ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker and Warburg. 1949. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Delightfully rebound by Black Cat Bindery in full green morocco with pictorial onlays in black and white and with red onlays to centre, titles lettered in black, the striking design repeated to rear board with one of the novel’s many famous quotes to lower. Housed in a custom red clamshell box with titles in gilt to spine, leather onlay with titles in black to front panel. An exquisite example, the book generally fine with a few mild singular spots within, else clean without stamps or inscriptions.
A refreshingly unique example of one of the most important works of twentieth century fiction that remains seemingly prescient forevermore. The designer binding nods to both variants of the original dust jacket—one green, one red, and plays into the novel’s themes of isolation and thought control. ‘Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.’
ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker and Warburg. 1949. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Delightfully rebound by Black Cat Bindery in full green morocco with pictorial onlays in black and white and with red onlays to centre, titles lettered in black, the striking design repeated to rear board with one of the novel’s many famous quotes to lower. Housed in a custom red clamshell box with titles in gilt to spine, leather onlay with titles in black to front panel. An exquisite example, the book generally fine with a few mild singular spots within, else clean without stamps or inscriptions.
A refreshingly unique example of one of the most important works of twentieth century fiction that remains seemingly prescient forevermore. The designer binding nods to both variants of the original dust jacket—one green, one red, and plays into the novel’s themes of isolation and thought control. ‘Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one.’
