Animal Farm
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company [1946], 1946. First American edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [8], 3-118, [4] pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $1.75 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket done by Art Brenner. First printing of the first American edition in the first issue dust jacket. Ahearn APG 015c. One of the Modern Library's 100 Greatest Novels of the 20th Century, included in Time Magazine's All-Time best 100 English language Novels from 1923 to 2005, and winner of a retrospective Hugo Award. Orwell's classic allegorical novel satirizing the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalinism. Very Good / Very Good. Item #000015605
Rubbing to the lettering on the spine, a bookplate on the free front endpaper; jacket with a few traces of edge wear, a sticker ghost on its front flap.
Price: $750.00