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First American Edition. Octavo. Author's First Book. Original cloth over boards, purple ink decoration at bottom of front cover, purple and black ink lettering and decorations at spine, green decorated end papers. Very good, spine faded affecting the ink, spotting to cloth covers near foredge, spine ends bumped, corners bumped, rubbing to cloth at corners revealing some of the boards, bump at middle of foredge, pages slightly agetoned.

George Orwell’s 'Down and Out in Paris and London' is a gritty memoir splitting its narrative between the two cities named, exploring the underbelly of society and the life of the author's own experiences living in poverty. The book dives into themes of class, society, and the struggle for survival in an indifferent world.