Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays by George Orwell.
Published in 1950 by Secker and Warburg in London. The first impression of the first edition in its original dust jacket.
First edition of the first posthumous collection of George Orwell's famous essays, issued in the same year as his death. This book contains the first book edition of Shooting an Elephant, alongside 17 other key writings, most of which have been printed here in book form for the first time.
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Size: 13 x 19 cm (approx.)
Condition:
Some sunning to spine and edge discolouration to front board else externally in good order, without shelf lean. No attached bookplates or ownership inscriptions. Some foxing to page edges, almost entirely to the fore edge with other edges very good. Internally bright and clean through the text block. Collated as complete.
Dust jacket with some discolouration and edge chips. Not price clipped. Rear panel toned. Interior side with some light foxing. Some loss to head and foot of spine panel. The white stripe extending through the length of the spine panel is the design as published.
