Animal Farm

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1946). First Edition. First Printing Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 75/16 by 4 7/8 inches with two tiny specs of white near the heel of the spine and three tiny white specks on the rear board near the head of the spine. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area and three closed tears on the upper edges of the front and rear panels and heavy rubbing to the edges of the front panel and spine areas. Although the dust jacket has been price clipped there is no mention of the statement "printed in the USA" on the rear flap which indicates that the jacket is a first issue. 118 pages of text. The "first American edition" of Orwell's famous allegory of Soviet era totalitarianism under Stalin. (Inventory #: TB31997)