International standard book number
0436350181
International standard book number
0436350173
International standard book number
0436350165
International standard book number
0436350157
Shelfmark
Lg.6.01 - Lg.6.04
Author
Title
The collected essays, journalism and letters of George Orwell / edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Secker & Warburg, 1968.
Physical description
4v : 5 facsims.., 4 ports.. ; 21cm.
Note
Vol 1: xxiv, 574p, [1] leaf of plates ; vol 2: xvi, 478p, [1] leaf of plates ; vol 3: xvi, 436p, [1] leaf of plates ; vol 4: xviii, 556p, [1] leaf of plates.
Note
All vols with a half-title.
Note
All vols include index.
Note
Vols 1, 2, and 3 with publisher's blue cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine ; vol 4 with publisher's blue leather quarter-binding with blue cloth boards and lettering stamped in gold on spine.
Note
All vols with dust-jackets.
Formatted contents note
Contents: 'Volume I: An age like this, 1920-1940' ; 'Volume II: My country right or left, 1940-1943' ; Volume III: As I please, 1943-1945' ; 'Volume IV: In front of your nose, 1945-1950'.
Provenance
Vol 2 with ms. inscription: "H. Williams, Brighton, 7th July, 1969".
Provenance
Vol 2 with bookseller's label on front pastedown (K. J. Bredon's Bookshop, Brighton).
Binding
Vols 1, 3, and 4 with fore-edge paintings by Margaret Allport, 1974, illustrating 'Shooting an elephant', the pigs from 'Animal farm', and Room 101 from '1984' (information from note on back paste-down in vol. 4 and verbal communication from Michael Meredith who commissioned the work).
Subject
Added entry--name
Orwell, Sonia Ed.
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Angus, Ian Ed.
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Allport, Margaret Artist.
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William, H. Former owner.
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Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B22510