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¶Spot the first: Jacket: Red or green background; both were issued with the first impression (first issue jacket)

1. 1st Secker & Warburg1949 Hardback £405 to £4,000Sold £650 · Sep 2026 I own Nineteen Eighty-Four, Secker & Warburg 1949 Log in to want this
2. The Folio Society2001 Hardback · Folio Society Sold £60 · Aug 2026 I own Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Folio Society 2001 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Imprint: Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication (first impression)

1. 1st Secker & Warburg1945 Hardback Sold £7,000 · Sep 2026 I own Animal Farm, Secker & Warburg 1945 Log in to want this

1. 1st Gollancz1935 Hardback Sold £2,200 · Feb 2026 I own A Clergyman's Daughter, Gollancz 1935 Log in to want this

1. 1st Harper & Brothers1934 Hardback Sold £750 · Sep 2024 I own Burmese Days, Harper & Brothers 1934 Log in to want this
2. Gollancz1935 Hardback Sold £800 · Feb 2026 I own Burmese Days, Gollancz 1935 Log in to want this

¶Spot the first: Preliminary leaves: Victor Gollancz's foreword is present (Left Book Club issue; most trade edition copies were issued without it)

1. 1st Gollancz1937 Hardback Sold £50 · Oct 2026 I own The Road to Wigan Pier, Gollancz 1937 Log in to want this

1. 1st Gollancz1936 Hardback I own Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Gollancz 1936 Log in to want this

1. 1st Gollancz1933 Hardback Sold £480 · Mar 2024 I own Down and Out in Paris and London, Gollancz 1933 Log in to want this
2. Harper & Brothers1933 Hardback I own Down and Out in Paris and London, Harper & Brothers 1933 Log in to want this

1. 1st Gollancz1939 Hardback Sold £10,000 · Mar 2023 I own Coming Up for Air, Gollancz 1939 Log in to want this

1. 1st Secker & Warburg1938 Hardback Sold £772 · Oct 2026 I own Homage to Catalonia, Secker & Warburg 1938 Log in to want this
2. Penguin Books1938 Paperback I own Homage to Catalonia, Penguin Books 1938 Log in to want this
3. Secker & Warburg1951 Hardback I own Homage to Catalonia, Secker & Warburg 1951 Log in to want this

1. 1st Secker & Warburg1968 Hardback Sold £320 · Sep 2024 I own The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Secker & Warburg 1968 Log in to want this

1. 1st Secker & Warburg1941 Hardback Sold £90 · Aug 2026 I own The Lion and the Unicorn, Secker & Warburg 1941 Log in to want this

1. 1st Holt, Rinehart and Winston1999 Hardback I own Animal Farm with Connections, Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1999 Log in to want this

1. 1st Gollancz1940 Hardback Sold £500 · Mar 2026 I own Inside the Whale, and Other Essays, Gollancz 1940 Log in to want this

1. 1st Typophiles1947 Hardback I own Politics and the English Language, Typophiles 1947 Log in to want this

1. 1st Penguin in association with Secker & Warburg1984 Hardback I own The Penguin Essays of George Orwell, Penguin in association with Secker & Warburg 1984 Log in to want this

1. Penguin Books2005 Paperback I own Why I Write, Penguin Books 2005 Log in to want this

1. Penguin Books2008 Other I own Shooting an Elephant, Penguin Books 2008 Log in to want this