Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript
Weston, MA: M&S Press, 1984. Near Fine. Item #26211
ISBN: 0877300127
Weston, MA: M&S Press, 1984. Limited Edition of 330 copies of which this is no. 316. Folio (35.5cm.); publisher’s deluxe quarterbound navy Niger goat over marbled paper boards by Gray Parrot Bookbinder, in original gray linen slipcase; 381pp.; text chiefly printed from facsimile. Touch of rubbing to extremities. Tight in binding, pages unmarked. Slipcase sturdy and sound. Near Fine.
A reproduction of the only extant manuscript of Orwell’s dystopian novel. It arrived in the Scribner’s rare book room by way of Orwell’s widow. From Scribner’s it made its way to the hands of the late bookseller and publisher Dan Siegel, who provides the preface here.
Price: $750.00