ORWELL, George.
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
"It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. Big Brother is Watching you, the caption beneath it ran": First Edition of George Orwell's Classic Nineteen Eighty-Four; Finely Bound
London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.
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First edition of Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Octavo, bound in full leather by Exeter Bookbinders in a limited edition binding with a striking glass eye onlay and three titanium skull-shaped buttons to the front panel, pictorial endpapers with a collage of George Orwell's eyes and two flaps to the front pastedown that open to reveal small portraits from banknotes of Queen Elizabeth II and George Washington. An additional flap to the rear pastedown that opens to reveal a certificate of authenticity of the limited edition binding. One of 100 numbered copies, this is number 93. In near fine condition.
Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before the disease claimed his life, the novel is a work “of hectic, devilish, claustrophobic intensity… nightmarish in the telling” (Clute & Nicholls, 896). In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Named as one of Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. “It is quite simply a novel which has changed the world” (Pringle, 100 Best Science Fiction Novels 1). Fenwick A12a. Connolly 99. Anatomy of Wonder II:838. 100 Most Influential Books 93.
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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