Orwell, George. Inside the Whale. Victor Gollancz, London, 1940.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, first printing. 188pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in yellow; lacking dust jacket. Very Good with rubbing to edges and modest soiling. Remnants of former owner's book plate on front pastedown. Orwell's uncommon first published collection of essays, containing pieces on Dickens and boys' weeklies as well as the titular piece on Henry Miller and contemporary literature. As many Orwell fans will attest, his nonfiction (while less well known than 1984 and Animal Farm) is excellent.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

ORWELL, GEORGE.. Inside the Whale. London: Victor Gollancz, 1940, 1940.

Price: US$4500.00 + shipping

Description: First Edition. Ownership signature; very good in a very good, somewhat soiled dust jacket with chips at the top and bottom of the spine (the bottom one affecting two letters of the imprint), and another, fingernail-sized one at the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel, not affecting any printing. This volume collects three long essays. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.

ORWELL, George.. Inside the Whale.. London Victor Gollancz, 1940.

Price: US$9075.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; ownership inscription dated 1941 to front free endpaper, early pencilled annotations to text, mostly underlining with a few marginal notes, light soiling to upper margin, minor spotting to endpapers; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, with the dustjacket (priced 7/6 net on the spine), spine toned, loss to head and foot of spine affecting the imprint, slight wear to corners, minor spotting to front panel, light soiling, else a decent copy with the uncommon jacket. orwell First edition of this uncommon collection of Orwell essays, consisting of 3 lengthy pieces: 'Charles Dickens', 'Boys' Weeklies' and 'Inside the Whale'. Copies in the dustjacket are exceptionally scarce.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

ORWELL, GEORGE. Inside the Whale. Victor Gollancz, London, 1940.

Price: US$9500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Gilt lettered black cloth in Yellow white Gollancz dust jacket which has small chips at the head and heel of the spine which has darkened. No title text missing. Ink name to endpaper and text block slightly browning. This book collects three essays-Charles Dickens, Boys Weeklies and title essay Inside the Whale. Uncommon in dust jacket. Size: 8vo

Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada

George Orwell. Inside the Whale and Other Essays. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1940.

Price: US$20000.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: SIGNED BY GEORGE ORWELL on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1940 true 1st edition of this uncommon collection of Orwell essays (consisting of 3 lengthy pieces --"Charles Dickens", "Boys' Weeklies" and "Inside the Whale"). Tight and VG in its dark cloth, with rubbing to the spine lettering, light spotting --and a bit of minor staining-- at the panels and just a touch of foxing to the endsheets. Orwell's signature of course is legendarily elusive and, given his relatively short life (1903-1950) and the major impact his career had in the world of 20th century literature, is extremely sought-after. Only a very small handful of 20th century authors command comparable respect in the rare book world.

Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.