1984: The Novel by GEORGE ORWELL (1954-Rare Signet Pocketbook USA with Alan Harmon Cover Illustration)

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Author: George Orwell. Published by Signet Books, The New American Library, New York, NY., 1954, 12th Printing. Printed in USA. Very Good Condition SOFTCOVER Pocketbook. Clean insi de, tight spine. Beautiful coloured-edge pages, with an overall well-aged patina, and a bright vibrant cover illustration. 1984: The Novel by GEORGE ORWELL, is a classic book, and this special edition features the famous United States of America only issued cover illustration by Alan Harmon, that is getting harder and harder to find...ULTRA RARE & highly collectible! If you find this book at a better price, you best be buying it PDQ!"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 that rules the superstate Oceania with the ideology of Ingsoc doublethink, memory hole, unperson, thoughtcrime, Newspeak, Thought Police, Room 101, Big Brother they've all entered the English language as instantly recognizable signs of a nightmare future. It's almost impossible to talk about propaganda, surveillance, authoritarian politics, or perversions of truth without dropping a reference to 1984." -Reviewed by Oliver Munday.For more info on this Author, please see: George Orwell - 1984 For more info on the book's various covers, including this famous illustration, please see: 1984 since 1954: Orwell covers evolve For an excellent article on 1984, including a description of this famous cover, please see: George Orwell’s 1984 has been ‘pulped’ | The Letterpress Project GC&C Stock #599 Show more