Lot 387
Orwell (George) Homage to Catalonia, first edition, an excellent copy in rare dust-jacket, 1938.
Hammer Price: £5,500
Description
Orwell (George) Homage to Catalonia, first edition, endpapers browned, very occasional light dust-soiling, original green cloth, spine gilt, very lightly marked, dust-jacket, minor fraying to spine ends, spine a little darkened, still overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1938.
⁂ Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for thePOUMmilitia of theRepublicanarmy during theSpanish Civil War. The war was one of the defining turning points of his political outlook and a significant impulse for what led him to write in 1946 "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for Democratic Socialism, as I understand it."
Description
Orwell (George) Homage to Catalonia, first edition, endpapers browned, very occasional light dust-soiling, original green cloth, spine gilt, very lightly marked, dust-jacket, minor fraying to spine ends, spine a little darkened, still overall an excellent copy, 8vo, 1938.
⁂ Orwell's personal account of his experiences and observations fighting for thePOUMmilitia of theRepublicanarmy during theSpanish Civil War. The war was one of the defining turning points of his political outlook and a significant impulse for what led him to write in 1946 "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for Democratic Socialism, as I understand it."
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