Description
Limited edition facsimile of the original manuscript of Nineteen Eight-Four by George Orwell.
Folio, xxv, 381pp. One of 275 copies quarter bound in navy Niger goat with marbled boards produced by the Parrot shop. Title in gilt on spine with gilt trim along boards. Binding by Gray Parrot. Housed in the matching beige cloth slipcase. A fine example, appears unread. From a limited edition of 275 copies by Gray Parrot, this being number 292, numbered in pencil on limitation page.
A total print run of 330 copies of Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile Of The Extant Manuscript were printed on Tintoretto Bianco stock. A small run of 55 copies were bound in full royal blue Niger goat and housed in a tray case. This set of 275 were quarter bound in navy Niger goat, with marbled boards and housed in a customer cloth slipcase. A trade edition was also printed in 1984.
