Nineteen Eighty-Four. A Novel. Orwell, George.

First edition, first impression, in the green jacket. The first impression was also issued in red jackets simultaneously; judging from surviving examples, this was done in proportions of about two green to one red. Warning against totalitarianism in any guise, Orwell's final book has exerted a monumental impact on political consciousness and on the English language, coining terms such as "double think" and "Big Brother". "No novel of the past century has had more influence than George Orwell's 1984. The title, the adjectival form of the author's last name, the vocabulary of the all-powerful party. It's almost impossible to talk about propaganda, surveillance, authoritarian politics, or pervasions of truth without dropping a reference to 1984" (Packer). Fenwick A12a. George Packer, "Doublethink Is Stronger Than Orwell Imagined", The Atlantic, July 2019. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettering and top edge red. With green dust jacket. Ownership inscription on half-title dated July 1949, the month after publication. Spine lightly faded, as often, contents clean; unclipped jacket rubbed, a few chips to edges, 5.5 cm diagonal closed tear at upper right corner of front panel, notably bright overall: a near-fine copy in very good jacket.