28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
  Lot 205
 

205

Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four. A Novel, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949....

Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four. A Novel, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. 8vo, original green cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge dyed red, spine faded, spotted and rolled, front board sometime bent and now with strip of cockling either side, contents in good condition - Huxley (Aldous). Brave New World. A Novel, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. 8vo, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge dyed blue, binding very rubbed, shadow of a label skilfully removed on front cover, markings to rear cover, inner hinges strengthened, remains of label to rear pastedown, occasional light soiling to contents, M1 with loss to upper fore corner, tear in fore margin and contiguous abrasion in text obscuring a few words verso - and 2 others (Orwell, Animal Farm, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1945, original cloth, ibid. Shooting an Elephant, 1st edition, 1950, with price-clipped dust jacket) (qty: 4)

Sold for £420
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

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