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First British edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth with red lettering to spine. Very Good+ with light lean to binding, cloth sunned through dust jacket, former owner name and bookseller ticket to front paste down, pages toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and edge wear with chipping at the corners and loss to the spine ends. An increasingly difficult first edition to track down in the original dust jacket.

"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.