8vo. Original lime green cloth, spine lettered in red, top edge stained red; dust jacket (a touch of rubbing to spine, tiny closed tear near head, neatly repaired on verso); WITH PRINTED "EVENING STANDARD" WRAP-AROUND BAND.

FIRST EDITION of Orwell’s famous dystopian novel, published just a year before his death. In the preferred red dust jacket (issued in both red and green, no priority established), WITH THE RARE PUBLISHER'S PRINTED WRAP-AROUND BAND. 

Nineteen Eighty-Four “has been called an embittered book… the political arguments are never dull… ‘Double Think,’ ‘Newspeak,’ and ‘Big Brother’ now form parts of the language. It is a warning against totalitarianism under any disguise– left of right” (Connolly). It is also one of the most often censored books in the U.S., ranking 5th among frequently challenged books in American schools from 1965 to 1982, and although the book was already considered a classic by critics, it was only present in 43% of school libraries (cf. 100 Banned Books, pp.118-123). Ibid., The Modern Movement p.94; Fenwick A12a. AN EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT COPY.