Keep the Aspidistra Flying
by George Orwell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Aurora, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Keep the Aspidistra Flying - George Orwell (Uniform Edition 1954 Hardcover w/ DJ)
Published in 1954 by Secker & Warbug (London). Dust jacket is priced "12s. 6d. net" on the bottom of the front flap and shows significant wear, to include large chips, nicks, and tears (to include a the tear where "Uniform" is missing). It also has spots, scuffs, and scratches. Green hardcover has bumped corners and is faded along the edges and spine. Front cover bows upward at the foreedge. Maroon publisher's top stain. Light foxing on the front and rear paste-downs and free endpapers. Book sticker on the front, paste-down. Hard crease at the title page. Spots on page 177 and 267. No writing or markings. Overall, it is in Good condition.
Synopsis
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published 1936, is a grimly comic novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is the protagonist's romantic ambition to give up money and status, and the dismal life that results.
Reviews
Gordon Comstock has vowed to never again bow down to the 'Money God'. He takes a job at a seedy book store and gleefully spirals slowly down to homelessness. Orwell's funniest book by far. A must read for Orwell fans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bronze Anthology LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240
- Title
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying
- Author
- George Orwell
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uniform Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warbug
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying, George Orwell, Novel, Romance, Gordon Comstock, Money God, Status, Middle Class, Materialistic, Society, Modern Commerce, Poverty, bourgeois,
- Bookseller catalogs
- 20th Century Fiction;
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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