George Orwell

Nineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell First edition, first impression (Secker & Warburg, 1949). A classic of dystopian political fiction responsible for the coinage of terms such as 'Thoughtcrime', 'Newspeak' and 'Big Brother'. The green and red dust jackets were issued simultaneously with no priority between them. Publisher's original pale green cloth with lettering to spine in red and red top-stain. Some spotting to preliminaries and edges with a few other isolated and minor instances to a few other pages. Some creasing to page 190 and to top corner of page 76 & 77. Boards beautifully clean and red top-stain relatively unfaded and well-preserved. The original and unclipped dust jacket has some tears to edges with areas of rubbing and some minor loss to spine tips and chipping to corners. A very good copy without any repair or restoration.