Animal Farm by George Orwell, First US Edition, in Original Dust Jacket, 1946

Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1946]. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. In publisher's original first edition dust jacket and black cloth hardcover boards. With new archival quarter leather and cloth clamshell.  This first American edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm features the original 1946 dust jacket as designed by Art Brenner. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Co. in 1946, this stated first American edition has all the first edition identification points and its original black cloth hardcover boards. It is presented with a new archival quarter-leather and cloth clamshell featuring a photo of the author inlaid on the front.  George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair, was a famous novelist, essayist, and critic. He headed the Indian service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and was a literary editor for the Tribune, a left-wing socialist paper aligning with his political values. Orwell gained popularity as an author after Animal Farm was f