Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker and Warburg, 1949. First Edition. Publisher’s pale green cloth, title in red to spine, spine faded & age-toned, lower hinge of spine with tear,  contents pages in nice bright condition.

The classic dystopian novel, projecting the UK with a Soviet-style government. This first British edition was published five days before the first American edition.

George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, novelist, essayist, critic and outspoken supporter of democratic socialism.