Keep the Aspidistra Flying
by Orwell, George
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Lewisporte, Newfoundland, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 248 pages; light shelf wear, spine cocked, some slight patches of discolouration to covers, free front endpaper removed, crack starting at rear hinge, but still tight in binding, otherwise gently used, pages very clean and unmarked; DJ has large chip at spine top, now in new mylar protector. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
Synopsis
Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published 1936, is a grimly comic novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is the protagonist's romantic ambition to give up money and status, and the dismal life that results.
Reviews
On Dec 6 2016, a reader said:
Gordon Comstock has vowed to never again bow down to the 'Money God'. He takes a job at a seedy book store and gleefully spirals slowly down to homelessness. Orwell's funniest book by far. A must read for Orwell fans.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric James (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038734
- Title
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying
- Author
- Orwell, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- FICTION LITERATURE English British England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Eric James
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...