The book sold poorly in the U.S., perhaps owing to the fact American audiences in the midst of the Depression did not want a reminder of life on the down-and-out. The American edition was published about 6 months following the British, issued in a tiny print run of 1,750 copies, of which 383 were remaindered. Young Eric Blair's first book, a work he was sufficiently ashamed of that he asked Victor Gollancz to issue it under a pseudonym. Dustjacket is unclipped, sunned at spine and extremities, with edgewear, short tears, and chips to crown and corners 3 inch tear along front flap fold, discreetly and archivally mended in two spots on verso Very Good. Hint of a forward lean, with faint foxing to text edges clean throughout - Near Fine. Octavo (21.5cm) light purple cloth, with plum-colored stripes and titles stamped in black on spine illustrated endpapers dustjacket 292pp. Book fresh jacket lightly rubbed and nicked, spine toned, else bright and sharp, not price-clipped: a fine copy in near-fine jacket.įirst American Edition. Bookseller's ticket of Ream's, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on rear pastedown. Housed in a custom dark green quarter morocco solander box. With dust jacket designed after the endpapers.
Original pale purple cloth, spine lettering in black between wide dark purple rules, publisher's device on front cover in purple, green endpapers illustrated with portraits and street scenes, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, final two blanks unopened. yes, it was published in America too but didn't sell a great deal" (Life in Letters, 2013, p. The title's scarcity made it difficult to obtain in Orwell's lifetime and he was unable to furnish Henry Miller with a copy, writing to him in 1936, "I haven't one left and it is out of print, and I was going to send you a copy of the French translation. The US edition received generally good reviews, but sold poorly, with 383 copies of the original print run of 1,750 being remaindered.
The American edition is more attractively produced than the British, which was published six months earlier in plain black cloth. First US edition, first printing, of the author's first book, retaining the scarce jacket in particularly nice condition.
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