Keep Flying, First Edition (69 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: New. 1st. Despite hailing from a comfortable family background, budding poet Gordon Comstock decides to declare war on money and all the middle-class trappings that wealth can buy. Working in a small bookshop and living in a bedsit in London, he dreams of completing an ambitious poem in rhyme royal and devoting his life to literature. But when poverty begins to damage his self-esteem and taint his worldview, and his romantic and professional lives start falling apart, will Gordon be able to uphold his anti-money principles, or will he succumb to the lure of lucre and everything he stands against? First published in 1936, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is the author's third novel, and one of his most outspoken works of social criticism. Partly autobiographical, it sits alongside Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four as a reminder of Orwell's lucid narrative style and his abilities as a politically and socially engaged writer.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xxxvii, 229 pp. The jacket is lightly scuffed at the head of the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Rubbing to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated First Edition. Blue-boards hardback with a dust jacket now protected in a new archival -quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. The front of the dust jacket has a small tear on the top edge. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga.

Condition: Good. 1962. First Edition Thus. 263 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Contents Include: The Awakeing: May, 1946; The Journey Begins: November, 1946; Testing the Wings: 1947-1951; Charting the Course: 1951-1955; Winds of Change: 1955-1962; The Jet Era - Trial by Transition: 1963-1969; Coming of Age: 1970-1976, etc. Good+ to very good tight condition with good+ dust jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.

Condition: New. 2000. 1st Edition. paperback. Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218. . . . . .

Condition: New. 2021. 01st Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback in very good plus condition with very good dust jacket. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Assumed first edition. No jacket. Cover edges scuffed and corners bumped. Especially worn top and bottom of spine. Spine is slightly sloped. Owner's nameplate inside. Otherwise in good condition.

Condition: New. 2011. 1st Edition. hardcover. Focusing on authors work, this title offers a collection of three stories dated from the 1930s. It features books such as, In Burmese Days, Coming Up for Airdramatizes, and Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Num Pages: 712 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 134 x 39. Weight in Grams: 732. . . . . .

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Oblong. Stapled bindings. 48 pages, with illustrations throughout. Wartime overview of activities at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Scarce. Light wear to blue illustrated wrappers.

Condition: New. The insightful and entertaining account of an outstanding British diplomatic career in the post-colonial period. Num Pages: 300 pages, Photographic plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1FBXS; 3JJ; BM; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552. . 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . .

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. Roger Mayne (Cover photograph) (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. A first printing of the first UK paperback edition published on 22nd Mar 1962 - Penguin Catalogue No. 1698 - priced at 3/6 on the front cover - with a classic 1960s-style pictorial cover with evocative photograph by street photographer Roger Mayne. Originally published as a hardback in the UK in 1936 by Victor Gollancz, and re-issued in 1954 by Secker & Warburg. ***A very good copy in illustrated orange-red card covers. The covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling, but are very clean - just some light marks on the back cover. The spine is really clean with only very light reading creases. There is no lean to the binding but the spine is slightly curved from reading. No fading to the covers. Internally the book is also very good, with the original owner's initials at the top corner of the half-title page. No serious creases or tears, but please note that there is some stain marking at the top margin of p.14, but only slightly affecting the text (please see scans). There is also a small closed tear to the fore-edge of p. 155/6. The paper stock is slightly tanned with age as usual. No foxing. No dustwrappers were issued on these later Penguin editions. ***264 pages plus a six page publisher's catalogue at the back of the book, extending onto the inside back cover. 182mm x 111mm. ***'"Keep the Aspidistra Flying", first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status, and the dismal life that results. Orwell wrote in a letter to George Woodcock dated 28 September 1946 that "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" was one of the two or three of his books that he was ashamed of because it "was written simply as an exercise and I oughtn't to have published it, but I was desperate for money. At that time I simply hadn't a book in me, but I was half starved and had to turn out something to bring in £100 or so." Orwell did not want either this book or "A Clergyman's Daughter" reprinted during his lifetime. Orwell's biographer Jeffrey Meyers finds the novel flawed by weaknesses in plot, style and characterisation, but praises "a poignant and moving quality that comes from Orwell's perceptive portrayal of the alienation and loneliness of poverty, and from Rosemary's tender response to Gordon's mean misery."' (Wiki) ***First printing of the first paperback edition of George Orwell's classic pre-war work: "Keep the Aspidistra Flying", in very good original condition - despite the aforementioned flaws. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

299 S. Erste spanische Ausgabe. - innen ordentlicher Zustand. Sprache: Spanisch Gewicht in Gramm: 800 8°. Orig.-Leinen mit Orig.-Umschlag (Umschlag angerändert).

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Excelente. Dust Jacket Condition: Excelente. 1ª Edición. (Literatura inglesa. Novela). Barcelona, Ediciones Destino, 1976. Col. Ancora y Delfín - 455. Traducción de José Domínguez. 300 p. 2 h. 8º. Cartoné editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Excelente ejemplar. Primera edición en castellano. First spanish edition.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. private library liquidation.

Soft Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on title page by the subject of the book. Story of Alvin E. "Gabby" Renninger, a pilot and aviation enthusiast from Limerick, PA. 74 pages with black and white photographs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Subject of Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good hardcover in Very Good dj (rear gutter is exposed between verso of rear endpaper and preceding page; two small 1/2" tears to lower dj spine which are taped to verso of dj; three small 1/4" tears to top rear dj panel which are taped to verso of dj; a few small 1/4" dj tears; dj is clipped at extreme four corners of inner dj flaps but dj price is still visible at top front inner dj flap). Still, a nice copy. First Edition, First Printing. First American Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. private library liquidation lightly read shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First American edition. Good; no DJ. Green cloth binding, with some areas of loss of color near spine and edges of boards. Previous owner bookplate pasted inside front board. Interior unmarked. Photos on request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. First Penguin Edition No marks.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 308pp, bw ills, map. Or card. Reading crease to cover near spine, an old UK price stamped on copyright page. SIGNED by author on title page. An intriguing account of 34 years service taking the author from civilian apprentice fitter to 13 years as Wing Commander Aircraft Engineer. He served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and the Desert Air Force from Cairo to Greece. After the war he had experience with V Bombers and nuclear weapons. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. private library liquidation.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First penguin edition, Pages generally clean and bright, Binding firm, Light wear to edges. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 925 pages ; 25 cm. Subjects; Roman anglais 20e siècle. English fiction. Fiction in English. Dystopian fiction. Classic Literature. Science Fiction. 3 Kg.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A pre-cursor to his more famous works of Animal Farm and 1984, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is Orwells social commentary on capitalisms constraints. Orwell captures the struggles of an aspiring writer with almost pitch-perfect attention to psychological detail, exploring the gulf between art and life.Gordon Comstock is a poor young man who works in a grubby London bookstore and spends his evenings shivering in a rented room, trying to write. He is determined to stay free of the money world of lucrative jobs, family responsibilities, and the kind of security symbolized by the homely aspidistra plant that sits in every middle-class British window. A pre-cursor to his more famous works of Animal Farm and 1984, Keep the Aspidistra Flying is Orwells social commentary on capitalisms constraints. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Presumed first edition (no additional printings listed) ; circa 1942. Original blue cloth, approximately 8 1/2 x 11 inches, nonpaginated, well illustrated with black and white photographs + some cartoons. Hardcover, very good, no dustjacket. Light soil on cloth, corners bumped, paper lightly age yellowed, first leaf detached, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Overview of the school plus individual class photos. Military; World War II; aeronautics; airplanes; aviation; aircraft; history; yearbook; genealogy.