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Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, 1949
Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, 1949
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Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, light spotting to endpapers and fore-edge, original cloth, fading to lower edge, top-edge colouring bright, green dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to foot of lower panel, 1 or 2 short closed tears to head and foot with some creasing, light rubbing to extremities, still an excellent example overall, 8vo, 1949.
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Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, 1949

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