Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Orwell, George. Keep The Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1956.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "A Harvest/HBJ book." "Printed in the United States of America DEF"
Seller: Bob's Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace, 1956. First American Edition., 1956.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in green cloth, no jacket.
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
George Orwell. Keep The Appidistra Flying. Harcourt Brace And Company, 1956.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: ISBN . Hardback. First American Edition as stated on the copyright page. Book is a tight sound copy but appears to have once been an ex-rental library copy. This means it has a bit of glue residue on the back free endpaper where a card pocket once was, now removed, but has none of the other usual ex-library markings, there are no ink stamps and such, just a few smal llight yellow tape ghosts to the endpapers. Ex-rental books often had a black tar edged clear dustjacket protector and this has left slight black residue on the tiop and bottom edges of the covers and endpapers, but this is slight and not that noticeable overall. Otherwise book is a very nice Tight sound unmarked copy in Very Good condition with Slight browning to the edges of the interior pages. Previous owner was a smoker and there is a smoky odor to the book. Dustjacket is nice and in Very Good condition with just some slight edgewear and a slight bit of yellow ghosting to the top of the spine area where it looks like a very small piece of tape once was affixed and has since fallen off on its own. $3.75 original price is still present and unclipped on the front dustjacket flap. We have placed the dustjacket in a Brodart clear plastic protective cover and it looks much better than described. Book has its flaws, but is still a very presentable copy in dustjacket.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1956.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 248 pages; light shelf wear, spine cocked, some slight patches of discolouration to covers, free front endpaper removed, crack starting at rear hinge, but still tight in binding, otherwise gently used, pages very clean and unmarked; DJ has large chip at spine top, now in new mylar protector.
Seller: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Orwell, George. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1956.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good book in very good dust jacket. First American Edition. Dark olive green cloth covered boards with silver gilt and light green lettering on spine. Upper edge at head of board spine has horizontal crease, lower edge at tail of spine has vertical crimping, with folds rubs and tips lightly frayed. Small, 1/8" round scrape toward upper edge of back panel. Age-toning to page edges. Previous owner's inscription on front paste down. FFEP has light scuff, possibly from erasure. Text pages are clean and text block is solid. Dust jacket has shelf-wear scuffs and light soil overall. Spine and fore-edge folds are sunned. Edge-wear in general across upper and lower edges. Fore-edge folds are creased and scuffed, front fold has a 3/4" separation toward the lower end. Head of jacket spine is chipped across the width and with several small closed and open tears, including 1/4" vertical closed tear on the front corner. Back corner at head of spine has a 1" diagonal crease to the upper edge of back panel and with several small adjacent creases. Upper edge of back jacket panel has several small closed vertical tears of 3/16" or less. Lower edge at tail of spine has several small chips and a 1/8" closed vertical tear on the front corner. Lower right corner of back panel has a 5/8" diagonal closed tear toward the spine. Lower edge of front panel has a 1 1/8" diagonal crease from the lower fore-edge corner, and with adjacent rubs and an inverted v-shaped loss of 1/4" by 1/4". All fore-edge corners are rubbed; upper right front fore-edge corner has a 3/8" vertical closed tear along the fore-edge fold. All inside flap corners have small uniform clips. Price of $3.75 is intact. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
George Orwell. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First American Edition. No dust jacket. Some wear to cover, but text fine.
Seller: Acorn Books, Bethel, CT, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Keep The Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace & Company 1956, 1956.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Green cloth, spine stamped in silver and yellow. Bottom front dinged, some rubbing extremities, top edge soiled superficially, near fine in near fine dust jacket with small chips top spine. Jacket art by Milton Glaser.
Seller: Herland Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
George Orwell. Keep The Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, 1956.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, 1956 stated. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Book; binding firm with spine having mild lean and toning to top and bottom edges, straight green boards have small bump to bottom rear edge with mild rubbing to bottom corners; age related toning to edges with minor to mild soiling to ten pages else text free of marks, appears gently read. Dust jacket ($3.75) with very good color, has mild to moderate creasing and paper loss to mostly spine and flap fold ends with few short closed tears and weak partially separated folds to spine and flaps. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon requests. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. KEEP THE ASPIDISTRA FLYING. Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1956.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Light edgewear, chipping and small closed tears to DJ. Light soiling/browning to edges ; Stated "First American Edition 1956"; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first American edition. A darkly compassionate satire of capitalism's constraints set in 1930s London. From the library of Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd (1934-2009), with his name on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original dark green cloth binding, with silver and light green titles. Mild wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is a little rubbed, with a closed tear to the bottom of the front joint and front fold, respectively, and some creasing to the front panel; else very good.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. HARCOURT, BRACE & CO, NY, 1956.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Book has general shelf wear, good binding, clean body and unmarked text. Dust jacket has general wear, worn extremities, few closed tears along edges, inner flap corners snipped however, NOT price clipped. DATE PUBLISHED: 1956 EDITION: 1ST AMERICAN E 248
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
ORWELL, George.. Keep the Aspidistra Flying.. Harcourt, Brace and Company,, NY:, 1956.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. Very good in a very good (some light foxing on verso and fore edges, title lettering along the spine is a bit faded) dust jacket. ; 248 pages Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
George Orwell. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
Price: US$215.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing of the First US Edition. Jacket has slight toning and with 1/8 inch chip at head, wear to one corner, and 1/2 inch closed tear on back. Book has wear at head and tail and light tanning to page edges. From the William Ripley Collection.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition stated. Very light wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. No soiling. The dust jacket priced at $3.75 (not clipped) shows very light edge wear, no sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.
Seller: Book Stall of Rockford, Inc., Rockford, IL, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt Brace and Company, New York, 1956.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nice copy in its first printing. Green textured boards have dampstain at base of spine which has changed that small area (less than 1") in height to more brown. Silver and yellow lettiering to spine. Unmarked, tight and square. Price intact jacket is bright and fresh but for dampstain along spine. Yellow lettering of title is sunned on spine. Nice copy that is hard to find. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
George Orwell. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1st Printing of 1st US Edition. Jacket has sticker over price on front flap, book has light toning to edges. From the William Ripley Collection.
Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
George Orwell. Keep The Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt Brace & Co., 1956.
Price: US$399.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ê1st Edition. Included in these pages is the story of the paranoid Gordon Comstock, who tries avoiding any kind of connection to the world of money and family responsibilities. In this way he , becomes the everyday window aspidistra plant, that sits on most windowsills in the homes of Middle Class Britain. First American Edition. Size: 5.5" x 8". book.ÊOnly three thousand copies of this book printed. Slight foxing throughout the edition with some small markings and underlinining from prior owner. Dust jacket is in poor condition with tears across bottom of jacket as well as on upper and lower spine. Price still remains. Binding without dustjacket has some sun wearing, however the print of the title in a lime green, along with the silver lettering of the author and Publisher are still crisp.
Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
Orwell, George.. Keep the Aspidistra Flying.. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1956.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Near fine in a very good+ or better dust jacket. (Trace of light shelf-wear with a couple tiny edge chips in jacket. Trvial wear at crest of spine. Orange title hue at spine faded to pale yellow. ) A novel first published in England in 1936. Though not rare, this imprint is quite elusive with a printing of just 3000 copies. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/4"; 248 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Keep The Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Stated first American edition. 5.5" x 8". [8], 3-248, [2]. Gift inscription on ffep. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, small chips, Included in these pages is the story of the paranoid and uncertain Gordon Comstock, who tries to avoid any kind of connection with the "money world" and family responsibilities, thus, becoming the typical window aspidistra, which sits in nearly every windowsill in the homes of Middle Class Britain. Only three thousand copies of this book printed.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
ORWELL, George. Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Harcourt Brace, New York, 1956.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, green cloth, d.w. New York: Harcourt Brace (1956). First American Edition. Fine.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. Keep the aspidistra flying. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Included in these pages is the story of the paranoid and uncertain Gordon Comstock, who tries to avoid any kind of connection with the "money world" and family responsibilities, thus, becoming the typical window aspidistra, which sits in nearly every windowsill in the homes of Middle Class Britain. The book is in excellent condition! The binding is tight, and the pages are clean and unmarked. First American Edition. Size: 5.5" x 8"
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.