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[004886] Gollancz, Victor (Ed); Strachey, John, Orwell, George, a Labour Candidate; Laski, H. J. (Preface). The Betrayal of the Left – An Examination & Refutation of Communist Policy from October 1939 to January 1941: With Suggestions for an Alternative and an Epilogue on Political Morality. London: Victor Gollancz, 1941. First Edition. 8vo. Hardback. Ex-Library. Good / No Jacket. [5], vi-xxiii, [2], 2-324pp. ?Original cloth, title and publisher in gilt to spine

Ex-library copy, with remnants of a sticker to front pastedown and ffep, and a stamp to reverse of title. Rubbed to extremities, light scoring to upper cover, text lightly browned, but generally clean. Times Book Club ink stamp to lower pastedown

The two articles by Orwell were Fascism and Democracy, and Patriots and Revolutionaries

The first trade edition, apparently 1300 copies were printed; the Left Book Club edition is one of the scarcest LBC titles

Possibly rebound, usually found bound in blue cloth with the title blocked in black, or perhaps specially bound for the Times Book Club?

Cope 4281; Fenwick B.5