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Orwell George - Nineteen Eighty-Four A Novel

Estimate $400 - $650
Closed $220 (3 bids, reserve met)
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This lot is now closed 9 Apr 2:10 pm (NZST)

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Lot Details

Secker & Warburg, London, first edition, 1949, light green cloth, ex owners name and date to TP, covers foxed and old staining, spine cocked, sunned and split, some text pages with old stains, together with 2 minor volumes.

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