Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
1954
Secker & Warburg
Uniform Edition
12mo
Description:
The Secker & Warburg edition, 1954, of George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London, his first full-length book, first published by Victor Gollancz in 1933. Drawing on his own years of poverty, it is a two-part account of life at the bottom, first as a plongeur washing dishes in the hotel and restaurant kitchens of Paris, where he lives alongside a starving Russian ex-army captain, and then on the road in England.
Condition:
Good Condition. Jacket over light blue cloth and lettering to spine. Binding is firm. Contents clean with some minor offsetting to end papers. Pen inscription to front end paper. Boards are good with some tanning to edges. Minor foxing to boards. Non priced clipped jacket. Some chipping to edges with minor loss to spine head and corners.
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
1954
Secker & Warburg
Uniform Edition
12mo
Description:
The Secker & Warburg edition, 1954, of George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London, his first full-length book, first published by Victor Gollancz in 1933. Drawing on his own years of poverty, it is a two-part account of life at the bottom, first as a plongeur washing dishes in the hotel and restaurant kitchens of Paris, where he lives alongside a starving Russian ex-army captain, and then on the road in England.
Condition:
Good Condition. Jacket over light blue cloth and lettering to spine. Binding is firm. Contents clean with some minor offsetting to end papers. Pen inscription to front end paper. Boards are good with some tanning to edges. Minor foxing to boards. Non priced clipped jacket. Some chipping to edges with minor loss to spine head and corners.
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