First British Edition of Orwell's critically acclaimed first novel.<ul><li>George Orwell (English).</li><li>London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1935.</li><li>318 pages.</li><li>Bound in contemporary full morocco with raised bands to the spine with gold gilt ruling, titles and decorative central motifs, gilt ruling to the borders of the front and rear covers, marbled endpapers, hand-sewn silk endbands, and the top page edges are gold gilted, and with the original cloth spine bound in at the rear of the book.</li></ul> The book recounts Orwell’s five years' service as a police officer in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, 1922–1927, and is an honest and evocative novel based on life in upper Burma when Britain's rule was still unchallenged. The novel was initially rejected by British publishers due to concerns that his caustic critique of colonialism might be considered libelous to those portrayed. Orwell was able to get the book published in America in 1934 by Harper &amp; Brothers. The Gollancz edition is the First British with the characters’ names changed to avoid libel cases.

Burmese Days

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=George%20Orwell&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Orwell</a>'s A Clergyman's Daughter.<ul><li>George Orwell (English).</li><li>London: Gollancz, 1935.</li><li>Rebound in full calf blue leather, with marbled endpapers, gilt titles and raised bands.</li></ul> Orwell's second novel and rarest by far. One of only 2,000 copies printed.

A Clergyman’s Daughter First Edition

A <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, first printing of Animal Farm by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=George+Orwell&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Orwell</a>.<ul><li>George Orwell (English).</li><li>United Kingdom: Secker and Warburg, 1945.</li><li>'Searchlight Books’ advertisement printed in red to the verso as called for.</li><li>In the unclipped dust wrapper, housed in a custom-made solander box.</li></ul> A political allegory that uses farm animals to depict the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism, mirroring the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s regime. The story follows the animals’ rebellion against their human owner, only for their leader, Napoleon the pig, to become as oppressive as the humans they overthrew. Written during World War II, the novel was initially rejected by several publishers due to its criticism of the Soviet Union but was finally published in 1945 by Secker &amp; Warburg, achieving immediate success and lasting global influence.

Animal Farm | First Edition First Printing

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