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Orwell, George. THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER. , 1958.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: NY 1958 first American edition. Harcourt Brace. Octavo hardcover. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. 264p. Near Fine, no owner marks; no dj; no wear.
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, and fading. Lacking dust jacket. Pages are clean.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1958.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good book in very good dust jacket. First American Edition. Illustrated with 32 pages of b&w photographs. Dark blue cloth covered boards with silver gilt lettering and graphics on spine. Boards are clean, spine lettering is crisp. Crimping at head and tail of board spine. Age-toning to external page edges; small stains toward spine on lower external edges. Two small previous owner's labels on front paste-down and FFEP. Light age-toning to all internal pages, else clean and with snug text block. Dust jacket has shelf-wear scuffs, soil, and yellowing, more obvious against the white backgrounds. Extremities are sunned. Spine and fore-edge folds are sunned and scuffed but not rubbed through. Edge-wear in general of small chips and tiny closed tears. Several notable losses along the upper edges: Loss across width at head of spine of 3/4" by up to 1/2" at back corner; 5/8" by 1/4" at front corner and with adjacent 7/8" closed vertical tear along the front spine fold; center of upper edge of back panel has a v-shaped loss of 1/2" by 3/8" with adjacent small chips and creases; upper right fore-edge corner has rectangular loss of 3/4" by up to 3/8" and with adjacent closed tears of 1/2" (vertical), 3/4" (diagonal), and several adjacent diagonal creases to the upper back edge. Upper edge of front jacket panel has a 3/4" cloud vertical tear near the spine and several adjacent diagonal creases of up to 1/2" to the upper edge. Lower edge at tail of jacket spines chipped and with loss on both front and back corners of up to 1/4". Lower edge of front jacket panel has a 5/8" closed vertical tear near center with adjacent diagonal creases to the lower edge in both directions, of 3" toward the spine and 1 1/2" toward the lower right front fore-edge corner. Lower edge of back jacket panel has a closed 1 1/4" diagonal tear from the fore-edge corner into back panel, and with two adjacent diagonal creases of up to 7/8" to the lower edge. All fore-edge corners are rubbed and with small degree of loss. Inside front flap has faint remnants of tag removal; price of $4.50 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. The Road To Wigan Pier. Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1958.
Price: US$115.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American Edition stated. Hardcover in blue cloth boards and silver gilt titling on spine. Not ex-library. Tight square binding, strong hinges. Good dust jacket with some chipping, small piece torn off at top of spine, back is scraped with minor soiling. One word name on FFEP. Pictures upon request.
Seller: The Book Source, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
George Orwell. The Road to Wigan Pier. Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, NY, 1958.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A1st Am Edition of an account of the plight of coal miners of northern England and how Socialism does or does not address their plight. Light wear to the eges with small loss at the head & heal of the spine. Short commentary notes in pencil from a previous reader on the RFEP. A very good copy.
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. The Road To Wigan Pier. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958.
Price: US$132.25 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, NY, 1958. 1st US Edition/1st impression copy of Orwell's celebrated account of the plight of coal miners in northern England and how Socialism does or does not address their plight. In the original blue boards with minor damage to the head of the spine and bumped corners. A neat ink inscription on the front fep but otherwise clean with a tight square binding. The original dustjacket has a small tear to the rear lower flap fold and some minor abrasions.
Seller: Bois Books, Les Clayes sous Bois, YVELI, France
Orwell, George. THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER. Harcourt, Brace, 1958.
Price: US$145.00 + shipping
Description: THE ROAD TO WIGAN PIER, Harcourt, Brace, 1958, first American edition, vg+/near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some light dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. Harcourt Brace, NY, 1958.
Price: US$149.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth titled in silver gilt. First American edition. Corners lightly bumped. Light toning and foxing. The clipped DJ in mylar shows rubbing, wear, and some staingin. Tight and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier.. Harcourt, Brace, New York,, 1958.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [From a collector's library. First American edition] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. 8vo, blue-gray cloth, silver spine stamping. Front end page has a toning discoloration from an old receipt. 264 pages illustrations, 22 cm. "George Orwell's documentary report on conditions among the unemployed in the north of England and what he considers to be wrong with Socialism and Socialists"
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
George Orwell. The Road to Wigan Pier. Harcourt Brace & Co., 1958.
Price: US$199.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Seymour Chwast [Jac (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Printing of the stated First American Edition, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. Minimal signs of wear, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with tear in middle, back cover, chip to top, and bottom.Mild edge wear to spine ends.
Seller: Taylor & Baumann Books, LLC, Ridgefield, CT, U.S.A.
ORWELL, GEORGE. The Road to Wigan Pier. Harcourt Brace & Company, new york, 1958.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Silver lettered blue cloth in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Book about the working class in Northern England during the thirties. As usual Orwell tells the truth. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing of the stated first American edition, illustrated with 32 pages of photographs. The book is in fine condition with minimal wear; dust jacket with a closed tear/crease to bottom back cover, a diagonal chip to top back cover, creasing and mild edge wear to spine ends and bottom front cover, else fine.
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First American edition. Near fine in very good+ dust jacket. (Top inch of spine on jacket torn and shelf-worn but present. The jacket is overwise only lightly edge-worn. Couple tiny spots of soiling at margin in text. ) 32pp. Photo insert. Scrap of paper with the autograph of noted political scientist Vernon Van Dyke laid-in. Uncommon title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First American Edition. DJ in archival cover, small closed tear.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.