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Keep The Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell 1956 Harcourt, 1st US edition VG/VG. VG / VG. 1956 Harcourt, Brace & Company, stated first American Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. The novel was originally published in the UK in 1936. Orwell allegedly did not want it distributed more widely while he was still alive. In keeping with that wish (but also caving to the author’s growing popularity, even after his death in 1950), the US edition wasn’t released until six years after Orwell’s passing. VG / VG. 1956 Harcourt, Brace & Company, stated first American Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. The novel was originally published in the UK in 1936. Orwell allegedly did not want it distributed more widely while he was still alive. In keeping with that wish (but also caving to the author’s growing popularity, even after his death in 1950), the US edition wasn’t released until six years after Orwell’s passing.