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Second printing of the first UK edition of Orwell's dystopian classic, printed just a year after the first edition and retaining the same jacket design. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949 (1950). Publisher's original light green cloth boards, spine lettered in red, green dust jacket; pp. 312. A very good copy in an about very good, unclipped dust jacket. Binding remains sturdy, minimal wear to boards with a white mark to front board, sunning along the topstain and the spine crown. Small bookshop sticker to front pastedown, else internally clean and fine. The dust jacket remains bright and vivid, showing some general shelfwear, chipping to spine tips and a small chip to back panel. A presentable copy, protected in archival mylar.

"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.