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First Edition, First Printing A clean crisp book with the original dust jacket in the scarce red variant color. Written while Orwell suffered severely from tuberculosis and published shortly before the disease claimed his life, the novel is a work ?of hectic, devilish, claustrophobic intensity. nightmarish in the telling? (Clute & Nicholls, 896). In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. Named as one of Modern Library 100 Best Novels of the twentieth century. ?It is quite simply a novel which has changed the world? The book is in near fine condition with light green cloth boards with red titles to the spine. The boards have sharp corners, a tight binding and no edgewear. Hint of slight edge bumping. Mottling and toning to the cloth mostly to the spine tips. The end papers are in clean condition with no owner names, no bookplates and no inscriptions but with some very pale faded foxing spots. Small faded bookseller stamp to the rear end paper. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with no age toning, no stains, no marks, no writing, no bent pages and no foxing internally but some foxing spots to the outer page block. Please see images. The preferred scarce red variant original dust jacket has benefited from some restoration by an expert paper conservator and as such presents in near fine condition. The restoration is mostly limited to the very outer spine tips/edges and to an intact tear along the rear panel. The Nineteen Eighty-Four jacket is known to be extremely fragile, and usually in pieces or missing altogether. This jacket has strong vibrant colors with the typical fading of the spine to a grey tone. Otherwise the jacket has no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing and no foxing. The rear panel remains quite bright with a very softened slight crease. The jacket is NOT price clipped, and has a stated price of 10s. net. A beautiful unclipped dust jacket! Please see detailed images. A remarkable crisp, clean copy of this title with an original jacket in the scarce red variant color. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our ABE store for other landmark SciFi first printing titles.

"1984" is a dystopian novel set in a totalitarian society ruled by a party led by the enigmatic figure, Big Brother. The story revolves around Winston Smith, a disillusioned man working for the Party whose job involves altering historical records to align with the Party's propaganda. Winston secretly harbors dissenting thoughts against the oppressive regime and begins a forbidden love affair with Julia, a fellow rebel. As they engage in acts of rebellion and attempt to challenge the Party's control, they are drawn into a web of surveillance, manipulation, and betrayal. The novel explores themes of censorship, surveillance, the nature of truth, the dangers of totalitarianism, and the resilience of the human spirit against oppressive regimes.