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Animal Farm
First Edition, George Orwell, Modern First Editions, ShowcaseAnimal Farm By George Orwell First edition, first impression in first state dust jacket with Searchlight Books advertisement in blue to verso (Martin Secker & Warburg, 1945). Publisher's original green cloth with silver lettering to spine. Some mottling in places to covers; contents nice and clean and free from inscriptions; slight cracking to hinges, as is common. Original first state dust jacket with Searchlight Books advertisement printed in blue to verso; price-clipped; some abrasion here and there to hinges and upper panel fore-edge, though less rubbing to spine panel than is often seen; very small tear to top of upper panel hinge; shallow chipping to spine ends and corners with inconspicuous and neat tape reinforcement to spine verso and hinges; A very good copy indeed with no restoration.£4,000.00 -
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Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]
First Edition, General Literary Fiction, George Orwell, Modern First Editions, ShowcaseNineteen Eighty-Four By George Orwell First edition, first impression (Secker & Warburg, 1949). Publisher's original green cloth with red lettering to spine. Very slight spine slant with a touch of fading to spine head. Boards and contents nice and clean and free from inscriptions with red top-stain still present. The original green dust jacket is lovely and bright and unfaded with no restoration work. A little bit of loss to spine head and top corner of upper panel; a few closed tears to edges and small chips to corners with a touch of occasional rubbing here and there. A very nice copy indeed of an iconic work of dystopian political fiction.£3,000.00 -
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Shooting an Elephant
First Edition, George Orwell, Modern First EditionsShooting an Elephant By George Orwell Advance Review Copy (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950). Light toning to edges; bump to bottom corner of rear board; slight compression to spine tips. Slight abrasion to tips of spine panel, else fine. An excellent copy.£175.00