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Orwell: the Authorised Biography
by Shelden, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, black boards, gilt spine titling. Only defect is yellowed pages.
- ISBN 10
- 0434695173
- ISBN 13
- 9780434695171
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1991. 1st (3rd printing). h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, black boards, gilt spine titling. Only defect is yellowed pages.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This biography draws on a range of new sources, from a very candid letter giving evidence of Orwell's romantic attachments to other boys at Eton, to records in the India Office Library which alter the conventional view of his service in Burma.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132843
- Title
- Orwell: the Authorised Biography
- Author
- Shelden, Michael
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, black boards, gilt spine titling. Only defect is yellowed pages.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st (3rd printing)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0434695173
- ISBN 13
- 9780434695171
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 564
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Keywords
- 1st, biography, history, Orwell, Shelden
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.94 g
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