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BookPublisherYearBindingISBNValue
A Clergyman's Daughter First
George Orwell
Gollancz1935Hardback Sold £2,200, Feb 2026
Animal Farm First
George Orwell¶ Imprint: Dated May 1945, three months before actual publication
Secker & Warburg1945Hardback Sold £7,000, Sep 2026
Animal Farm with Connections First
George Orwell
Holt, Rinehart and Winston1999Hardback 9780030554346
Burmese Days First
George Orwell
Harper & Brothers1934Hardback Sold £750, Sep 2024
Burmese Days
George Orwell
Gollancz1935Hardback Sold £800, Feb 2026
Coming Up for Air First
George Orwell
Gollancz1939Hardback Sold £10,000, Mar 2023
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
Harper & Brothers1933Hardback
Down and Out in Paris and London First
George Orwell
Gollancz1933Hardback Sold £480, Mar 2024
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
Penguin Books1938Paperback
Homage to Catalonia First
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg1938Hardback Sold £772, Oct 2026
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg1951Hardback
Inside the Whale, and Other Essays First
George Orwell
Gollancz1940Hardback Sold £500, Mar 2026
Keep the Aspidistra Flying First
George Orwell
Gollancz1936Hardback
Nineteen Eighty-Four First
George Orwell¶ Jacket: Red or green background; both were issued with the first impression
Secker & Warburg1949Hardback £405 to £4,000
Sold £650, Sep 2026
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell · Folio Society ¶ Illustrations: By Steven Devine, edited by Peter Davison
The Folio Society2001Hardback Sold £60, Aug 2026
Politics and the English Language First
George Orwell
Typophiles1947Hardback
Shooting an Elephant
George Orwell
Penguin Books2008Other 9780141912288
The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell First
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg1968Hardback 9780436350184 Sold £320, Sep 2024
The Lion and the Unicorn First
George Orwell
Secker & Warburg1941Hardback
The Penguin Essays of George Orwell First
George Orwell
Penguin in association with Secker & Warburg1984Hardback 9780140090338
The Road to Wigan Pier First
George Orwell¶ Preliminary leaves: Victor Gollancz's foreword is present
Gollancz1937Hardback
Why I Write
George Orwell
Penguin Books2005Paperback 9780143036357