The English People de Orwell, George

Craven: Not given, 1970. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No date , estimated at 1970 a reproduction of two of the sections of the 1947 Collins original with illustrations paperback, 20 pp Illustrated Very Good condition No inscriptions Photos available. Can't find any others online to compare. The original is getting quite expensive now.

Collins, January 1947. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

London: Collins, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 23 x 16.5 cm. Octavo. 48pp. Green illustrated boards in dust jacket. Illustrated with 8 color plates and 17 black and white illustrations. Chipping to jacket spine and edges. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.

London:: Collins,, 1947.. First edition.. publisher's illustrated boards in dust jacket.. Endsheets tanned; slight use at the bottom edge of the boards; a bright copy in a jacket with some tanning and tiny areas of rubbing. . 8vo,. With eight plates in colour and 17 illustrations in black and white.. Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures.

London, England, UK.: Collins, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book and jacket are in very good condition, jacket has some shelf rubbing that has caused a small areas of colour to be lost, small tear to top of back jacket and a small amount of the bottom fore-edge corner is missing, jacket has been wrapped in brodart since for preservation purposes. Apart from stains from the jacket paper inside flap on the paste-down and page opposite the text and images inside appear clean and clear throughout. 'An essay by English author George Orwell, first published in August 1947. It was commissioned in September 1943 by W. J. Turner, Collins's general editor, for the series Britain in Pictures. The idea for the series came from the Ministry of Information. It is published with twenty-five illustrations, eight of which are full-page colour plates, and included work by artists Edward Ardizzone, Dame Laura Knight, L. S. Lowry, Henry Moore, John Minton,… Leer más

London: Collins, 1947 VG/VG. 8vo. original green pictorial boards (slightly rubbed, endpapers a little offset, slight creasing to early leaves) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & frayed, a few marks); pp. 48, with 17 black and white illustrations + 8 colour plates. A very good copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Collins, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Quarto (9 x 6 1/2"). 47, [1]pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over matching illustrated paper covered boards, with white lettering to front cover and spine. Publisher's device on title page. ""The English People" is an essay by English author George Orwell, first published in August 1947. It was commissioned in September 1943 by W. J. Turner, Collins's General Editor, for the series 'Britain in Pictures.' The idea for the series came from the Ministry of Information. It was published with twenty-five illustrations, eight of which were full-page color plates, and included work by artists Edward Ardizzone, Dame Laura Knight, L. S. Lowry, Henry Moore, John Minton, and Feliks Topolski amongst others. Written during World War II, it presents Orwell's vision of what it meant to be "English." Orwell did not think highly of his own work. He described it as "silly" and "propaganda", and refused to allow it to be reprinted." Dust-jacket… Leer más

London: Collins, 1957. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket.

London: Collins, 1947. 47, 8 colour plates, 12 black and white illustrations (taken from works of art). Dustjacket complete, owner inscription of architect/designer David Medd dated 1947 on ffep. Some toning of feps, a little darkening of dj edges and rubbing to spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1947. Britain in Pictures. DJ tanned with loss to head and foot of spine and chipped edges. Head and foot of spine split, owner name to ffep, contents good. First Edition. Hard. Good Minus/Good Minus. 8vo.