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First trade hardback edition without the foreword subsequently added by Gollancz. viii, 264 pages, 32 pages of plates ; 22 cm. First edition, first impression. Dark blue cloth boards, lacks dust jacket. Shelf wear to edges, faded lettering on spine, some foxing, remainder mark to bottom edge, evidence of the removal of a couple of labels at rear with date stamp '13 July 1939' on rear pastedown, shadow of removed small label to front cover?, no inscriptions, sound binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his sociological observations of the life of the working class in the industrial towns of the north of England. The second half is a long essay on his middle-class upbringing, and the development of his political conscience, questioning British attitudes towards socialism.