The Road to Wigan Pier
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. 264 pp. Illustrated with 32-page insert of b&w photographs. First printing of stated first American edition in pictorial dust jacket designed by Seymour Chwast. Foreword by Victor Gollancz. Blue cloth-covered boards. Spine particulars stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket showing price of $4.50. Binding tight and square. Boards ever so slightly edge worn. Internally pristine. Dust jacket has edgewear with chipping and minor loss at head and tail of spine. Dust jacket now in archival protective cover. Orwell’s first-hand account of the plight of mine workers in the north of England in the 1930’s, with his critique of the roll of Socialism in the face of industrialism in that era. Near Fine / Very Good+. Item #315
Price: $250.00