first edition Hardcover
1946 · New York, NY
by Orwell, George
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 118 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus condition dust jacket. Black spine with red and age toned white lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering, price uncut "$1.75", has open tears along the corners, creasing and mild chipping along most extremities, and mild shelving wear and age toning. Boards have mild fraying and bending along the spine head and tail edges and fore corners, and white scuff marks. Textblock has a small stains on page 24 and 61, pencil inscriptions on pages 15-16, 29, 40, 49-50, and mild age toning on the pastedown pages, end-pages and edges. DL consignment. Shelved in Room C. 1392546. Special Collections.
(Inventory #: 1392546)