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SUCH, SUCH WERE THE JOYS
by Orwell, George (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-50)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The first American edition. The eleven essays brought together in this posthumously published collection range from the autobiographical title piece and "Looking Back on the Spanish War" to his analysis of the motivations of writers ("Why I Write") and a balanced appraisal of Henry Miller ("Inside the Whale"). Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is sun faded along the spine, with some very mild rubbing; otherwise very good.
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- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74934
- Title
- SUCH, SUCH WERE THE JOYS
- Author
- Orwell, George (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-50)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- Literature, Essays, Political Science, Spanish Civil War, Literary Criticism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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