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First Edition, First Printing A stunning, fine/near fine clean example of this title with a fine/near fine vibrant dust jacket. An exceptional copy. The book is beautiful condition with crisp, bright light green cloth boards with bright red titles to spine. The boards have sharp corners, and no edgewear. The green cloth is clean with some of the common fading and toning to cloth along spine and outer edges. The binding is tight and square. Red top stain applied by publisher. The endpapers are clean, with a few dots of foxing, otherwise no owner names, no inscriptions, and no bookplates. The internal pages are clean, bright and flat with a dot of foxing to the first and last page; otherwise, no writing, no stains, no handling marks, no writing, no foxing, and no bent pages. Beautiful crisp book, internally appearing as unread! The rare original green dust jacket has benefited from some very slight restoration by an expert paper conservator and as such presents as a fine/near fine stunning example. 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 no rips, no chips, no edgewear, no stains, no fading, no rubbing, and no foxing. The jacket is NOT price-clipped and has a stated price of 10s. net. Please see detailed images. A very handsome example of this classic fragile book. Presents well on the shelf with the striking near fine vibrant dust jacket. ADDITIONAL IMAGES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Please see our stores on ABE for other important Sci-Fi 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.