Down and Out in Paris and London
by Orwell, George
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg, 1951. Reprint. Boards heavily dampstained, spine tanned and foxed. Light foxing throughout, large biro doodle to half title, rest of contents clean.. Cloth. Poor/No Jacket. 12mo.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookcase (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54356
- Title
- Down and Out in Paris and London
- Author
- Orwell, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Bookcase
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bookcase
Biblio member since 2009
Carlisle, Cumbria
About Bookcase
A Georgian four-floor antiquarian bookshop in Carlisle's historic quarter specialising in Cumbria, Scotland, Mountaineering and rare finds. We are a friendly business, which was started by a local family and is run by friendly and experienced team members.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...