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London: Secker and Warburg, 1949, First Edition; First Impression. Recently rebound in a Russian Poster Style blue full coarse grained morocco leather binding with red and cream leather onlays. Internally tanned and foxed with some staining see photos. Housed in a cloth covered slipcase with a leather label with black author s name. Lacking the final end paper. With the First Impression points of First Published 1949 to the reverse of the title page and Printed in Great Britain by The Alcuin Press to the base of the reverse of the title page. First edition of Orwell s masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four (also stylised as 1984), a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society. Orwell, a democratic socialist, modelled the totalitarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia and Nazi Germany. More broadly, the novel examines the role of truth and facts within politics and the ways in which they are manipulated. 312pp. Approximately 7 � inches tall (book); 8 inches tall (slipcase). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition red and cream leather onlays in the style of a Russian Poster. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition red and cream leather onlays with cream Author s name, a cream leather eye and 1984 to the front board. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, other page edges tanned see photos. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition intact. Paste downs very good condition silk effect paper. End papers very good condition silk effect and new cream end papers before the original end papers. Title good condition tanned and foxed, half title present. Pages good condition tanned, foxed and stained throughout, stained to pages 44/45 see photo, small closed tear (3mm) to the bottom of page 55/6, 9 pages with folded corners 8 top corners with historic page marker folds, 1 bottom corner. Binding very good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1949 Binding: Hardback.

"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.