Nov 13, 2018 - Sale 2493

Sale 2493 - Lot 229

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
ORWELL, GEORGE. Nineteen Eighty-Four. 8vo, original green cloth stamped in red, spine head lightly bumped, thin line of fading to foot; unclipped dust jacket printed in red, few nicks to spine panel head and fold corners, shallow abrasions to spine panel and front folds, two small stains to bottom of front flap; rear endpaper with faint offsetting from laid in clipping. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949

Additional Details

first edition, unsophisticated copy. A very attractive example without the usual spine fade to the jacket. Connolly 99.