The Complete Works of George Orwell: Volume 1: Down and Out in Paris and London by Orwell, George - 1999

Secker & Warburg, 1999. Hardcover. New. 306 pages. 9.57x6.57x1.26 inches.

London : Martin Secker & Warburg, (1997). A definitive edition of Orwell's second novel, originally published in 1935, restoring for the first time a number of previously censored readings, and indicating other passages known to have been "toned down". Edited, and with a lengthy textual note by Peter Davison. First published in this form in 1986. Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],(308),[iv]pp. Original blue cloth, blocked and lettered in silver; very good in the original dust-jacket - a design in blue, orange, red and white - just very faintly sunned.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1997-98. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9.5" by 6.5". None. A striking complete set of the works of George Orwell, a sought after collection of both his fiction and non-fiction. Complete in twenty volumes.The complete works of George Orwell, containing both his fiction and non-fiction writings, a brilliant and sought after set of the works of one of the most important writers of the twentieth century.Orwell describes all of his writing from 1936 onwards as being against totalitarianism, and for democratic socialism. He is often described as being one of the best chroniclers of English culture in the twentieth century. Each volume is in their original unclipped dust wrapper.This set contains;Volume I, 'Down and Out in Paris and London'.Volume II, 'Burmese Days'.Volume III, 'A Clergyman's Daughter'.Volume IV, 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying'.Volume V, 'The Road to Wigan Pier'. Illustrated with thirty-two plates.Volume VI, 'Homage to Catalonia'.Volume VII, 'Coming Up for Air'.Volume… Read More