SIGNED BY ORWELL
Critical Essays
Secker & Warburg, 1946.
First edition. Original red cloth lettered in gilt in printed dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the half title. A near fine copy in a near fine (price clipped) dustwrapper with a slightly tanned spine, worn at its ends.
A collection of wartime pieces covering English literature and popular culture. Orwell, who generally regarded his essays as more significant than his fiction, considered this to be one of his most important books. In particular, it showcased Orwell's ability to see a deeper meaning in otherwise trivial subjects.
A reclusive nature and an itinerant lifestyle meant that Orwell seldom signed or inscribed his books and as such his signature is amongst the scarcest of any major twentieth century author.
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