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Rizzoli, October 2013. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Pictures are from the actual copy that is offered for sale.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/No Jacket. Written more than 70 years ago, 1984 was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... • Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read • "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes those who dare to commit thoughtcrimes. But as he starts to think for himself, Winston can't escape the fact that Big Brother is always watching... A startling and haunting novel, 1984 creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing from start to finish. No… Read More

Birmingham, AL: Gryphon Edition, LTD., 1979. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Leather-bound books in the Classics of Medicine Library as published by Gryphon Editions with leather binding, gilt titling, marbled end papers, gilt on all sides, and silk ribbon place markers Contains the following titles: - The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood by Luther Emmett Holt - The Collected Papers of Joseph Lister - volume one and two - The Whole Course of Chirurgerie by Peter Lowe - The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body by William Cruikshank - A Treatise of the Scurvy by James Lind - A Treatise of the Membranes by Xavier Bichat - A Treatise of the Blood, Inflammation and Gunshot Wounds by John Hunter - Outlines of the Principal Diseases of Females by Churchill - Collected Writings of Thomas Addison - The Cause and Effects of the Variolae Vaccine by Edward Jenner - Medical Education in the United States and Canada by Abraham Flexner - Diseases of the Eyes by Antonio Scarpa - A… Read More

New World Library, April 2006. Paperback. Used - Like New. In shrinkwrap. Un opened.Pictures are from the actual copy that is offered for sale.