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My father bought it when it came out because he loved Orwell and instilled a love of Orwell in me (my favorite novel of his is Coming Up for Air). I doubt this copy is worth much. It's got some folded page corners and, obviously, has lost the dust cover. But I treasure it.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 1 points 1 year ago

And I'm not even talking about politics.

[–] creditCrazy 4 points 1 year ago

Ah good work serving the ministry of truth

[–] siderealyear 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nice! I have an Upton Sinclair first edition 'Little Steel'. Looks to be the same binding.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The first edition of that was listed in hundreds if not thousands of dollars last I checked on ebay.

Better not let it go, ever!

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not planning on it, although I'm guessing my daughter will eventually sell it. She's not especially interested in Orwell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Noooooo.....

[–] phil299 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lovely , and really more valuable than one might imagine considering condition , UK market value would be between £150 to £250 I would say, obviously more with a jacket. This classic is always easy to sell IMO.

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't want to sell it anyway, but thanks for giving me an idea of the value, because that's always good to know.