![]() ![]() This copy is in generally good condition. ![]() Jacket design by the English illustrator and designer Denis Piper (1928-1987) who produced many covers for Secker and Penguin editions in the 1950s and '60s. Since then The Road To Wigan Pier textbook received total rating of 3.6 stars and was available to sell back to BooksRun online for the top buyback price of. Yet, despite all that, Orwell remains at heart a Socialist and an admirer of the workers among whom he lived.' his views on class and the difficulty of ridding yourself of class feelings slam-bang attacks on nearly every type of Socialist known to Orwell. ![]() contains perhaps the most personal writing of Orwell's career. The Road to Wigan Pier was first published by Gollancz in 1937.įrom the dust jacket: 'The first contains Orwell's report on the state of the nation north of the Mersey-Humber line, including his famous description of a miner's life. Page Structure is sound with no missing pages.įrom the first uniform edition of Orwell's works, published in 1959. The understanding was that the book resulting from the journey would not only be published by Gollancz but would also be considered as a selection of the Left. Previous owner's name in biro (neat) on front pasted endpaper. In January 1936 Orwell was commissioned by Victor Gollancz to make a study of unemployment in the depressed areas of the north of England and to write about what he had seen. Some fading to spine area.Įnd Papers are intact, white. Cover is hard bound in green cloth boards. ![]()
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