Fabian Society.- Orwell (George), G.D.H. Cole, Harold J. Laski and others. Victory or Vested Interest?
£150
London, Routledge for the Fabian Society, 1942.
First edition. 8vo. Original patterned boards, rebacked preserving original backstrip.
The fifth in a series of six lectures organised by the Fabian Society. Orwell was not happy that his own lecture, ‘Culture and Democracy’, had been included, writing in 1942: “I see that beside toning down several phrases I used you have gone all through my manuscript and altered every phrase which revealed that I was delivering a spoken lecture … it gives a quite false impression of my written style and makes me use phrases which I should never dream of using”.
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Rebacked preserving original backstrip, minor rubbing to edges.
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