first edition
1946 · New York
by Orwell, George
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. First edition. First American edition. (First printing with stated "first American edition" on copyright page.) [iv], 118 pp. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with a little flaking to spine lettering, green Christmas gift stamp on page following front free endpaper, in a bright and attractive dust jacket, correctly lacking "Printed in the USA" on the rear flap, unclipped ($1.75); tape reinforcements to verso head, tail, and upper right corner of front panel, color correction to recto. Presents well.
(Inventory #: 140944716)