The Complete Uniform Edition of George Orwell with dust wrappers Designed by Denis Piper. - comprising: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four; Animal Farm; Critical Essays; Down and Out in Paris and London; Keep the Aspidistra Flying; Homage to Catalonia; Burmese days; A Clergyman's Daughter; The Lion and the Unicorn; The Road to Wigan Pier; Coming up for Air.

George Orwell

Published by Secker and Warburg, UK, 1959

About this Item

The Complete Uniform Edition of George Orwell with dust wrappers Designed by Denis Piper. The vast majority being thew 1st printing with this new wrapper design. The complete set of eleven volumes [1959-1962] comprising: Nineteen eighty-four; Animal farm; Critical essays; Down and out in Paris and London; Keep the aspidistra flying; Homage to Catalonia; Burmese days; A Clergyman's daughter; The Lion and the Unicorn; The road to Wigan pier; Coming up for air. Eleven volumes. The complete set of Secker & Warburg's Uniform Edition issued with the variant dust wrappers designed by Denis Piper [1928-1987]. The bulk of the Uniform Edition was issued in the publisher's generic green and white wrappers, however, between 1959 and 1967 Secker periodically issued those same volumes in these striking Denis Piper-designed dust wrappers. Good examples of the individual volumes are hard to find and complete sets of all eleven volumes are very rarely encountered. Whilst some copies with the Piper-designed wrappers went to the trade, the majority were issued to schools and public libraries and unmarked examples in good condition are scarce. These eleven copies were issued to the trade, only one of the wrappers is price-clipped and all eleven volumes are in very good to near Fine condition. Save for a one volume with a bookplate and another with a inscription all are in nice condition . Whilst the list of books issued in the Uniform Edition often includes Orwell's 'Shooting an Elephant' there was no issue of that title in a Denis Piper dust wrapper; this is the complete set of Denis Piper's work for the Edition. The eleven volumes comprise: Nineteen eighty-four [1962]; Animal farm [1962]; Critical essays [1960]; Down and out in Paris and London [1960]; Keep the aspidistra flying [1959]; Homage to Catalonia [1959]; Burmese days [1961]; A Clergyman's daughter [1960]; The Lion and the Unicorn [1962]; The road to Wigan pier [1959]; Coming up for air [1959]. Books are very good++, clean and bright. Contents good. Some age toning/foxing.The wrappers are very good and bright. Edges lightly rubbed and nicked. Age toning/darkened spines to some wrappers. Odd closed small tears. Difficult editions to find. More images can be taken upon request. RefA1234.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Uniform Edition of George Orwell with dust wrappers Designed by Denis Piper. - comprising: 1984 Nineteen Eighty-Four; Animal Farm; Critical Essays; Down and Out in Paris and London; Keep the Aspidistra Flying; Homage to Catalonia; Burmese days; A Clergyman's Daughter; The Lion and the Unicorn; The Road to Wigan Pier; Coming up for Air.
• Publisher: Secker and Warburg, UK
• Publication Date: 1959
• Language: English
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: New Edition
• Condition: Very Good ++
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++