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STATED FIRST EDITION F-H 1933 first printing. Book has general shelf wear, worn extremities, faded spine and edges, lightly age toned pages, few pages have pencil marking/underlining. Facsimile dust jacket has mylar cover, in terrific condition and NOT price clipped. Original cloth over boards, purple ink decoration at bottom of front cover, purple and black ink lettering and decorations at spine, The first American edition of the author's first full-length work. Orwell (1903-50) chronicles the time he spent living in poverty in London and Paris, recounting his experiences working casual manual labor jobs and living as a vagabond on the fringes of society. As a young man Orwell took a position in the Indian Imperial Police and was particularly struck by the race and class barriers which prevented him from knowing the Burmese community in which he served. Returning to England in 1927, he attempted to appease his guilt by immersing himself in the life of the poor and outcast of Europe. The resulting experiences became the bases for these thinly fictionalized accounts of his days living and working among the most disenfranchised and downtrodden of Europe's cultural centers. A very scarce title. DATE PUBLISHED: 1933 EDITION: 1ST ED. 292.

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.