Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984] by Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair] - 1949

New York: Harper & Row, 1982 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by Saul Bellow directly on the front-free endpage: "For A. Verezhemsky / with all good wishes / Saul Bellow"; additionally included, a handwritten postcard from Saul Bellow addressed to recipient laid-in. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear to extremities and faint toning to spine, else fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 1972 First printing, stated first edition. 1972 movie titled, Pursuit. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. A lovely copy.

Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1956 First printing of the stated first dition, first state blue cloth boards with gold-lettered spine. Tiny bump to upper corner, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a hint of tanning to margin of back cover, else fine.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943 First printing of the first edition. One of 1,217 copies printed, Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles, octavo, 458 pages. The fourth book issued by Arkham House. The companion novel to The Outsider and Others. Accompanied by three letters from August Derleth to Clark Ashton Smith, discussing dust jacket art. Also includes a prepublication announcement card and a subsequent information card, as well as a letter from Derleth verifying an order for copies of Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Light rubbing at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards, text block is faintly age toned, but clean, unmarked, and tight in binding. Scarce dust jacket is slightly rubbed at spine head and tail and at corner tips. Overall near fine to fine condition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935 First printing of the first edition, first state with pages 349-352 uncancelled and the text unrevised on pages 350 and 351.

One of only 5,100 copies printed.

Original dark bluish green cloth linen-grain cloth with blind single-rule border on front cover and with spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Pages 350.5-7 reads: 'he need not base himself on the adding machine-calculating machine-probability machine-St. Francis of Assis machine any longer.' And at 351.29-30 the text reads: '"Oh, catch it-oh, catch it and take it-oh, catch it," she sighed.'

In the original dust jacket by Doris Spiegel, with drawings of figures from the stories against an orange background on the front panel, $2.50 price on the front and rear flap. Light bump to bottom, back spine, light tanning to end papers, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with some age-toning and offsetting to spine and back cover, with professional conservation, primarily to edges… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1982 First printing of the stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by Saul Bellow directly on the front-free endpage: "For A. Verezhemsky / with all good wishes / Saul Bellow"; additionally included, a handwritten postcard from Saul Bellow addressed to recipient laid-in. Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light wear to extremities and faint toning to spine, else fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi Books, 1972 First printing, stated first edition. 1972 movie titled, Pursuit. Book and dust jacket in fine condition. A lovely copy.

Reading, Pennsylvania: Fantasy Press, 1956 First printing of the stated first dition, first state blue cloth boards with gold-lettered spine. Tiny bump to upper corner, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with a hint of tanning to margin of back cover, else fine.

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1943 First printing of the first edition. One of 1,217 copies printed, Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine titles, octavo, 458 pages. The fourth book issued by Arkham House. The companion novel to The Outsider and Others. Accompanied by three letters from August Derleth to Clark Ashton Smith, discussing dust jacket art. Also includes a prepublication announcement card and a subsequent information card, as well as a letter from Derleth verifying an order for copies of Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Light rubbing at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards, text block is faintly age toned, but clean, unmarked, and tight in binding. Scarce dust jacket is slightly rubbed at spine head and tail and at corner tips. Overall near fine to fine condition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935 First printing of the first edition, first state with pages 349-352 uncancelled and the text unrevised on pages 350 and 351.

One of only 5,100 copies printed.

Original dark bluish green cloth linen-grain cloth with blind single-rule border on front cover and with spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Pages 350.5-7 reads: 'he need not base himself on the adding machine-calculating machine-probability machine-St. Francis of Assis machine any longer.' And at 351.29-30 the text reads: '"Oh, catch it-oh, catch it and take it-oh, catch it," she sighed.'

In the original dust jacket by Doris Spiegel, with drawings of figures from the stories against an orange background on the front panel, $2.50 price on the front and rear flap. Light bump to bottom, back spine, light tanning to end papers, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with some age-toning and offsetting to spine and back cover, with professional conservation, primarily to edges… Read More