Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
by Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1950 First printing of first British edition. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket. Ownership signature to front-free endpage, light rubbing and tanning to board edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to back cover and flap margins, small stamp, "690" to bottom back cover, moderate rubbing/creasing/paper loss to edges, primarily spine ends and corners, and a short ink mark to upper front cover, else fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021485
- Title
- Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
- Author
- Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair]
- Illustrator
- Michael Kennard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Martin Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1950
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Prose, Essays, Fiction, Classics.
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Idler Fine Books
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Las Vegas , Nevada
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- Fine
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