Diaries

New York: Liveright; W. W. Norton & Company, 2012. xxi, 597 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket with a sunned spine. "George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. Eleven diaries are presented here covering the period 1931-1949 from his early years as a writer up to his last literary notebook." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Hop-picking diary, August 25,1931-October 8, 1931; The road to Wigan Pier diary, January 31, 1936-March 15, 1936; Domestic diary volume I, August 9, 1938-March 28, 1939, intercalated with Morocco diary, September 7, 1938-March 28, 1939 ; Marrakech notebook ; Domestic diary volume 1, continued, April 10,1939-May 26, 1939; Domestic diary volume II, May 27, 1939-August 31, 1939, intercalated with Diary of events leading up to the war, July 2, 1939-September 3, 1939; Domestic diary volume II, continued, September 5, 1939-April 29, 1940; War-time diary, May 28, 1940-August 28, 1941; Second war-time diary, March 14, 1942-November 15, 1942; The Jura diaries: Domestic diary volume III, May 7, 1946-January 5, 1947 ; Domestic diary volume IV, April 12, 1947-September 11, 1947 ; Domestic diary volume V, September 12, 1947-October 29, 1947 ; Summary of Avril's entries, December 27,1947-May 10, 1948; Relevant entries from Orwell's notebooks, c. February 20, 1948-May 21, 1948; Domestic diary volume V, July 31, 1948-December 24, 1948; Relevant entries from last literary notebook, March 21, 1949-September 1949.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo.