Search Results: George Orwell from Philip Smith, Bookseller

London: Allan Wingate, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ in unclipped VG dw. 8vo, 264pp, brown cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. This original anthology includes a 10-page introduction by George Orwell. Gift inscription from 1949 to front free endpaper (no other markings), a little toning to endpapers, dustwrapper has a little wear at top edge.

London: Dennis Dobson Limited, 1946. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine in VG dw. 8vo, 140pp, ecru cloth with spine stamped in black, printed dustwrapper. Nice copy of the second issue of this important book-format review from postwar London. Includes George Orwell on Arthur Koestler. Also poems by Thomas Merton, Kathleen Raine, Kenneth Patchen, et al. Unmarked copy, jacket is price-clipped and has a little wear.

London: Horizon, 1944. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 72pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. This wartime issue of the influential British culture magazine Horizon features an essay on Raffles and Miss Blandish by George Orwell; also Picasso et al. Unmarked copy, solid overall.

London: Horizon, 1940. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG (with fragile wrapper band, Good only). 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. This early issue of the influential British culture magazine Horizon features an article on Boys' Weeklies by George Orwell; a W. H. Auden poem in memory of Siegmund Freud; etc. Library stamp to cover (no other markings), fragile wrapper band has some tears, one leaf bumped.

Harmondsworth, England: Allen Lane / Penguin Books, 1940. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. This paperback original anthology includes Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell. Ownership signature of poet Edwin Honig to front cover (no other markings), general reading wear and creasing to covers.

London: Rodney Phillips & Company (Publishers) Limited, 1947. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. Penultimate issue of this important review from postwar London. Includes George Orwell, Dylan Thomas (two poems), A. J. Ayer, Philip Toynbee (on Joyce and Ulysses), et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of wear and minor chipping to spine.