ORWELL (GEORGE) Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949; and another (2)
Lot 414•
ORWELL (GEORGE) Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1949; and another (2)
Sold for £225 (US$ 347) inc. premium

Lot Details
The Property of a Gentleman
ORWELL (GEORGE)
Nineteen Eighty-Four, manuscript name and number on title, red dust-jacket, backstrip defective, 1949; Shooting an Elephant, silk screen dust-jacket, stamped 9 Oct. 1950 (probably publication date) inside upper flap, minor wear, 1950, FIRST EDITIONS, publisher's cloth, 8vo, Secker & Warburg (2)
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