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ORWELL, GEORGE. Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript. Edited by Peter Davison. With a Preface by Daniel G. Siegel. London: Secker & Warburg; Weston, Massachusetts: M & S Press , [1984]. 1st trade edition. Sm. folio. Orig. cloth, dust jacket. New. $100.00

 

This is the only major Orwell holograph manuscript to survive, and contains almost one-half of the final published book. Peter Davison's masterful transcript on facing pages allows a line-for-line reference to the original blue colored text.