![]() ![]() Furthermore, there is no price listed anywhere on the book, so no clue as to if it is a book club edition as far as I know. I did happen across something or other that seemed to indicate a harcourt-brace re-issue in 1977, but the pictures I found of that all had a blue dust jacket. I have not been able to find virtually any info on where the heck this came from though. ![]() I have a hard time believing that this could be from 1949 when I look at the book without the dust jacket. ![]() As far as I can tell, it differs from a first edition only in that it does not say "first edition," and also I have never seen a smooth binding with gilded letters on the spine - the old ones, such as the one posted here previously are an ugly gray cloth color. It was in the same area as the cheap paperback books. I purchased the book at a used bookstore for $10. As you can see from the pictures, no publication date is given, only the copyright date. The item in question is a hard cover copy of George Orwell's 1984. The UK edition is the true first edition, published on Jthe first US edition followed only five days later. I happened across this wonderful website while doing internet searches to help identify exactly WHAT I have here. It is Orwell’s triumph, and the century’s misfortune, that 1984 is as prescient as it is pessimistic (Lev Grossman, All-Time 100 Novels). ![]() Hello, I am a new member here and an avid reader. ![]()
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