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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
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Burmese Days

Harper & Brothers · 1934 · Hardback

Sold £750, Sep 2024
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Coming Up for Air

Gollancz · 1939 · Hardback

Sold £10,000, Mar 2023
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Homage to Catalonia

Secker & Warburg · 1938 · Hardback

Sold £772, Oct 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
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Nineteen Eighty-Four

The Folio Society · 2001 · Hardback

By Steven Devine, edited by Peter Davison

Sold £60, Aug 2026
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The Road to Wigan Pier

Gollancz · 1937 · Hardback

Victor Gollancz's foreword is present

Sold £50, Oct 2026