Animal Farm.
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First edition
London: Secker & Warburg,, 1945. Some animals are more equal than others First edition of Orwell's allegorical warning against totalitarianism under any political regime, which quickly brought him international fame. In his 1946 essay, "Why I Write", Orwell noted that "Animal Farm was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole". The imprint of the first impression reads "May 1945", though publication was delayed until August due to wartime paper shortages. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in white. With dust jacket. Touch of sunning to spine ends, production flaw to front endpapers; jacket unclipped, a little rubbed and faintly marked, small nicks to extremities, but still bright: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Connolly 93; Fenwick A.10a.
- Year: 1945
- Edition: First Edition
- Printing: first
- Binding: hardcover
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