George Orwell / NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR 1st Edition 1949
$ 660.0
Description
NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR Author: Orwell, George Title: NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR Publication: New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949 Edition: First American Edition, First Printing Description: Octavo, 314 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Faded red spine with black and white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price is uncut $3.00, has mild shelving wear, chipping along the spine, and mild age-toning along the spine. Boards have mild age-toning along the head and tail edges, stains on the front and rear boards, and mild bending wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has light soiling on a few pages, mild wear along the edges, and moderate age-toning along the edges. DL consignment. Shelved Room C. NOTES Eric Arthur Blair was born June 25, 1903 in Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India. Blair would adopt the pen name George Orwell in 1932 for the publication of his first memoir "Down and Out in Paris and London", a name born of the patron saint of England and the river Orwell. Orwell himself was known for his role in the Spanish Civil War and as a staunch anti-Stalinist journalist and writer afterwards. He would become internationally known for his novella "Animal Farm" in 1945, a work which held a great deal of prescience for a post-war world. However, it would be his final novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" which would solidify Orwell in public consciousness for decades after his death. "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was published in 1949 to widespread critical and commercial acclaim. Though generally well-received, many criticized the novel for it's unrealistically bleak setting and use as anti-communist propaganda. "1984" remains an immensely influential novel, being named in 2019 by the BBC as one of the 100 most influential novels of all time and receiving radio, audio, film, and television adaptations. Seller ID: 1392774 Subject: Literature Welcome to the eBay store of Second Story Books! DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have an extensive internet presence and provide accredited appraisals member ASA. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
