Homage to Catalonia - 1st edition
by Orwell, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Groningen, Netherlands
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About This Item
Secker & Warburg, London, 1938. Original green cloth, gilt on spine. 314 p. . -good.-(Cloth sunned, ends of spine and corners bumped, fly leafs browned. Binding tight, pages bright and clean. A highly collectible copy.).
Synopsis
Homage to Catalonia is political journalist and novelist George Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations in the Spanish Civil War, written in the first person. The first edition was published in 1938.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries (NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64701-V1-2
- Title
- Homage to Catalonia - 1st edition
- Author
- Orwell, George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg, London, 1938
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Groningen
About Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries
Antiquariaat Berger & De Vries is a fysical antiquarian book shop, located in the centre of Groningen, in the Netherlands. It exists for over 25 years.
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- Gilt
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