Down and Out in Paris and London – George Orwell
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For sale: a rare first revised hardcover UK edition, first printing of Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell. Complete Edition stated, 1986 Martin Secker and Warburg, London. First Printing without subsequent printing. Volume 1 of 9 in The Complete works of George Orwell.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards with a thumb-size dent on the center fore-edge, strong title ink on a convex spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition without any marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild edge wear. First state jacket with the price cut off the front flap looks great in a new archival wrap.

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell’s first published book. It is at once a very personal account, and a vivid exposé of hard lives weighed down by poverty in France and England between the wars.