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George Orwell - Animal Farm - New York, Harcourt, Brace  and Company, 1946 - 1st edition - 118 pp. - Cloth binding with dustjacket - 13 x 19.5 cm
Condition: clear signs of usage on dustjacket, book itself in very good condition

Animal Farm, written during World War II, was first published in August 1945 in London.
The book that is offered here, is the first American edition, published in 1946. 
The cover design is of the then 22-year-old visual artist Art Brenner.
Animal Farm made Orwell world-famous 5 years before his death.


NB: 
The yellowish discoloration on some images appeared during scanning, and say snothing about the condition of the pages. 
This is NOT the widely circulated Vintage Book Club Edition

First edition of the US publication of the book that made Orwell famous

George Orwell - Animal Farm - 1946

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