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Animal Farm first edition cover, Secker & Warburg 1945
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Animal Farm

Secker & Warburg · 1945 · Hardback

Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication

Sold £7,000, Sep 2026
Nineteen Eighty-Four first edition cover, Secker & Warburg 1949
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Nineteen Eighty-Four

Secker & Warburg · 1949 · Hardback

Red or green background; both were issued with the first impression

£405 to £4,000Sold £650, Sep 2026