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‎Orwell George‎

‎Animal Farm Barron's Book Notes‎

‎Barron's Educational Series. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Barron's Educational Series unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP3754702 ISBN : 0812034023 9780812034028

‎Orwell George‎

‎Animal Farm‎

‎Signet 1289 1956 Collectible Vintage Paperback first printing of Orwell's classic book or is 1984 his classic reading crease no other major cover creases. Nice copy. . First Thus. Paperback. VG/VG. Signet 1289 (1956) Paperback‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎ANIMAL FARM‎

‎signet classics Paperback #ct 304 CONDITION: g used. signet classics paperback‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎Animal Farm‎

‎NEW YORK: Time Incorporated 1965. Time Reading Program Special Edition. Cover by Joseph Low. Clean With very light general wear. A nice copy. bx 56. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Batchelor Joy; Halas John. Time Incorporated paperback‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎ANIMAL FARM‎

‎New York NY: New American Library. 1963. Fifteenth Printing. Paperback. Very Good with no dust jacket; Edgewear. ; Introduction by C. M. Woodhouse.; Mass Market PB; 128 pages . New American Library paperback‎

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‎Orwell George With an Introdcution by CM. Woodhouse C. M.‎

‎Animal Farm‎

‎VG. Pbk. Tight fresh copy. Usu. yellowing. Initials to t.p. novel The New American Library New York 1956 Signet #1289 First prtg. 7 x 4 1/4" 128 pp. First appearance in paperback. Includes a 10-p. introduction for this edition by Woodhouse from the Times Literary Supplement The New American Library paperback‎

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‎Orwell George pseud of Eric Blair‎

‎ANIMAL FARM A FAIRY STORY‎

‎Harmondsworth Middlesex: Penguin Books 1951. Orange and white wrappers. First Penguin edition 60000 copies printed. Toe of spine faintly bumped light dust-soiling to wrappers else very good. FENWICK A10h. Penguin Books unknown‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎Animal Farm. A fairy story.‎

‎Penguin London 1958 1958. TB 120s. in gutem Zustand Penguin , London 1958, unknown‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎ANIMAL FARM‎

‎Signet 1963. The classic work about the pig-headed rules of an imaginary totalitarian state which illuminates the range of human experiience from love to hate and comedy to tragedy. A fable about Russia and communism. 128 pages 051. Paperback. Fine. Signet, Paperback‎

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‎orwell george‎

‎Animal Farm Notes‎

‎Coles. Fair. Paperback. 0774032294 study aids. . Coles paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 41839 ISBN : 0774032294 9780774032292

‎ORWELL GEORGE‎

‎Animal Farm‎

‎Harcourt Brace & Co. New York: 1946. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fair condition Dustjacket has chips and tears. The animals on Mr. Jones's farm stage a successful revolution and take the place over. Their hopes their plans and their achievements form the subject of this classic. In the first flush of enthusias there is set up a great commandment All animals are equal but unfortunately leadership devolves almost automatically on the pigs who are on a higher intellectual level than the rest. "A wide compassionate and illuminating fable for our time." - The New York Times Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York: 1946 hardcover‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎Animal Farm‎

‎New York: Signet : New American Library 1974. Orwell's classic political satire on communist revolution and the behavior of communists placed into a farm taken over by the animals - the pigs emplacing themselves as the overlords and 'more equal than others'. Softcover 128pp. book shows general wear. Reading copy. Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Ex-Library. Signet : New American Library Paperback‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎ANIMAL FARM‎

‎Harcourt Brace Modern Classic 5th hardcover vg-f in dust jacket . hardcover‎

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‎Orwell George‎

‎ANIMAL FARM‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace and Co. 1946 No other edition stated probable first. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light age yellowing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Harcourt, Brace and Co. hardcover‎

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‎ORWELL George.‎

‎Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher Victor Gollancz relating to the publication of The Road to Wigan Pier.‎

‎29 Oct 1936-27 Aug 1958. Orwell's classic study of Northern England poverty takes form Housed in a green morocco album with centre tool to spine separated by raised bands by the Chelsea Bindery. Some chips and tears to a few documents but generally in very good condition. Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence regarding the publication of George Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier including the original contract for the work. Orwell's classic study of industrial poverty in the north of England remains in print today and is among the most esteemed and best-known of his non-fiction books. After Orwell finished Keep the Aspidistra Flying in January 1936 Gollancz - a prominent left-wing publishing house - commissioned him to write a book about the condition of the working class and the unemployed in the north of England and offered him a £500 advance. Orwell spent the next few months in the region writing a diary which formed the basis of the book and worked on it for the rest of the year. The archive of correspondence opens in late October 1936 with Gollancz asking Orwell's literary agent Leonard Moore how the book is coming along. Moore replies that the book is expected in December and that Orwell has now titled it On the Road to Wigan Pier the first word later dropped and that he thinks it is "extraordinarily good". Gollancz replies in early November that he is looking forward to the book and it might be considered for the Left Book Club which would guarantee a large circulation and royalties. He cannot confirm this yet but "it sounds as if it might be just the book that we have been looking for". On 16 December Leonard Moore sent Gollancz the manuscript unfortunately not preserved as with Orwell's other books. Moore says Orwell is soon to go to Spain fighting for the republican cause in the civil war his experiences in which he would later publish in Homage to Catalonia and would like to hear from Gollancz soon. Gollancz telegraphed asking to see Orwell immediately and contacted various people for photographs of northern poverty which he could use to illustrate the book with quite extensive correspondence on the subject here preserved. On Christmas Eve 1936 Gollancz wrote to Orwell offering terms of the proceeds for the ordinary edition colonial sales and a Left Book Club edition. He also notes that they will need a new contract - fiction works were covered under the contract for A Clergyman's Daughter but this is non-fiction and needs new terms. Five days later Moore wrote to accept most of the terms but sought better returns on the colonial sales and a higher advance. He also recommended that the contract should give Gollancz first right on Orwell's next three books. Gollancz responded on 4 January 1937 agreeing to the higher colonial royalties but rejecting a higher advance for now - he will send a higher advance if the title is chosen for the Left Book Club. Moore agreed to these terms on the 11 January. Meanwhile Gollancz wrote to his lawyer Harold Rubinstein asking if the book had any libel problems - Rubinstein outlined a few minor changes but libel concerns were less prevalent here than for some of Orwell's other books and the changes were made without any acrimony. In mid-January the contract was signed a contract here preserved initialled by Orwell's wife Sonia who was acting as Orwell's attorney while he was fighting in Spain. The contract is stapled with a note from 1950 after Orwell's death recording that royalties for some of Orwell's books had reverted to Sonia and that Heath & Co are working as agents for Orwell's estate. On 5 February 1937 Gollancz confirmed to Moore that the work would be chosen as the Left Book Club choice and requested Sonia Orwell's permission to print a cheap edition of part of the book to promote the Club which she agreed to. A month later Moore writes with some anger to see that an excerpt of the book has been published in the News Chronicle without his permission. Gollancz apologetically replies that they allowed a review article with extracts and were unhappy when they saw the extent of quotation but permitted it as it was a leading review. Moore unhappily conceded. At any rate it led to no long lasting bad blood - in May 1937 Orwell wrote to Gollancz here preserved in carbon to say how much he liked Gollancz's introduction to the book. He gives an account of his time in Spain and writes that "I greatly hope I come out of this alive if only to write a book about it". Gollancz thanked him and has heard that he was injured Orwell was shot in the neck on 20 May 1937 and that he sends his best wishes. In August 1937 Orwell wrote to Gollancz again with indignation that the Daily Worker had referenced him saying the working classes smell and asks Gollancz to use his clout to stop the references which he says is a misquote. Orwell believes that this is deliberate libel orchestrated by the British Communist Party as Orwell had served with the anti-Stalinist POUM in Spain. He denies at length that he is a middle class snob. Much of the correspondence in the archive is from individuals and companies wanting to use sections of the book which Gollancz agrees to. On 28 September 1937 it is recorded that Random House do not want the book for a US edition it would not be published in the US until 1958. Several years later in 1944 Gollancz wrote to Moore saying that The Road to Wigan Pier had fallen out of print but they are saving it as part for "our socialist propaganda campaign after the war". Thereafter correspondence is mostly regarding copyright – there is some uncertainty who owns the copyright to the photos used after Gollancz lost the files. It is noted in 1950 following Orwell's death that Heath & Co are now acting as the literary executors and that Sonia Orwell wants the rights to return to her. Finally in 1958 Gollancz took issue with the fact that Harbrace had used his foreword without his permission in their US edition of the book leading to an apology. The archive of Victor Gollancz was sold by the firm's parent company in recent years from whom the correspondence and contract was directly acquired. Full list of contents: 1. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell's literary agent Leonard Moore 29 October 1936 enquiring whether Orwell is working on any books and when they may be done. 2. Moore's reply 5 November 1935. Tells him about The Road to Wigan Pier which he feels is extraordinarily good and that he will send him the manuscript next month. 3. Carbon of Gollancz's reply to Moore 6 November 1935. Gollancz says it is may be considered for the Left Book Club choice. 4. Letter from Moore to Gollancz 16 December 1936 enclosing the manuscript. 5. Copy of telegram from Orwell to Gollancz 19 December 1936 urging a meeting; and another telegram 19 December 1936 arranging a time. 6. Carbons of letters from Gollancz to five individuals 22 December 1936 requesting photographs of distressed areas for use in the upcoming book; also another letter in reply to one of the recipients saying to trust them to the post 29 December 1936. 7. Carbon from Gollancz to Moore 24 December 1936 offering terms for Wigan Pier confirming that it is highly probable it would be a Left Book Club choice for March. He notes there is a need for a new contract as it is non-fiction and would be considered under the fiction contract of A Clergyman's Daughter. 8. Letter from Moore to Gollancz 29 December 1936. He expresses hope it will be the Left Book Club choice and finds the terms satisfactory but would like a higher advance. 9. Carbon of brief reply to Moore 30 December 1936 saying Mr. Gollancz is away until early January. 10. Letter from Clough William Ellis 31 December 1936 referring to photographs in the Architects Journal which might be applicable together with Gollancz's carbon response them 1 January 1937 and a torn scrap of paper with notes on who to contact for photographs. 11. Carbon from Gollancz to Leonard Moore 4 January 1937 responding to his negotiated terms. 12. Carbon from Gollancz to his solicitor Rubinstein 4 January 1937 asking his opinion regarding libel. 13. Reply from Rubinstein 7 January 1937 outlining libel concerns. 14. Collection of carbons responding to those solicited for photographs 1-8 January 1937 saying they now longer need them. 15. Letter from Moore 11 January 1937 agreeing to the royalty terms. 16. Carbon from Gollancz to Moore 14 January 1937 sending the signed contract for Wigan Pier. 17. Response from Moore 15 January 1937 returning the counterpart signed by Sonia Orwell as Orwell's attorney. 18. Contract for Road to Wigan Pier 15 January 1937. Four printed sheets signed by Eileen Blair as attorney for Orwell. Stapled with: 3 July 1950 carbon noting that the royalties for Wigan Pier The Clergyman's Daughter and Inside the Whale have reverted to Mrs. Orwell; and 12 June 1950 carbon informing Gollancz that Heath & Co Ltd have been appointed as agents for the literary executors of the Orwell estate. In the original worn envelope. 19. Carbon to Moore from Gollancz 5 February 1937 confirming they will print it as the Left Book Club issue for March and asking permission to announce in the Left News as such. 20. Response from Moore 12 February 1937 expressing his pleasure with the news and giving permission. 21. Letter from Moore to Gollancz 9 April 1937 complaining that The New Chronicle had published a significant extract of Wigan Pier with Gollancz's approval but without paying Orwell any royalties. 22. Carbon of Gollancz's response 13 April 1937 saying they had agreed to a review article only albeit with many extracts; they had complained when they heard of its extent but dropped it when they made it the leading review. 23. Letter from Moore to Gollancz 14 April 1937 agreeing to let the matter drop but stating they shouldn't allow newspapers to get important features for free based on supposed publicity. 24. 2-page typed letter from Orwell to Gollancz 9 May 1937. Sent from Barcelona while on leave from his fighting in the Spanish civil war Orwell thanks him for his introduction to Wigan Pier. He writes "I greatly hope I come out of this alive if only to write a book about it". 25. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell 31 May 1937 thanking him for his letter; he had heard he was wounded but he hopes not badly Orwell was shot in the neck on 20 May 1937. 26. Letter from Arthur Calder Marshall 31 May 1937 asking permission to use extracts from Wigan Pier in his forthcoming book. 27. Carbon response from Gollancz 2 June 1937 giving permission although technically they cannot do so on behalf of authors. 28. Carbon from Gollancz to Moore 8 July 1937 referring to a letter from Orwell's French translator Madame Yvonne Davet not present. 29. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell 14 July 1937 enclosing the quotes he promised him not present. 30. 2-page typed letter signed from Orwell to Gollancz 20 August 1937 referring to a newspaper cutting he has enclosed not present. Orwell takes issues to references in the Daily Worker that he said the working classes smell in Wigan Pier asking Gollancz to use his clout to stop the references which he says is a misquote. Orwell says there is organized libel orchestrated by the communists as Orwell had served with the anti-Stalinist POUM in Spain. 31. Carbon of response to Orwell 23 August 1937 saying his letter is being passed to the appropriate quarters. 32. Carbon from Gollancz to Mrs Shepherd 11 September 1937 providing copyright details of various photographs in Wigan Pier. 33. Carbon from Gollancz to Moore 28 September 1937 informing him that Random House are not interested in the book. 34. Letter from Moore 29 September 1937 thanking him for his note. 35. Letter from Sands and Co to Gollancz 27 April 1938 asking to quote from Wigan Pier in a book entitled Christ and the Workers. 36. Carbon response 3 May 1938 giving permission provided attribution is made and Orwell also consents. 37. Response from Sands & Co. 10 May 1938 thanking Gollancz and enclosing a letter to send to Orwell. 38. Carbon from Gollancz to Moore 20 October 1938 giving permission for Teachers World to quote from Wigan Pier. 39. Letter from Leonard Moore 24 October 1938 thanking Gollancz for giving permission. 40. Carbon from Gollancz to Father Martindale at The Month 16 February 1939 questioning a statement in an article that Gollancz must have hated publishing the book; clipping of article enclosed. 41. Response from Martindale 18 February 1939 replying: he felt Orwell's criticism of the left-wing intelligentsia would have affronted Gollancz. 42. Letter from A. W. Berry commenting on the book 6 March 1939. 43. Carbon response from Gollancz 7 March 1939 thanking him for his letter. 44. Two letters from John Lehmann 8 October 1940 asking permission to quote from Wigan Pier and other books in his upcoming work enclosing proof of relevant passage. 45. Carbon response from Gollancz giving permission 16 October 1940. 46. Letter from Leonard Moore 2 August 1944 asking if there is any intent to do a reprint of Wigan Pier. 47. Carbon reply from Gollancz 9 August 1944 saying he is holding from reprinting the book until it can be part of their post-war socialist propaganda campaign. 48. Letter from R. C. Churchill 30 October 1948 asking for permission to quote from Wigan Pier in his forthcoming book. 49. Carbon response from Gollancz 5 November 1948 assenting. 50. Letter from W. P. Matthews 14 June 1949 asking for permission to quote from Wigan Pier in his forthcoming book. 51. Carbon response from Gollancz 21 June 1949 assenting. 52. Letter on behalf of Shipley Divisional Labour Party to Gollancz 11 October 1949 asking for permission to reproduce photos from Wigan Pier. 53. Carbon response 14 October 1949 saying copyright resides with the original copyright holders and to contact Christy and Moore. 54. Letter from Christy and Moore to Gollancz 27 October 1949 saying they have been contacted regarding the photographs but they do not own a copy of the book so can't check. 55. Carbon response from Gollancz 31 October 1949 saying they have lost the files and do not know where copyright resides. 56. Letter from Christy and Moore 9 November 1949 saying Orwell also does not know who holds the copyright and asking for them to check again. 57. Carbon response from Gollancz 10 November 1949 reiterating they do not know where copyright resides but including a document referring to some of the photographs not present. 58. Letter from Christy and Moore 14 November 1949 thanking them and saying they will pass the information on. 59. Letter from Heath & Co. on behalf of Sonia Orwell 15 June 1950. They state they have taken over as literary executors and that Sonia Orwell would like back the rights to Wigan Pier Clergyman's Daughter and Inside the Whale so they can be published in an edition Secker & Warburg are publishing. 60. Carbon from Gollancz 3 July 1950 agreeing to the rights reverting. 61. Carbon of telegram from Gollancz to Harbrace 17 July 1958 expressing shock that their edition will include his foreword and asking when it is to be published. 62. Telegram from McCallum Harbrace to Gollancz 17 July 1958 saying the edition of Wigan Pier has already been published with Gollancz's foreword. 63. 3-page Carbon from Gollancz to Heath & Co. 31 July 1958 complaining that Harcourt Brace and Co. had reproduced Gollancz's foreword to Wigan Pier without permission. 64. Letter from Harcourt Brace and Company 27 August 1958 apologizing for not seeking his consent for publishing the foreword. hardcover‎

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‎ORWELL George.‎

‎Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher Victor Gollancz relating to the publication of Keep the Aspidistra Flying.‎

‎16 Jan 1936-23 June 1944. Orwell's second novel takes form Housed in a green morocco album with centre tool to spine separated by raised bands by the Chelsea Bindery. Some instances of creasing and chipping at extremities one carbon copy quite tatty but generally overall in very good condition. Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence regarding the publication of George Orwell's second novel Keep the Aspidistra Flying. The correspondence often bitter shows how far concerns with libel altered the final text of the novel and how unhappy Orwell was about this; it contains two typed letters two autograph notes and one full autograph letter all signed by Orwell in around four hundred words in his hand. Soon after completing A Clergyman's Daughter Orwell moved to London and took a part-time job in a bookshop in Hampstead. By February 1935 he had begun to write Keep the Aspidistra Flying incorporating his experiences as a bookseller - the career shared by the protagonist Gordon Comstock - and his experience of poverty. Orwell sent the manuscript to Gollancz in January 1936. The archive opens with a carbon copy of a letter from Gollancz to his solicitor Harold Rubinstein 16 January 1936 enclosing the manuscript the manuscript of the novel unfortunately has now been lost and asking for his comments on any possible libel concerns noting that Orwell has got approval from his old employer for the bookshop scenes. On the same date Gollancz wrote to Orwell commending the novel - "I can think of no English novel which deals with this central question of money". He tells him that he is having it checked for libel and says that in his opinion the verbal repetition of the money question should be toned down as overplaying the point but even so sends his congratulations. There then begins what will form the bulk of the archive become a major source of irritation for Orwell and ultimately lead to quite substantial textual changes to the novel - a lengthy exchange between Gollancz his solicitor Orwell and Orwell's literary agent Leonard Moore on the question of libel concerns. On 20 January 1936 Rubinstein replied to Gollancz with a lengthy list of libel concerns mostly concerning Orwell's use in the novel of deliberately banal advertisements - Rubinstein is concerned that they will be seen as too close to existent advertisements. Gollancz forwarded this to Orwell asking him to make changes. Orwell replies the next day accepting most of the changes but does challenge Rubinstein in places and is clearly not too pleased with what he thinks are pedantic alterations. Gollancz checked the revised manuscript with Rubinstein who raised three new concerns still feeling that it may antagonize certain companies who see themselves or their products reflected. Orwell sent a typed letter signed to Gollancz accepting the changes and proposing a meeting including an autograph note signed altering the three concerns - he changes a description of cigarettes from "acrid" to "soothing" deletes the phrase "foul bloody things" and changes an advertisement to "earn five pounds a week in your spare time" which he feels is too general to be attributed to any company. Rubinstein confirmed these changes requesting only one more minor change. Orwell returns the letter with a further signed manuscript note accepting the change and writing that he has moved address. However Orwell's libel woes were not over. On 17 February 1936 Gollancz wrote to Orwell again saying that the whole business of libel is becoming a nightmare and that four books had to be recalled over the last week due to it. He gives a lengthy list of further desired changes. Orwell replies with a lengthy autograph letter signed 18 February 1936 in which he defends his writing. He says he will do what he can "short of ruining the book altogether". However he refuses to make any changes to the character of Mr. McKechnie the bookshop owner rejecting that there are any parallels with his old employer. He also refuses to take out the word "sod" which he has used in his books before and which was used in Robert Graves's Goodbye To All That. Gollancz replied to Orwell on 19 February saying they will accept what he says about Mr. McKechnie but really feel he should take out the word "sod" otherwise the book may be banned from the larger circulating libraries. Orwell responded with an irate telegram the same day: "absolutely impossible make changes suggested would mean complete rewriting am wiring agent". Gollancz wrote to Orwell's literary agent Leonard Moore still on the 19 February asking if he will use his influence to effect the changes which he insists probably correctly are not excessive - "what Orwell is objecting to is really incredibly trivial". Moore's intervened and Orwell did come round to making the changes and replied with a typed letter signed on 24 February: "it seems to me that these alterations spoil the book altogether; however perhaps that is better than being prosecuted for libel". Looking at the textual changes to the final book from these exchanges it does seem that Orwell is being melodramatic - the changes are to the wording of advertisements and so on which are not central to the book's plot or themes and it is very difficult to argue that the book was in any way spoiled. Even so the correspondence does reveal that Orwell was not entirely happy with the novel in its final state a state in which it is still printed and read today a significant detail. Moore wrote to Gollancz on 26 February 1938 setting out why Orwell was unhappy and enclosing an extract from a letter that Orwell had written to Moore in which he said that Gollancz "have utterly ruined the book". Gollancz replied to Moore on 28 February 1936 to state that they do not agree the book has been ruined and that it remains "an extraordinarily brilliant and forceful piece of writing and only the author could detect that any changes had been made". To everyone's dismay libel concerns still continued after more similarities between products in the novel and real products came to light. Gollancz wrote to Moore again on 29 February asking for someone to look at the book again hinting that it might be best if this was done by someone other than Orwell. Moore replied on 4 March saying he will not mention it to Orwell now and will try and avoid doing so. He agrees with Gollancz that the novel is by no means ruined by the changes and says that "authors always feel like that when compelled to use the blue pencil". On the 6 March Gollancz's solicitor Harold Rubinstein recommended new changes which Gollancz regretfully sent on to Moore on the 7 March asking him to speak to Orwell as he "seems to be more amenable in your hands than ours". Orwell replied with a typed letter signed on 11 March making the alterations without any open bitterness this time which concluded the business. The archive then includes the agreement memorandum for the novel - as future novels were covered under the contract signed for A Clergyman's Daughter no full contract was signed: this memorandum only read "2nd Option on Clergyman's Daughter" with a later ink note "Rights reverted 26. 5. 44". This latter note is explained by the next item a letter from Leonard Moore dated 25 May 1944 asking if Penguin can have the book if more editions by Gollancz were not to be forthcoming to which Gollancz agreed on 26 May 1930; there is a further note from Gollancz to Orwell's executors 23 June 1944 saying that the rights have reverted which closes the collection. The archive of Victor Gollancz was sold by the firm's parent company in recent years from whom the correspondence was directly acquired. Full list of contents: 1. Carbon from Gollancz to his solicitor Rubinstein 16 January 1936 enclosing KTAF manuscript and asking for comments on libel. Orwell has asked his former bookshop manager if he has any objections to the bookshop scenes and he has none. A little tatty with repair on verso. 2. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell 16 January 1936 congratulating him on the novel. He outlines minor libel issues and suggests a reduction in the verbal references to money. 3. Letter from Rubinstein to Gollancz 20 January 1936 raising potential libel concerns. 4. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell 20 January 1936 enclosing a copy of Rubinstein's comments. 5. A copy of the above letter marked up with manuscript ticks. 6. Two typed pages from Orwell 21 January 1936 making emendations with reference to Rubinstein. Orwell mostly accepts the changes but in places challenges Rubinstein. 7. Carbon from Gollancz to Rubinstein 22 January 1936 enclosing the manuscript with the corrections and libel correspondence and asking for his review. 8. Response from Rubinstein 23 January 1936 confirming the alterations but raising three further issues together with copy. 9. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell 24 January 1936 sending Rubinstein's comments and stating Gollancz agrees with the three further changes. 10. Typed letter signed from Orwell dated 23 January 1936 but after the previous letter sending notes and hoping to have a meeting. Together with an A5 handwritten note signed accepting the three changes. 11. Carbon from Gollancz to Rubinstein 27 January 1936 asking if the text is now okay. 12. Letter from Rubinstein to Gollancz 27 January 1936 saying Orwell's final changes are satisfactory and suggesting one final minor change. Together with three copies of the letter. 13. Letter from Gollancz to Orwell 29 January 1936 enclosing Rubinstein's above letter returned by Orwell with his signed manuscript notes at foot agreeing to the final change and saying he is moving to a new address. Together with an unsigned carbon of Gollancz's letter and a copy of the pages of manuscript that needed correcting with manuscript corrections. 14. Lengthy letter from Gollancz to Orwell 17 February 1936 saying libel is becoming an increasing concern as other books had to be withdrawn. He suggests further changes to the manuscript. Returned by Orwell with annotations accepting and rejecting some changes; a lengthy penciled note at the top of the letter by Orwell signed Eric has been obscured and then erased. 15. Autograph letter signed from Orwell to Gollancz 18 February 1936 defending his writing and saying that he will do what he can short of ruining the book altogether. 16. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell 19 February 1936. They accept his hostility to the changes but reiterate libel concerns and say Orwell's retaining of the word "sod" may well lead to it being banned from libraries. 17. Telegram from Orwell to Gollancz 19 February 1936 "Absolutely impossible make changes suggested would mean complete rewriting am wiring agent". 18. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell's literary agent Leonard Moore 19 February 1936 insisting that the desired changes are not excessive and hoping he will use his influence to effect the changes. 19. Typed letter signed from Orwell to Gollancz 24 February 1936 plus a typed sheet of corrections. Orwell accepts the changes even though he feels it somewhat spoils the book as necessary to avoid libel. 20. Letter from Leonard Moore to Gollancz 26 February 1938 enclosing a copy of a letter from Orwell to Moore. Moore insists next time they do not send the book to press until everything is changed on the typescript. Orwell's attached letter expresses his displeasure saying he thinks they have ruined the book with their emendations but that he has conceded. 21. Carbon of Gollancz's response to Moore 28 February 1936 justifying their actions. They state that they do not agree the book has been ruined and remains "an extraordinarily brilliant and forceful piece of writing and only the author could detect that any changes had been made". 22. Letter from The Fanfare Press 28 February 1936 showing concern about more potential libel issues. Gollancz had sent them the proof to check. 23. Letter from Gollancz to Rubinstein 29 February 1936 asking for another review due to The Fanfare Press's new libel concerns. 24. Moore's response to Gollancz's letter 4 March 1936 saying he will not continue the matter with Orwell if can and that authors often feel the book is ruined. 25. Letter from Rubenstein 6 March 1936 in light of The Fanfare Press's comments proposing new emendations. 26. Carbon to Moore 7 March 1936 regretfully informing him of Rubenstein's new changes and asking him to speak to Orwell as he "seems to be more amenable in your hands than ours". 27. Typed letter signed from Orwell to Gollancz 11 March 1936 saying he has made most of the suggested changes. 28. Agreement memorandum for KTAF undated; "2nd Option of Clergyman's Daughter" that contract had made provisions for future books; annotated in ink "Rights reverted 26.5.44". With the envelope. 29. Letter from Moore 25 May 1944 saying Penguin books want Keep the Aspidistra Flying and Orwell would like them to have it and hoping he does not object. 30. Carbon response to Moore 26 May 1944 saying he does not object. 31. Carbon of note from Gollancz to Orwell's executors 23 June 1944 saying that the rights to Aspidistra reverted to the author from 26 May 1944. hardcover‎

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‎ORWELL George.‎

‎Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher Victor Gollancz relating to the publication of Animal Farm.‎

‎19 Mar 1944-15 Feb 1950. The original record of one of the most infamous publishing rejections of the 20th century 12 items: 3 typed letters signed 6 carbon copies 1 autograph letter signed 2 typed copies. In very good condition. Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence relating to their infamous decision to reject George Orwell's Animal Farm due to its implicit criticism of Stalin and the Soviet Union. Orwell had been with the left-wing publisher Victor Gollancz since his first work Down and Out in Paris and London 1933. Gollancz published a further six Orwell titles over the next decade. Orwell wrote Animal Farm his anti-Stalinist political fable in an intense burst from November 1943 to February 1944. He anticipated that Gollancz would be unwilling to publish the novel due to its content and the pro-Soviet political environment of the Second World War but was contractually obliged to offer Gollancz his next two novels. Orwell's original typed letter signed to Gollancz dated 19 March 1944 announces that he has completed Animal Farm: "It is a little fairy story about 30000 words with a political meaning. But I must tell you that it is – I think – completely unacceptable politically from your point of view it is anti-Stalin". He asks him if he wants to see it in which case he will send it but otherwise to let him know quickly so that he can try elsewhere. Gollancz's carbon reply carbons were preserved from outgoing correspondence but naturally the originals were sent dated 23 March 1944 says that he would like to view the manuscript and takes issue with the notion that he is toeing the Stalinist line having opposed Soviet foreign policy before the war. Orwell's next letter here preserved in a typed copy dated 25 March 1944 reiterates that he does not feel Gollancz will publish it but will send him the manuscript. He says he is criticizing Stalin from the left rather than from the right "but in my experience this gets one into even worse trouble". Minor other correspondence follows between Gollancz and Orwell's literary agent Leonard Moore as the manuscript is sent. Upon reading the manuscript Gollancz replies to Orwell preserved in carbon dated 4 April 1944 "you were right and I was wrong. I am so sorry. I have returned the manuscript to Moore". In an additional carbon response to Moore sent the same day Gollancz writes that "I am highly critical of many aspects of internal and external Soviet policy: but I could not possibly publish as Blair anticipated a general attack of this nature". An autograph letter signed from the publisher Jonathan Cape to Gollancz dated 26 May 1944 follows saying that they have also been offered the manuscript are inclined to publish it and are checking on the legality of them doing so due to Orwell's contract with Gollancz. However Jonathan Cape did turn it down as did Nicholson & Watson and Faber & Faber on the same grounds that the political climate was not right for it. By mid-July 1944 Orwell was on the verge of self-publishing the book but the novel was at last taken up by Secker and Warburg with terms agreed by October 1944 and was finally published in August 1945 by which point the war was over and the British public were rapidly turning against Stalin and the Soviet Union. However Orwell's relationship with Gollancz had been permanently damaged by his decision. To Orwell's annoyance Gollancz had refused to recognise the work as a novel on the grounds that it was too short – a carbon letter from Gollancz to Moore is here preserved dated 1 June 1944 asserting this – and consequently they did not count it as a novel offer under the contract which had required Orwell to offer Gollancz his next two novels. Fenwick records a letter from Orwell to Leonard Moore showing Orwell's irritation with Gollancz: "I frankly would prefer not to give or offer him any more books if we can get out of it. I have no quarrel with him personally he has treated me generously and published my work when no one else would but it is obviously unsatisfactory to be tied to a publisher who accepts or refuses books partly on political grounds" cited in Fenwick p. 96. Orwell used the rejection of Animal Farm to negotiate a termination of his contract with Gollancz and he did not publish any future works with the publishing house; his next novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was also published by Secker & Warburg. Gollancz's rejection of Animal Farm is often cited as one of the greatest mistakes made by a modern publishing house. Yet Gollancz remained adamant that his decision was the right one. In 1950 Frederick Warburg contributed an obituary of Orwell to The Bookseller in which he claimed to be Orwell's undisputed publisher. An incensed Gollancz drafted and signed a three-page letter to the editor dated 15 February 1950 preserved here though he did not send it. Gollancz claims that he rejected Animal Farm solely due to the necessities of war. He "read it with the greatest delight and agreed with every word of it Â… but to publish so savage an attack on Russia at a time when we were fighting for our existence side by side with her could not be justified Â… As to my decision itself there are of course perfectly honourable arguments against it. But I believe myself to have been right". The archive of correspondence is a significant cache of source material for one of the great errors of British publishing and marks an important stage in Orwell's literary career the moment in which Orwell felt forced to abandon his publisher of over a decade. The archive of Victor Gollancz was sold by the firm's parent company in recent years from whom the correspondence was directly acquired. Full list of contents: 1. Typed letter signed from Orwell to Gollancz 19 March 1944 saying that he has completed Animal Farm: "It is a little fairy story about 30000 words with a political meaning. But I must tell you that it is – I think – completely unacceptable politically from your point of view it is anti-Stalin". He asks him if he wants to see it in which case he will send it but otherwise to let him know quickly so that he can try elsewhere. 2. Carbon response from Gollancz 23 March 1944 saying he wants to see the manuscript and taking issue with Orwell's letter – he reiterates his hostility to Soviet foreign policy until they entered the war and claims to be an anti-Stalinist. 3. Typed copy of extract of letter from Orwell 25 March 1944. He is sending the manuscript but asks him to review it quickly as he feels he will not publish it. He is criticizing Stalin from the left rather than from the right "but in my experience this gets one into even worse trouble". 4. Carbon response from Gollancz 28 March 1944 thanking him for agreeing to send the manuscript and noting that he is "regarded by the Communists here as a far worse enemy than you are". 5. Typed letter signed from Christy and Moore 29 March 1944 enclosing the manuscript and requesting prompt attention. 6. Carbon response to Moore 3 April 1944 acknowledging receipt of Animal Farm. 7. Carbon from Gollancz to Orwell 4 April 1944: "you were right and I was wrong. I am so sorry. I have returned the manuscript to Moore". 8. Carbon from Gollancz to Moore 4 April 1944 returning the manuscript and noting "I am highly critical of many aspects of internal and external Soviet policy: but I could not possibly publish as Blair anticipated a general attack of this nature". 9. Autograph letter signed from Jonathan Cape 26 May 1944 saying that he has received the manuscript of Animal Farm and would like to publish and checking whether that is in accordance with Orwell and Gollancz's contracts. 10. A typed copy of the above. 11. Carbon and typed copy from Gollancz to Moore 1 June 1944 reminding him that Gollancz had a contract to publish three novels by Orwell only one of which Coming Up For Air had been delivered; Gollancz checks that rejecting Animal Farm has not affected this. 12. Typed letter signed from Gollancz to the editor of the bookseller 15 February 1950 letter has been crossed out with "not sent" written on it. Gollancz writes in response to an obituary of Orwell by F. W. Warburg also included in which Warburg claimed he was Orwell's undisputed publisher as he had published Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Gollancz recounts how he had rejected Animal Farm due to the war and then agreed to give up his rights to Orwell's future novels at his request though "with the utmost regret". For the publication history of the novel see Fenwick A10. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 131760

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‎Auftauchen Um Luft Zu Holen: Roman‎

‎Diogenes 2013. Paperback. New. German language. Diogenes paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2-3257208049 ISBN : 3257208049 9783257208047

‎ORWELL GEORGE.‎

‎Auftauchen um Luft zu holen.‎

‎Z�rich.: Diogenes Verlag. 1981. Taschenbuch. Gut erhalten. ISBN 3257208049. Diogenes Verlag. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 789586 ISBN : 3257208049 9783257208047

‎Orwell George‎

‎Birmaanse dagen‎

‎De Arbeiderspers. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. De Arbeiderspers unknown‎

Bookseller reference : GRP105251712 ISBN : 9029519851 9789029519854

‎Orwell George Author‎

‎Books v. Cigarettes‎

‎Penguin 2008. Paperback. New. 144 pages. Penguin paperback‎

Bookseller reference : __0141036613 ISBN : 0141036613 9780141036618

‎ORWELL GEORGE‎

‎BOOKS V. CIGARETTES‎

‎ENGLAND: PENGUIN BOOKS/GREAT IDEAS 2008. 5TH. PAPERBACK. VG. PENGUIN BOOKS/GREAT IDEAS Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 033443 ISBN : 0141036613 9780141036618

‎ORWELL George and Reginald Reynolds. eds.‎

‎British Pamphleteers - Volume 1 - From the Sixteenth Century to the French Revolution‎

‎London: Allan Wingate 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. London: Allan Wingate, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 1121325798

‎Orwell George and Reginald Reynolds editors‎

‎British Pamphleteers: Volume One From the Sixteenth Century to the French Revolution‎

‎Allan Wingate. Hardback. 264pp. Black and white frontis. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine is clean but with a hint of fading to edges. Gilt is a little faint. slightly bumped Text is clean. Binding is sound. Good sound copy . Hardback. 1948. Allan Wingate, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 19269

‎ORWELL George and Reginald Reynolds editors‎

‎BRITISH PAMPHLETEERS: Volume I From the 16th century to the 18th century‎

‎London: Allan Wingate 1948. Brown cloth. Yellowing to the page edges text paper very lightly toned else fine. Price-clipped jacket has remains of a sticker from the Canadian distributor; nicks and tiny chips at head of spine; small tear to front panel VG otherwise. Page 6-17 contains an Introduction by George Orwell. . First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. Allan Wingate‎

Bookseller reference : 49668