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The Iron Heel
de London, Jack
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
New York, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1908 First edition, first printing. Publisher’s dark blue cloth with titles in gray and gilt, sun and hands illustration outlined in blind to front board. Near fine, with light wear to corners and spine ends, bright gilt, light soiling to top of pp. 349 - 354. Overall, a lovely copy. BAL 11908. The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel, recognized today as an important predecessor to other modern dystopian classics like We, Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Brave New World. In the book, the reader is presented with the Everhard Manuscript, a historical document written by Avis Everhard and spanning the years 1912 through 1932. In the document, Avis’ husband, a socialist, convinces her and a few close friends that the tenets of Marxism are true. When Avis and her husband plot a revolution, the government and oligarchy, collectively called The Iron Heel, form a private army and attempt to crush them. The book is famous for having a number of predictions that were correct or close to being correct, such as the outbreak of World War I and the Great Depression. Orwell was a huge admirer of The Iron Heel, and it has been theorized that he chose the date “1984” for his dystopian masterpiece because in The Iron Heel that date marks the completion of the fascist “wonder-city,” Asgard. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.
Sinopsis
The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Generally considered to be "the earliest of the modern Dystopian," it chronicles the rise of an oligarchic tyranny in the United States. It is arguably the novel in which Jack London's socialist views are most explicitly on display.
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Detalles
- Librería
- B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- JL057
- Título
- The Iron Heel
- Autor
- London, Jack
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- New York: The Macmillan Company
- Fecha de publicación
- 1908
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 20th Century Literature; Modern Firsts; Fiction;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
New York, New York
Sobre B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA
Selling First Editions and Rare Books from all centuries. Specializing in 19th and 20th century literature, modern first editions, signed and inscribed books, early children's literature, and poetry.
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- First Edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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- BAL
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
