"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." In an age as poignant as any for the reading of this classic novel, we're proud to present our own edition of George Orwell's "1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four" in our traditional Coptic bookbinding style. A gorgeous statement piece on the shelf of any collector, classics lover, or bookish TikTok fan, our handbound books here at The Braeburn Bindery are sure to make the perfect gift or heirloom for any bibliophile in your life!
Please note that, due to the handmade nature of our products and the variety of our materials, no two covers will ever look alike or precisely as depicted in our pictures! We cannot guarantee that we will have a particular cover colour in stock, but if you're looking for a custom order, please feel free to reach out to us from the Contact Us page before ordering and we'll be happy to accommodate you as best we can!
About Our Books
Our handbound books are entirely made from scratch -- formatted, printed, and collated in-house, then bound in our own luxurious covers of handmade Tibetan Lokta paper. We use two main styles of bookbinding, each with their own beautiful results. One is our traditional Rustic style, recognizable for its hemp cord binding knotted at the front cover; these "paperback" books are sturdy with a homespun charm, and are faster to make and therefore more affordable. Our second bookbinding style is a Coptic binding, recognizable for its exposed book spines and the braided stitching across them; these "hardcover" books are bound with painstaking care, using a 2,000-year-old technique first developed by the Coptic Priests of Ancient Egypt, and result in a truly gorgeous codex which looks delicate (but is remarkably strong!) and is capable of opening completely flat. Whichever you choose, all of our books are labours of love -- and we would love to make one just for you!
About the Novel
1984 / Nineteen Eighty-Four, called "George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece" by Penguin Books and noted as one of the BBC's "100 Novels That Shaped Our World," is a strikingly cynical and undeniably influential commentary on twentieth-century politics and the rise of fascism through bureaucratic control. Following the protagonist Winston Smith, readers fall deeply into the politically totalitarian world of the Party and Big Brother, a governmental regime whose presence looms over all life, thought, and narrative, controlling access to even the thoughts in citizens' own heads by editing history at the Ministry of Truth. But when Winston, a Ministry worker, rebelliously falls in love with a fellow worker named Julia, he realizes the value of freedom -- and its horrible cost.