Secker & Warburg, London, 1949
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, with one slightly rounded, and a tight binding with no edgewear. Slight fading to the spine cloth, not affecting the strong vibrant titles. The end papers are in clean condition with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no age toning, no stains, no marks, no writing, no bent pages and no foxing. Please see images.
The preferred scarce red variant original dust jacket has benefited from very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator to the outer spine tips, and as such presents in near fine condition. 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. The rear panel has a small stain spot, otherwise the jacket has 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. 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.
