The English People
by Orwell, George (Text by); W. J. Turner (General Editor)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto (9 x 6 1/2"). 47, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over matching illustrated paper covered boards, with white lettering to front cover and spine. Publisher's device on title page.
""The English People" is an essay by English author George Orwell, first published in August 1947. It was commissioned in September 1943 by W. J. Turner, Collins's General Editor, for the series 'Britain in Pictures.'
The idea for the series came from the Ministry of Information. It was published with twenty-five illustrations, eight of which were full-page color plates, and included work by artists Edward Ardizzone, Dame Laura Knight, L. S. Lowry, Henry Moore, John Minton, and Feliks Topolski amongst others. Written during World War II, it presents Orwell's vision of what it meant to be "English."
Orwell did not think highly of his own work. He described it as "silly" and "propaganda", and refused to allow it to be reprinted."
Dust-jacket slightly rubbed and partly chipped along edges. Offsetting to endpapers. DJ in overall good- to good, binding and interior in very good condition.
""The English People" is an essay by English author George Orwell, first published in August 1947. It was commissioned in September 1943 by W. J. Turner, Collins's General Editor, for the series 'Britain in Pictures.'
The idea for the series came from the Ministry of Information. It was published with twenty-five illustrations, eight of which were full-page color plates, and included work by artists Edward Ardizzone, Dame Laura Knight, L. S. Lowry, Henry Moore, John Minton, and Feliks Topolski amongst others. Written during World War II, it presents Orwell's vision of what it meant to be "English."
Orwell did not think highly of his own work. He described it as "silly" and "propaganda", and refused to allow it to be reprinted."
Dust-jacket slightly rubbed and partly chipped along edges. Offsetting to endpapers. DJ in overall good- to good, binding and interior in very good condition.
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- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Title
- The English People
- Author
- Orwell, George (Text by); W. J. Turner (General Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- British history
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