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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays.

ORWELL, George [pseudonym of Eric Arthur BLAIR] (1903-1950).

London: Secker and Warburg, 1950. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[viii]; 212. Light green cloth boards with red titles to spine, top edge red. In grey and red pictorial dust-jacket with white text designed by Michael Kennard. Later newspaper article tucked-in. No inscriptions or price-clipping, light wear to crown; a near fine copy with the usual sunning to spine. A series of literary essays previously published in periodicals such as 'New Writing', 'Horizon' and 'The Tribune'. Subjects include Tolstoy, Gandhi and 'Gulliver's Travels'. Item #70242

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