- Home
- The Road to Wigan Pier.
The Road to Wigan Pier.
With a Foreword by Victor Gollancz.
If you would like to discuss viewing this item in a different location, please use the enquiry form at the bottom of this page.
Notes
First edition, first impression, of Orwell's classic study of poverty in the north of England. It has since become firmly established among Orwell's best-known and most articulate non-fiction works.
The book was issued to members of Victor Gollancz's Left Book Club as the choice for March 1937, ensuring a large edition. Although Gollancz commissioned Orwell's study, the latter half of the book - in which Orwell condemns British socialist intellectuals and their adherence to the Soviet Union - dismayed Gollancz and the Left Book Club committee. Gollancz published the book in its entirety, but with his own preface taking issue with many of Orwell's claims.
Description
Octavo. With 32 pp. of photographic illustrations.
Original orange limp cloth, spine and front wrapper lettered in black.
Left Book Club subscription form, and cigarette card, loosely inserted. Cloth a little sunned, soiled, and rubbed, edges spotted. A very good copy.
Fenwick A5a.
The book was issued to members of Victor Gollancz's Left Book Club as the choice for March 1937, ensuring a large edition. Although Gollancz commissioned Orwell's study, the latter half of the book - in which Orwell condemns British socialist intellectuals and their adherence to the Soviet Union - dismayed Gollancz and the Left Book Club committee. Gollancz published the book in its entirety, but with his own preface taking issue with many of Orwell's claims.
Description
Octavo. With 32 pp. of photographic illustrations.
Illustrations
Original orange limp cloth, spine and front wrapper lettered in black.
Condition
Left Book Club subscription form, and cigarette card, loosely inserted. Cloth a little sunned, soiled, and rubbed, edges spotted. A very good copy.
Bibliography
Fenwick A5a.
About Us
Established in 1969, Peter Harrington is one of the leading rare book firms in the world. It is a proud member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association – along with ILAB, the PBFA and Lapada – and from shops in Mayfair and Chelsea, London, sells rare books, prints and ephemera to customers across the world.
Email: mail@peterharrington.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7591 0220
Delivery
With the exception of framed items*, Peter Harrington offers free delivery on all UK orders of rare books, maps and prints placed through this website listed for £300 or more. Delivery to USA and the rest of the world is also free for orders over £300.
Proud member of
