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1949018152New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1949. Nice copy in early printing. Tan boards with red lettering to title on spine and front or top board. Tips pretty sharp. Light spine crimping. Unmarked tight and square. Copyriight page does not state later printing but does not state First edition. No book clubs blind stamp to rear board. Some wear to boards mostly along top edge where cloth worn. Textblock supple and clean. In professionally made facsimile jacket in the more preferred jacket. It is much more common in the red jacket. It is without flaw and protected in transparent mylar to protect it for years to come. His classic novel. . Early Printing. Cloth. Very Good Plus to Near Fine/Fine Facsimile Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harcourt, Brace and Company Hardcover
1959088886London: Secker & Warburg 1959. uniform edition 6th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uniform edition light green cloth silver titles sixth printing octavo hardback. 318 pp Very Good condition No dust jacket. No inscriptions <br/> <br/> Secker & Warburg hardcover
2001TOB217-30783-A-0.50The Folio Society. Good with no dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0 pages; Foxing to the exterior edge of pages only. Great overall condition. Minor cosmetic wear. No noteworthy blemishes. No writing.; - We're committed to your satisfaction. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. . The Folio Society hardcover
19492312113Harcourt Brace and Co 1949. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First American edition as stated on copyright page. Book near fine. Dust jacket very good. In front is a review of the book attached by the Buffalo Evening News. Harcourt, Brace and Co unknown
19492312220003Harcourt Brace & Co 1949. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1st American edition and printing stated on copyright page. No mention of Haddon on the copyright no dot on the rear board. Includes facsimile dust jacket in mylar. Bound in publisher's tan cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Head of spine has slight fray. 314 pp. Stamp on front paste down small note on copyright page. Spine lettering slightly faded. Includes related ephemera about the previous owner Eugene Sekulow a bibliophile and student of history and politics with a focus on Germany. Refs: Fenwick A.12b. Connolly 100 <br> 1984 was Orwell's most significant novel. Phrases as 'Double Think' 'Newspeak' and 'Big Brother' were coined in the book. The first US edition was printed by Harcourt Brace and Company in 1949 only five days after the U.K. edition. The UK edition first printing ran 26575 copies the US edition was 20000. <br> <br> A wonderful contemporary review by William Soskin "The disease that has a frenzied world in its grip has been accurately diagnosed. It is the disease of Power-state power and economic power immorally exploited. We know the disease. We do not know the cure. We do not even know the prognosis -whether men will survive or be utterly quelled and defeated. Various writers have attempted to instill in us a dread of the ominous shape of things to come and they have not succeeded chiefly because their prognosis has involved time-machines flights into mechanical and biological fantasies brave new worlds such as Aldous Huxley's and erotic ballets of the future such as Robert Graves's recent "Watch the North Wind Rise." They know the symptoms of the disease of Power these writers but they somehow have not been able to construct the future in terms close enough to the reality the fear in our hearts.It is the great realists of literature rather than the satirists and fantasy-spinners who have had the gift of leading us quietly from what is to what can be. And George Orwell's novel escorts us so quietly so directly and so dramatically from our own day to the fate which may be ours in the future that the experience is a blood-chilling one. Here is a novelist who understands the nature of the beast the quality of the future to be possessed by Power and who projects that future not in terms of gadgets or mechanical miracles not even in terms of such lurid though horribly real machines as the atomic bomb. It is because he creates the totalitarian future in terms of passion and human feeling close to our own that his book has immense stature. Orwell has created a new kind of novel. He has told the story of a comparatively normal fellow Winston Smith who is caught in the inexorable machinery of the monolithic state hounded by the forces of hatred fear and cruelty which the new civilization exalts pursued and beaten into mental and spiritual death. His privacy is dead. In his squalid apartment the telescreen tells him always what to do how to move and talk and think; what to believe. His every motion may by observed by the Thought Police through this telescreen. Smith works in the Ministry of Truth falsifying official records and news reports every time the state changes its domestic or foreign policy. Thus history is destroyed and the state controls the past as well as the present and the future. Thus ignorance an essential condition to the survival of such a state is exalted. This is an important conception in Orwell’s drama of the disease of Power run rampant but is it not close enough to our own statistical and communications systems to contain terrifying meaning for our own way of lifeIn this world which condemns personality where the dictatorship has conditioned men and women against love where food is revolting and language has been altered into something called doublethink whereby you may believe two contradictory things at once our party-faithful will understand the need for this! there is still a spark of surviving individuality in Smith. The novel depicts his heroic search for an underground movement in revolt against the nightmare that is the State. It also tells of the sad course of his attempt to escape the frustrated conception of sex and to carry on a love affair that bears some resemblance to romance some relation to physical joy.He fails this individualist and the gestapo which undoes him and the inquisitors who force his confessions and his final submission make our own police methods and our cardinals' trials seem like child's play. The chapters dealing with this final inquisition easily stand comparison with the inquisitor's scene in "The Brothers Karamazov." The story of official pursuit has all the suspense and melodrama of a super-detective novel but instead of an exercise in criminal chase we are confronted with the grim pursuit that hangs over the head of every modern man. It is a pursuit that makes us examine our own lives with a new eye. It is a novel that heightens today's problems with the light of their wrong solution. It turns a skeptic's gaze on all forms of regimentation even though momentarily they may seem to be of social benefit.You look again at your radio and television sets with all their bright possibilities for entertainment and education and you see with horror the spying eyes and ears they may become in every room of the house in the hands of people who have seized a government for the sake of power and power alone. You look again at your daily newspaper which disseminates facts or at the reports of statistical bureaus which plot and curve the rise and fall of national income population and employment and you suddenly realize that a newspaper or a statistical bureau in ruthless hands are entries to your brain - another possible instrument for the regimen of slavery.The slogans of the super-Party that governs the state in this story are: WAR IS PEACE and FREEDOM IS SLAVERY and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. Other products of a public-relations technique not so different from our own are a Hate Party a Hate Week and a rigorously enforced TWO MINUTES OF HATE period. Does this seem so remote after all in a world that contains populations inculcated with the creeds of Fascism or race superiority And does it seem so strange that the world of 1984 is divided into three great warring powers - Oceania Eastasia and Eurasia- and that these wars are constantly sustained without victories or defeats as an economic policy Have we not learned in our own civilization that there are no victories or defeats and that wars are all too effective economic instruments of inflationNineteen eighty-four is after all only thirty-five years off!" WILLIAM SOSKIN What Can Be 1984 Review The Saturday Review June 11 1949 Harcourt Brace & Co hardcover
0141989955.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
1949170737London: Secker & Warburg 1949. It's a beautiful thing the destruction of words First edition in the scarcer red dust jacket. The first impression was issued in green and red dust 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 last book has exerted a monumental impact on the English language coining terms such as "doublethink" 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. 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. Fenwick A12a. George Packer "Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined" The Atlantic July 2019. hardcover
1984405190London : Secker & Warburg 1984. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xix 381p ; 36 cm. Subjects; Orwell George 1903-1950 ; Manuscripts ; Facsimiles. Manuscripts English Facsimiles. Fiction in English 1900-1945 - Texts - Manuscripts - Facsimiles. London : Secker & Warburg hardcover
1949090078York PA: Milestone Editions Maple Press 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. pp. 314. 8vo. Gray spine over black cloth boards. Gilt lettering to spine and facsimile signature to front board. Shelfwear some scuffing to spine bookplate to front pastedown age-toned; very good. Milestone Editions [Maple Press] hardcover
1949018364Harcourt Brace and Company. BCE. Unclipped DJ in archival cover small edge chips edge wear. $3.00 price on flap . Fine. Hardcover. 1949. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
055152Harcourt Brace & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. 0679417397 . Hardcover with dustjacket probable facsimile edition beige cloth and beige boards 1949 only date listed no Book Club deboss on rear cover no original price on jacket beautiful copy that could easily be rated Fine/Fine the book has a bit of softness at the spine-ends and no other flaws the jacket has a tiny area of surface-wear at top of spine and a very faint mark on the front panel that appears to be a label-ghost all flaws are minor this copy looks new overall and a professional removable mylar cover is included please see our photos; . Harcourt Brace & Company hardcover
1949059523New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. Clean crisp hardcover in very good condition; small light stain at lower front corner; light shelf wear. Very good DJ in mylar cover; clipped light edge wear and age-toning small sticker ghost on front flap and front end paper. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1949. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1984159182London: Secker & Warburg 1984. 1st edition. Very nice copy. folio. hardback with dust jacket xix 381pp. Light toning to paper o/w a very nice copy Secker & Warburg hardcover
1949121851Harcourt Brace and Co 1949. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated first American edition with $3.00 price on jacket. However with blind stamp book club dot to rear board and Haddon on copyright page. Three-inch tear to jacket other small chips. Damp staining to front flap fold of jacket. . Harcourt Brace and Co Hardcover
194947139London: Secker & Warburg 1949. First edition. 8vo. 312 pp. Recent green full calf spine with raised bands gilt lettered direct to two panels and dated at the foot marbled endpapers all edges gilt. An attractive copy. London: Secker & Warburg unknown
194971604London: Secker & Warburg 1949. 16mo. First edition. 312 pp. Recently bound in a lovely full black morocco with raised bands to spine and gilt lettering; a.e.g; marbled endpapers. Light scratch at bottom edge. Spotting to the first 15 pages and fingerprints between p. 95 and p. 101. Folds at corners of a few leaves. P. 263 is missing the bottom third of the page but it is bound in between p. 280 and p. 281 - a fault in the original gathering of the sections. An attractively bound first edition. . Near Fine. Full Morocco. First Edition. 1949. Secker & Warburg 1949 unknown
1949146200London: Secker & Warburg 1949. First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and closed tears. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a custom half morocco and chemise clamshell box. A nice example. 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†Pringle 100 Best Science Fiction Novels 1. Fenwick A12a. Connolly 99. Anatomy of Wonder II:838. 100 Most Influential Books 93. Secker & Warburg hardcover
194949045NY: Harcourt Brace. Very Good-. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. Stated first American Edition. No book club dot on lower board. Lightly frayed spine ends/points. A previous protective cover has left traces of black around the board edges and endpage edges. Tape ghosts or tape remnants to pastedowns bookseller stamp to ffep. Paper clip impression to prelims. A little scuffing to upper board slight soil to block edge. The scarce odd stain to pages. Pages faintly toned. Hinges are firm. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Harcourt Brace hardcover
1949147078London: Secker & Warburg 1949. First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo original cloth. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing and a small chip. Jacket design by Michael Kennard. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. A sharp example uncommon in this condition. 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†Pringle 100 Best Science Fiction Novels 1. Fenwick A12a. Connolly 99. Anatomy of Wonder II:838. 100 Most Influential Books 93. Secker & Warburg hardcover
1992125734Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1992. Collector's Edition. leather. near fine/no jacket. Frank Kelly Freas artwork. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 " 314 pages. This is the Easton Press Collector's Edition bound in Genuine Leather with raised bands and gold decorative covers all edges gilt. introduction by James Gunn. Slight darkening to the gilt on a small area on front board; otherwise in fine condition. The Easton Press unknown
1949140946931London: Secker & Warburg 1949. First edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition first printing. 312 pp. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with spine lettered in red pink topstain. Very Good with slight lean fading to spine and edges with two small stains to top edge bookseller's tickets to front paste down and light toning to contents. In a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel chipping at spine ends and top of back panel light foxing to verso. An attractive copy of the British first of Orwell's final novel the dystopian classic. Secker & Warburg unknown
1949SKU1043026Harcourt Brace 1949. First American Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Harcourt Brace and Company; New York 1949. Hardcover. First US Edition. A Very Good grey cloth binding with red lettering on front board and black and red lettering on spine binding sturdy and intact bit of crimping to spine edges mild stress crease to spine some sunning to spine and board margins age toning to pages mild spine lean couple of small and faint moisture stains to bit dusty top text block edge very mild scattered foxing to text block edges and pastedowns/endpapers previous owner ink info top front free endpaper in a Very Good some handling/scuff marks to panels bit of edge/corner wear few small tears and chips along edges crease to spine rubbing along turns moderate sunning to spine and verso all four flap corners neatly clipped faint crease to front panel Dust wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vooctavo or approx. 6 x 9 314pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scans are available for any item please inquire. Harcourt Brace hardcover
199209715Norwalk CT: The Easton Press 1992. Fine. Frank Kelly Freas. octavo 314 pages; publisher's black full-leather binding decorated in gilt. All edges gilt silk bookmark. Publisher's "Collector's Notes" and Easton bookplate unused is laid in. As new. The Easton Press unknown
ABE-1726357874820Harcourt Brace and Company Hardcover 8vo. Facsimile of 1949 1st ED. 314pp. Tan cloth spine over tan boards. DJ. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
198484185London: Secker & Warburg 1984. The 1984 printing of the classic novel. Pages clean and bright boards and binding tidy with very light shelf wear to edges of boards very light foxing on closed edges light shelf wear and sunning to dust jacket. 1984 Printing. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Secker & Warburg Hardcover