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ORWELL (GEORGE) Nineteen Eighty-four, FIRST EDITION, Secker & Warburg, 1949 image 1
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ORWELL (GEORGE)
Nineteen Eighty-four, FIRST EDITION, Secker & Warburg, 1949

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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ORWELL (GEORGE)

Nineteen Eighty-four, FIRST EDITION, half-title, publisher's light green cloth, red lettering on spine (some fading), publisher's red dust-jacket designed by Michael Kennard (fading, small loss at ends of spine just touching letter "G" at foot, a few small marginal tears) [Fenwick A12a], 8vo, Secker & Warburg, 1949

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