George Orwell — Animal Farm

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946 . Leather. A wonderful example of the US Book Club edition of Orwell's important allegorical novella about the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon, in the original dust wrapper. The US Book Club edition of this work, published the year after the first edition. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Orwell follows a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, reflecting the events leading up to the 1917 Russian Revolution and the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. This controversial novella was written during the period of the Second World War in which Britain was allied with the Soviet Union against the Nazis. Orwell was distinctly critical of Stalin, with the political undertones of the work leading it to be rejected by a number of publishers. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Edgewear to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Small closed tear to front wrap head repaired with tape. Minor handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.