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1949158742London; Toronto: Secker and Warburg; S. J. Reginald Saunders & Co. Ltd. 1949. First Canadian edition stated on title verso. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. 314 p. 21 cm. Grey cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has tears chips and creases. Large chips in top of rear cover affecting lettering spine ends and top of front panel. Light soiling. Book itself has a few marks on endpapers and title page. <br/><br/>Perhaps the most powerful statement ever about life without freedom. Secker and Warburg; S. J. Reginald Saunders & Co. Ltd. hardcover
1949140949117London: Secker & Warburg 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with red lettering to spine; purple topstain. Near Fine with light fading to cloth at spine and edges. Bookplate of former owner at front pastedown. In a sharp unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine light rubbing and light edge wear. A beautiful copy of a book difficult to find in this nice of condition. Fenwick A.12.a. Secker & Warburg unknown
194933722<p>New York: Harcourt Brace & Co 1949 First BCE in red and black-stamped full gray cloth no text markings NOT ex-lib binding tight pages bright light shelf wear & soil to boards with softening & beginnings of fraying to spine ends small neat name to front pastedown else clean solid copy of the book club edition issued simultaneously with the first trade edition; 8vo; 314pp. Hard Cover. Good.</p> Harcourt, Brace & Co hardcover
26052Harcourt Brace 1949. VG/VG-. Stated ""first American edition"" on copyright page. Jacket priced $3.00. Previous owner's sticker remnant on FFEP. Decent jacket with chips and small tears at extremities. Apprears to be a first Book Club Edition as there is a small dot on bottom right of rear board although basically identical to true first edition. Ask for photos. Harcourt Brace (1949) unknown
1949375968New York: Harcourt & Brace 1949. First American edition. 314 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's cloth; edges lightly rubbed and spine lightly faded. Light offsetting to endpapers. Else fine in blue dust jacket. First American edition. 314 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Harcourt & Brace unknown
1977LPB011242GONew York: Harcourt Brace 1977. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. In beige boards with terra cotta cloth to spine and copper foil to type. Bump to bottom rear corner and wear/scuffing to bottom of front board. Some smudges to front page ends. Jacket has some edgewear/nicks and very short tears to spine ends/corners. Harcourt Brace hardcover
194929329New York: Harcourt Brace 1949. First edition later printing. Hardcover book. Very good condition. Orwell's dystopian novel. 8vo 314pp grey cloth binding with black and maroon text on front and spine original price clipped dj in blue black and white. Dj slt. rubbed at edges. Internally clean and bright. Harcourt Brace hardcover
199257825Norwalk Conn.: Easton Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. Full leather titled/decorated in gilt all edges gilt hubbed spine silk ribbon marker. Collector's edition. Publisher's bookplate and publisher's note laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Easton Press hardcover
1977LPB011311GONew York: Harcourt Brace 1977. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. In beige boards with terra cotta cloth to spine and copper foil to type. A beautiful unworn copy of the classic in jacket. Harcourt Brace hardcover
2025006464London: Folio Society 2025. First Edition Thus First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. La Boca. A new copy sealed in Folio's eco-wrapping as received directly from the publisher. Stock images used. George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is a novel that questions power truth and freedom in every generation and this chilling dystopia remains as urgent and unsettling today as it ever has. This stunning Folio Society Collector's Edition features bold artwork by La Boca and a powerful introduction by Elif Shafak pairing political prophecy with bold design. Fully bound in buckram screen-printed with a design by La Boca. Frontispiece and seven other colour illustrations. Printed book edges. 312 pages. Printed on Abbey Lynx Rough paper. 10'' x 7½''. Housed in a blocked slipcase with a printed lining. Printed and bound in Italy. ORDERS professionally packed tracked and/or signed for and insured. U.S. BUYERS: Books remain exempt from import duty under U.S. law. I ship with a DDP service and provide accurate customs forms to protect buyers from unnecessary charges and to minimise delays. <br/> <br/> Folio Society hardcover
1949191360London: 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. "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. Octavo. Original green cloth spine lettered in red top edge red. With green dust jacket. Stamp of Angus & Robertson Sydney on front pastedown. Spine cocked and mildly faded foxing to edges and outer leaves; jacket bright less rubbing than usual vertical crease to front panel a few small chips and tears price-clipping affecting one word in credit slug: a very good copy in like jacket. Fenwick A12a. George Packer "Doublethink is Stronger than Orwell Imagined" The Atlantic July 2019 available online. hardcover
0141989955New. Brand new and still unused unknown
1977BBS-2024527Harcourt Brace & World 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Twenty-first printing stated. Pale green cloth very good with light rubbing edgewear lightly bumped spine ends. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket scuffed and edgeworn with a thin 1-inch stain to lower front hinge good in Mylar. Light scarce staining through first few pages; interior else clean text bright and unmarked. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
1984512381Secker & Warburg / M & S Press 1984. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VERY GOOD/NEAR FINE. xix 381pp. Folio sewn binding in blue-gray cloth gilt spine lettering. Some light foxing leaves tanned as usual otherwise sharp and square with sound binding; DJ with just a bit of trivial wear around the edges now wrapped in mylar. Secker & Warburg / M & S Press hardcover
1974467482Secker and Warburg 1974. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-nicked and sun-toned dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series; Twentieth century classics. Physical description; 318 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; Social prediction. Future in literature. Twentieth century Forecasts. Science fiction English. Great Britain. Social conditions. Totalitarianism. Secker and Warburg hardcover
194975583Harcourt Brace and Company 1949. Book Club. Hardcover . Good/No Jacket. BCE. Beige cloth over boards a little tanned on edges and a little on spine. Light discoloration on edge of rear cover. Clean throughout page edges are a little toned. Lacking DJ. Size: 8vo - over 7-3/4 - 9-3/4' tall. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1949400904NY: Harcourt Brace & Company 1949. BC Ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a worn chipped dust jacket 314 pages. A first Book Club Edition as there is a small dot on bottom right of rear board $3.00 price on front flap with "Book of the Month Club Selection". No statement of edition on copyright page. Previous owner's bookplate and name on front endpaper. Dust jacket has 1" gone from bottom of spine. No other markings. Record # 400904 Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
1949190451London: Secker & Warburg 1949. Who controls the past controls the future First edition first impression in the green jacket. 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. 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. Octavo. Original green cloth spine lettering and top edge red. With green dust jacket. "H.12" stamp on rear pastedown. Spine slightly leaning and faded faint splash marks to bottom edge contents unaffected and clean; rubbing to unclipped jacket chips to ends and corners a couple of closed tears and tiny punctures still bright: a very good copy in like jacket. Fenwick A12a. George Packer "Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined" The Atlantic July 2019. hardcover
1949140949363New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1949. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition first printing. 314 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth stamped in red and black. Near Fine with several faint specks of foxing to textblock edges. Ownership signature to front pastedown light toning to contents. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with lightly sunned spine panel and trivial edgewear. A crisp and square copy of Orwell's last and most-celebrated work. Harcourt, Brace and Company unknown
123429London Secker & Warburg 1949. . First edition; 8vo 190 x 135 mm; modern full black morocco with one-line gilt-panelled back cream endpapers and all edges gilt somewhat scratched mild rubbing t boards else very good.<br /> One of the landmark novels of the 20th century and a classic of dystopian literature.<br /> London, Secker & Warburg, 1949. hardcover
1977046498New York: Harcourt Brace and World 1977. Book Club BCE/BOMC . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Facsimile book club copy mimics the look of the trade edition this the variant blue jacket. It states copyright 1977 Sonia Orwell and twenty-first rprinting. It is nicer than very good green cloth binding. There is some very fine foxing to top edge and a few bigger foxing spots to fore edge. <br/> <br/> Harcourt Brace and World hardcover
1949152264London: Secker & Warburg 1949. First edition of Orwell’s classic dystopian novel. 312 pages ; 19 cm. Octavo. Original light green cloth spine lettered in red. Fenwick records two variant states of the dust jacket one green and one red with no priority. Bibliographic note: Orwell's last novel published in 1949 a year before his death. Cyril Connolly described it as written with "particular feeling and clarity" observing that "even the political arguments are never dull. In fact they are worked out with passionate logic. 'Double Think' 'Newspeak' 'Big Brother' now form part of the language. It is a warning against totalitarianism under any disguise left or right" Connolly The Modern Movement 99. Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket. cf. Connolly The Modern Movement 99; Fenwick A12a. George Orwell's final novel Nineteen Eighty-Four follows Winston Smith a functionary of the Party in a totalitarian superstate that monitors every citizen and continually rewrites the past. Published in 1949 a year before Orwell's death it gave the language Big Brother Newspeak doublethink and the Thought Police. It remains one of the most influential political novels of the twentieth century and a constant reference point in debates over surveillance propaganda and state power. Secker & Warburg hardcover
1954472770London : Penguin 1954. 1st Penguin Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-toned and nicked. Pages dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series; Penguin books ; 972. Physical description; 250 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Originally published: London : Secker & Warburg 1949. Subjects; English fiction. 20th century. Science fiction. Themes. Politics. Science fiction. Dystopia. Big brother. Michel Foucault. London : Penguin paperback
1970043069United Kingdom: Heron Books 1970. Hardcover. Fine/NO Dustwrapper. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Visionary novel which gives a potent warning in its view of the totalitarian state. Books That Have Changed Man's Thinking series. Introduction and Appreciation by Julian Symons. Heron Books London - No Date c1970s. frontis xvi 346pp hb 1/4 gilt green faux-leather / gilt brown boards marker ribbon fine <br/> <br/> Heron Books hardcover
1990Q-0140126716Penguin UK 1990-02-06. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin UK paperback
