Book #55498

Orwell: the Road to Airstrip One - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Ian Slater

Binding: 1/4 Cloth
Book Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1985.

Price: $50.00

A Fine first printing of the first edition that has a dent to the front board edge in a Fine dust-jacket.

Orwell: the Road to Airstrip One tells the story of the journey from George Orwell's life to his most famous book, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Beginning with Orwell's early life in the working-class town of Hornsey, the book follows Orwell's journey to become one of the most influential political writers of the 20th century. Along the way, Slater takes readers on a fascinating journey through Orwell's life and work, revealing the incredible parallels between his own life and the world he so brilliantly chronicled in his novels.; 8vo; 302 pages.