Down and Out In Paris and London

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd,, 1933. Octavo. Original black cloth, title to spine in green. Housed in a black quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Spine a little sunned and rolled, top edge and fore-corners with small nicks, some minor marks to cloth, a little spotting to edges, endpapers, and margins. Sound and presentable, a good copy. First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author in the month of publication, "Best Wishes - Eric Blair, 29.1.33", on the front free endpaper. Down and Out in Paris and London, which was Orwell's first full length book, was published on 9 January 1933 in an edition of 1,500 copies. Signed or inscribed copies are very scarce indeed, and the two that we have handled, each inscribed to personal acquaintances, were similarly presented using his real name. It was only during the proof stages of this book's publication that Eric Blair finally settled upon the nom de plume that would see him through his career. The copy presented by Orwell, using his pseudonym, to the British Museum (now British Library) in December 1934 shows the same distinctive dating format, with the month appearing over the year as a quasi-fraction. Down and Out in Paris and London, a two part memoir of the author's life among the poor and destitute in and around the two cities, was praised by Compton Mackenzie as an "immensely interesting book [...] a genuine human document, which at the same time is written with so much artistic force that, in spite of the squalor and degradation thus unfolded, the result is curiously beautiful".

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1933. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light purple cloth, with plum-colored stripes and titles stamped in black on spine; illustrated endpapers; dustjacket; 292pp. Hint of a forward lean, with faint foxing to text edges; clean throughout - Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, sunned at spine and extremities, with edgewear, short tears, and chips to crown and corners; 3 inch tear along front flap fold, discreetly and archivally mended in two spots on verso; Very Good. Young Eric Blair's first book, a work he was sufficiently ashamed of that he asked Victor Gollancz to issue it under a pseudonym. The American edition was published about 6 months following the British, issued in a tiny print run of 1,750 copies, of which 383 were remaindered. The book sold poorly in the U.S., perhaps owing to the fact American audiences in the midst of the Depression did not want a reminder of life on the down-and-out. Rare in the dustjacket, seldom appearing in presentable condition in the trade and offered less than a handful of times in 30 years according to the auction record, those being restored with tape residue on verso. An important debut. Fenwick A.1d.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1933. Very good plus with bright and clean boards (slight rubbing to corners). Minor repair to side edge of pages 279 and 281, otherwise clean and unmarked. In a near-fine dust jacket--$2.50 price intact-- with a bit of sunning to top edge and spine. Professional restoration to top half-inch and bottom half-inch of spine, and to spine and flap folds (before and after photos of dust jacket available). A very attractive copy of Orwell's scarce first book, now housed in a custom slipcase.. 1st Edition.

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1933. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good+ copy with just a trace of wear at spine ends, in price clipped dust jacket with ¼" chipping at head of spine, not affecting lettering, and at bottom of spine, obscuring "Harper," and with small chip at head of front panel. The dust jacket was once backed with tape, removed by a conservator, leaving only slight toning in a few areas and mild Japanese paper strengthening at folds. 1st US edition of the author's first book, one of the great hobo novels of our time. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 292 pp .

New York: Harper, 1933. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Mauve cloth, black & green illustrated endpapers. Unusually, no fading to the spine and no toning to the text paper; 1934 in name and date on verso of half-title leaf; else a fine copy, lacking the very scarce dust jacket. Both the UK and US editions were published Jan., 1933. There were only 1500 copies of the UK edition, and only 1750 of this US edition, making both scarce today. Orwell's wonderfully readable and comic first book. . First US printing. Hardcover. Octavo.

London: Victor Gollancz, , 1933. Rilegato tela (cloth). Molto Buono (Very Good). . 8vo. pp. 288. Molto Buono (Very Good). First Edition, third printing, same year/month. Opera prima dell'Autore. terza ristampa dello stesso anno e mese

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1933. Orwell, George. DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1933. 292p, cloth, illustrated endpapers, covers worn & faded, top corners of covers & small part of leaves "clipped," fair. 1st American edition of Orwell's first book, an autobiographical account of his early "vagabonding" days.

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London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. Previous owner's name on FEP dated 1950. New Edition, Reset 1949. Some wear to boards and front hinge is beginning to weaken, split to the endpaper but hinge itself remains strong.. New Edition, Reset. hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

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New York: Harcourt and Brace,, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. VG-. wear to the ends of the spine, some browning to pages hinges and binding are OK. In a fair+ DJ, which is chipped and torn, the front panel and spine remain largely intact and readable, in an acetate.

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Harcourt, Brace & Co. Used - Very Good. 1950. Cloth, dj. 8vo. 213 pp. Second U.S. edition. Some shelf wear, scuffing, and chipping to dust jacket. Price clipped. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Fiction.)

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