapers; slight creasing chipping and toning to price-clipped jackets each with several tape repairs to verso: a very good set indeed. hardcover
194800-QGAB-0FD4Wingate And. Fair. 1948. Hardcover. Vol. 1: 16th - 18th century. London: Wingate 1948. Brown cloth lightly soiled. Name and date in ink. Foxed endpapers. Dj soiled worn small tears and chips. Small stain top edge. . Wingate And hardcover
