Politics & the English Language

Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson, 1947. First Edition. First edition. [16] pp. Stapled wraps. Subtle toning to wraps, else Fine. A very crisp, bright copy. The first book publication of an essay that first appeared in the magazines Horizons in the UK and The New Republic in the US, "Printed as a Christmas Keepsake for the Typophiles" according to… Saber más sobre este artículo

Evansville, IN: Herbert W. Simpson, 1947. First Edition. First edition. [16] pp. Bound in publisher's stapled wraps. Very Good with a faint cup ring to the front wrap, a few other very light stains to wraps but contents in very nice shape. The first book publication of an essay that first appeared in the magazines Horizons in the UK… Saber más sobre este artículo

Evansville: Herbert W. Simpson. 1947. First edition in book form of an important essay on political language, which, according to the author, "is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind". First edition in book form of an important essay on political language, which, according to the author,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paperback / softback. New. Includes all issues such as political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. This title offers an essay on style.

Sahara Publisher Books, 1946-01-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Includes all issues such as political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. This title offers an essay on style.

Benediction Classics, 2/15/2010 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 0.3937 8.9764 5.9449.

Paperback / softback. New.

Penguin Modern Classics. Paperback. New.

Penguin Modern Classics. Paperback. New.

Penguin Classics, 2013. Paperback. New. 32 pages. 7.09x4.02x0.12 inches.

Renard Press Ltd, 2021. Paperback. New. 48 pages. 7.81x5.06x0.11 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; In Politics and the English Language, Orwell takes aim at the language used in politics, which, he says, 'is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind'. This essay is

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New. This essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. In it, Orwell argues that when political discourse trades clarity and precision for stock phrases, the debasement of politics follows. First published in 'Horizon' in 1946, Orwell's ideas continue to be relevant to our own age.

Hardback. New.

Unknown. Hardcover. New. 110 pages. 8.98x5.98x0.55 inches.

Sahara Publisher Books, 2020. Paperback. New. 50 pages. 9.02x5.98x0.10 inches.