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ORWELL, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1933.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Octavo, original puce cloth over boards, black lettering on spine, deckle edge, illustrated end papers. Memoir of English author George Orwell's experiences living in poverty and working in restaurant kitchens in Paris, and traveling around London as a tramp; Orwell's first full-length work. Very Good, slightly cocked, some darkening to spine, some foxing to page edges, a couple worn spots to cloth, bumped corners and spine ends, shelf wear, missing dust jacket.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first American edition of the author's first full-length work. Orwell (1903-50) chronicles the time he spent living in poverty in London and Paris, recounting his experiences working casual manual labor jobs and living as a vagabond on the fringes of society. Octavo. Original mauve cloth binding, with purple and black stamping, and pictorial endpapers. A bit of dust staining to the top edge. The spine is somewhat faded, with minor wear to the corners and tips; else very good.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in mauve cloth, no jacket. Name to front
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
ORWELL, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1933.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. Two very small tears on the edges of two successive leaves, very slightly cocked, very good or better lacking the dust jacket. A presentable copy of the author's first book. As a young man Orwell took a position in the Indian Imperial Police and was particularly struck by the race and class barriers which prevented him from knowing the Burmese community in which he served. Returning to England in 1927, he attempted to appease his guilt by immersing himself in the life of the poor and outcast of Europe. The resulting experiences became the bases for these thinly fictionalized accounts of his days living and working among the most disenfranchised and downtrodden of Europe's cultural centers. A very scarce title.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
ORWELL, George. Down and Out In Paris and London. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1933.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Octavo. Author's First Book. Original cloth over boards, purple ink decoration at bottom of front cover, purple and black ink lettering and decorations at spine, green decorated end papers. Very good, spine faded affecting the ink, spotting to cloth covers near foredge, spine ends bumped, corners bumped, rubbing to cloth at corners revealing some of the boards, bump at middle of foredge, pages slightly agetoned.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
ORWELL, GEORGE. DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON. HARPER & BROS, NY, 1933.
Price: US$1150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: stated first edition, nice, unmarked copy!
Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1933.
Price: US$1350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with boards lightly splayed. Cloth toned, worn and soiled. Pages toned. Orwell's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical work, which, much as the title promises, details hunger and poverty in two major European capitals.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. HARPER & BROS, NY, 1933.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION F-H 1933 first printing. Book has general shelf wear, worn extremities, faded spine and edges, lightly age toned pages, few pages have pencil marking/underlining. Facsimile dust jacket has mylar cover, in terrific condition and NOT price clipped. Original cloth over boards, purple ink decoration at bottom of front cover, purple and black ink lettering and decorations at spine, The first American edition of the author's first full-length work. Orwell (1903-50) chronicles the time he spent living in poverty in London and Paris, recounting his experiences working casual manual labor jobs and living as a vagabond on the fringes of society. As a young man Orwell took a position in the Indian Imperial Police and was particularly struck by the race and class barriers which prevented him from knowing the Burmese community in which he served. Returning to England in 1927, he attempted to appease his guilt by immersing himself in the life of the poor and outcast of Europe. The resulting experiences became the bases for these thinly fictionalized accounts of his days living and working among the most disenfranchised and downtrodden of Europe's cultural centers. A very scarce title. DATE PUBLISHED: 1933 EDITION: 1ST ED. 292
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Down and Out in Paris and London. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1933.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first printing. Publisher's mauve cloth with black and purple spine decorations. Very Good with lean to spine, previous owner address stamp to front free endpaper and toning to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with chipping and several short tears at the edges, rubbing and several small chips to the folds, and light toning to spine. A lovely copy of Orwell's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical work, which, much as the title promises, details hunger and poverty in two major European capitals.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light purple cloth, with plum-colored stripes and titles stamped in black on spine; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 292pp. Hint of a forward lean, with faint foxing to text edges; clean throughout - Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, sunned at spine and extremities, with edgewear, short tears, and chips to crown and corners; 3 inch tear along front flap fold, discreetly and archivally mended in two spots on verso; Very Good. Young Eric Blair's first book, a work he was sufficiently ashamed of that he asked Victor Gollancz to issue it under a pseudonym. The American edition was published about 6 months following the British, issued in a tiny print run of 1,750 copies, of which 383 were remaindered. The book sold poorly in the U.S., perhaps owing to the fact American audiences in the midst of the Depression did not want a reminder of life on the down-and-out. Rare in the dustjacket, seldom appearing in presentable condition in the trade and offered less than a handful of times in 30 years according to the auction record, those being restored with tape residue on verso. An important debut. Fenwick A.1d.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.