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383 Madison Avenue, New York 17: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. Stated 1946 copyright. No other dates. Dark olive green cloth boards, bright gilt spine titles, slight shelf wear. Small blind-stamped dot to back lower board. Pages near fine, clean, and bright; no writing. Bind fine; hinges intact. Scarce original wrapper, moderate edge wear, rub, some fleck; unpriced, protected in new clear sleeve. Classic first edition wrapper design with geometric field with interspersed red and black titles, over black b.g. with crossing matrix motif. Includes fine ephermeral flyer with wonderful contemporaneous summary of this title. Near fine in near good wrapper. A classic and absurd modern fable. Described as a masterpiece, fairy story, brilliant satire, and frightening view of the future. Animal Farm is a devastating attack on the pig-headed, gluttonous and avaracious rulers in an imaginary totalitarian state. Orwell utilizes anthropomorphized farmyard animals to illuminate the range of… Read More