Coming Up for Air by George Orwell (Harcourt, Brace and Company Hardcover Edition, 1950)

Vintage hardcover edition of Coming Up for Air by George Orwell, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company. Copyright page states 1950, the first American edition following the original 1939 UK publication. Original illustrated dust jacket present with green landscape design and “George Orwell’s new novel” across the top.

Book features light green cloth boards with fishing tackle illustration stamped on the front and title on spine. Binding is tight with clean interior pages. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Dust jacket shows moderate wear including edge wear, small chips, and rubbing, now protected in an archival sleeve.

A collectible early U.S. edition of Orwell’s nostalgic and quietly prophetic novel, written just before World War II and thematically connected to 1984 and Animal Farm.