The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell [Four volumes, complete, including:] Volume 1: An Age Like This 1920-1940; Volume 2: My Country Right or Left 1940-1943; Volume 3: As I Please 1943-1945; Vol 4: In Front of Your Nose 1945-1950
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968. Very Good / Very Good. Item #11633
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968. First U.S. Edition. Four octavo volumes. 574 pp.; 477 pp.; 435 pp.; 555 pp. Frontispiece to each volumes. Printed dust jacket, each with $10.00 price present. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt.
Dust jackets lightly chipped at extremities with some general toning and rubbing. Patch of dampstaining to spine of volume 2, and all spines a bit sunned. Boards show light shelfwear and bindings are sound. Some foxing to preliminaries and edges of text blocks, but overall pages unmarked. Handmade colored paper flower with ribbon attached laid in to front of volume 3.
Price: $300.00