Complete Novels, The - George Orwell - Folio Society - 2001 1st Edition
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Complete Novels, The - George Orwell - Folio Society - 2001 1st Edition
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George Orwell . . . complete novels. Edited by Peter Davison. 228 × 150 × 25–31 mm. 5 vols (see below).
Type: Monophoto Bembo with Serengetti for display. Typeset by the Northumberland Press and Folio, printed and bound by the Bath Press. Full plasticised white paper with a design in shades of green, orange,
yellow and black by Steven Devine; flecked endleaves (a different colour in each volume). Grey five-volume slip case titled (as above) in silver and copper. The text of the volumes was reprinted lithographically from the Secker and Warburg edition of The complete works of George Orwell (1986–1987).
The five volumes are as follows:
[1] George Orwell, Burmese days, introduction by Peter Davison, illustrations by Steven Devine [quotation from Shakespeare]. Pp. [i–vi] vii–xix [xx], 1–299 [300–302]: [7] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 48, 94, 128, 172, 199, 257 and 286). Brown-grey endleaves. The frontispiece is included in the pagination. Originally published in 1934.
[2] George Orwell, a clergyman’s daughter, illustrations by Steven Devine [quotation from Hymns ancient and modern]. Pp. [i–viii], 1–297 [298]: [7] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 3, 44, 80, 122, 151, 230 and 264). Grey endleaves.
The frontispiece is included in the pagination. Originally published in 1935. 2001
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[3] George Orwell, keep the aspidistra flying, illustrations by Steven Devine. Pp. [i–viii], 1–276 [277–282]: [7] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 2, 29, 81, 117, 148, 198 and 273). Grey endleaves. The frontispiece is included in the pagination. Originally published in 1936.
[4] George Orwell, coming up for air, illustrations by Steven Devine [quotation from a ‘popular song’]. Pp. [i–viii], [1–2] 3–247 [248–252]: [7] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 4, 49, 79, 113, 138, 198 and 242). Brown-grey endleaves.
The frontispiece is included in the pagination. Originally published in 1939.
[5] George Orwell, nineteen eighty-four, illustrations by Steven Devine. Pp. [i–vi], [1-2] 3–325 [326–332]: [7] leaves of ‘plates’ (facing pp. 7, 64, 101, 149, 191, 232 and 311). Grey endleaves. The frontispiece is included in the pagination. Originally published in 1949.