Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1972 Penguin Modern Classics Paperback, William Roberts Cover)

Vintage 1972 Penguin Modern Classics edition of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. This British Penguin paperback features the distinctive William Roberts “The Control Room, Civil Defence Headquarters” cover artwork, one of the more recognizable vintage Penguin treatments of Orwell’s dystopian classic. The copyright page confirms this as a 1972 reprint of the Penguin edition first issued in 1954. ISBN 0-14-000972-8. This copy shows noticeable vintage wear, including rubbing and edge wear to the covers, creasing, and a removed-price/sticker area on the rear cover, with age-toned pages. Still a visually striking and collectible early Penguin Modern Classics edition.