Orwell, George

Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt Brace and company, 1946, first American edition, dust-jacket, slight wear to jacket; Shooting an Elephant and other Essays. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1950, first American edition, advance copy with publisher's slip tipped-in, dust-jacket; The Lion and the Unicorn. London: Secker and Warburg, 1941, first edition, jacket; England Your England. London: Secker and Warburg, 1953, first edition, jacket; original cloth bindings; 8vo (4)

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