DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON
by George Orwell
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
First printing of the Secker & Warburg edition of 1949. No dust jacket. VG-. Fading to spine and edges of boards. Slight spine slant. Binding is strong. Text block is clean and tight. Previous ownership in ink on the ffep and blind stamped on the half-title page. Text is clean.
Synopsis
Down and Out in Paris and London, published in 1933, is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell. It is a story in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is a picaresque account of living on the breadline in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens.
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- Bookseller
- Lost Time (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101722-10
- Title
- DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON
- Author
- George Orwell
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1949
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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