Down and out in Paris and London /
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Author / Creator: | Orwell, George, 1903-1950. |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | New York ; and London : Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1933. |
Description: | [6], 292, [6] pages ; 22 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5787110 |
Varying Form of Title: | Running title throughout: Confessions of a down and out |
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Other authors / contributors: | Harper & Brothers, publisher. |
ISBN: | 015626224X 9780156262248 |
Notes: | "First edition F-H"--Verso of title page. "First American edition"--Fenwick. Published 30 June 1933 (1,750 copies); type distributed 13 February 1934. Collation: leaves 204. x 13.9 cm: [unsigned, 1-19⁸]; 152 leaves, pages [6 unnumbered] [1] 2-292 [293-298 (blank)]. Issued in publisher's purple cloth; spine stamped in darker purple and lettered in black; illustrated lining-papers printed in black and medium green on light green. In light green dust jacket to same design as the lining papers; price $2.50 and extracts from English reviews on front flap, author biography on back flap. Fenwick, G. George Orwell, A.1d |
Summary: | The adventures of a penniless British writer who works as a dishwasher in Paris and encounters the disturbing world of street people and charitable shelters in London. |
Other form: | Online version: Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Down and out in Paris and London. New York ; London, Harper & Bros., 1933 |
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