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Hardcover bound in genuine red leather, lettered and decorated on covers and spine in 22kt gold with multiple gold rules forming an large “X” on both covers. New copy. Quality Easton Press attributes include raised spine, gilt edges, bound-in silk ribbon marker, moire fabric end-papers and Smyth sewn and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. One of the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series, produced as a limited edition Collectors Series. Publishing date unknown, Easton Press issue the same binding style for this title in both 1992 and 2003. . A pristine copy of Orwell’s (née Eric Arthur Blair, 1903) dystopian novella originally published in 1945. An allegorical tale of the eventual corruption of an animal revolt against a tyrannical farmer, this “contre Stalin” novel gained world-wide popularity shortly after its publication and presaged the author’s darker vision of a totalitarian world issued four years later as “Nineteen Eighty-Four”. A brand new copy in the original factory shrink wrap.