ORWELL (George).
Keep the Aspidistra Flying.
Orwell’s fourth published book, a socially critical one in which the main character attempts to defy the importance of money. 3,000 copies were printed, with only 2,256 sold.
Provenance: From the library of Orwell scholar and former UCL deputy librarian Ian Angus, with his neat pencilled ownership to the front free endpaper. Angus was the co-editor of Orwell’s Collected Journalism, Essays and Letters published in 1968 and also later contributed to editing the enormous 20-volume edition of Orwell’s Complete Works published 1997-8.
Just about a very good copy overall, school prize bookplate to upper pastedown, a few other former owners’ inscriptions to front free endpaper, minor spotting to outer leaves, contents otherwise generally unmarked, heavy lean to text-block, light shelf wear to extremities, heavy red staining to rear cover.
Fenwick A4a.
