Animal Farm
$11,996 · Offered by Biblio
First edition · In dust jacket
London: Secker and Warburg, 1945. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (Secker Warburg May 1945). First UK Edition in first issue dustwrapper priced 6s. to the front flap. Publisher s original green cloth with spine lettered in white. Boards exceptionally bright, clean and un-faded apart from a slither of fading to the tip and tail of the spine matching light chipping to the dustwrapper. Overall a lovely near fine copy with no former owner s inscriptions. The dustwrapper is a VG+ example with a 3 cm tear to the top of the front panel (which has been neatly stabilised to the verso by a skilled paper conservationist) and a couple of other short, closed tears to the top edge. There is minor, shallow chipping to the tip and tail of the spine (not affecting the lettering) and the usual rubbing to the edges of the spine (often seen with this title). Unusually the dustwrapper is not printed on the customary Search Searchlight books paper to the verso. However, for the avoidance of doubt, we can confirm that this dustwrapper and book have clearly been together since the book was published (as the miniscule fading to the spine tips matches perfectly the light chipping to the dustwrapper). Secondly the dustwrapper is definitely NOT from a Second Edition as there is no mention of Second Edition to the front flap (and there is no tell-tale erasure had it been there in the first place). What differentiates this copy is how clean the back cover is. Rest assured there has been no restora
- Publisher: Secker and Warburg
- Year: 1945
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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