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Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript
by Orwell, George; edited by Peter Davison with preface by Daniel G. Siegel
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg, London and M & S Press, Weston Massachusetts, 1984. Hardcover. folio size (13.5 x 9.75 inches; 34 x 24.5 cms), xix,381pp, cloth covered boards, title gilt on spine, illustrated dustwrapper unclipped with small nick at top of upper hinge, book fine, dw near fine, with a protective plain cardboard slip case. Please note: this is a very heavy item and may incur an increase in cost of postage. We will gladly supply a quotation for the additional postage on request. Peter Davison (1926- ), OBE, Ph.D., D.Litt., Hon. D. Arts, research professor of English at De Montfort University, Leicester and Emeritus Professor of English at Glyndwr University; a leading authority on the life and work of George Orwell.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Crouch Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8457
- Title
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript
- Author
- Orwell, George; edited by Peter Davison with preface by Daniel G. Siegel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg, London and M & S Press, Weston Massachusetts
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
Crouch Rare Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Crouch Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Godalming, Surrey
About Crouch Rare Books
Out-of-print and antiquarian books and maps
Established 1970
Established 1970
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- Gilt
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- Folio
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- Hinge
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- Slip Case
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
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