Small octavo. (iv), 118pp. Orwell's now-legendary political fable, which had the Stalinist Soviet Union in its crosshairs, was initially rejected by a number of American publishers, prior to landing at Harcourt, Brace, which printed 50,000 copies of the first American edition in late August, 1946. The book went on to sell 150,000 copies by 1971, and remains a staple of high school summer reading lists. Publisher's black cloth shows trivial shelfwear. About fine, overall, in corner-clipped dust wrapper with price intact, some nicks to spine ends, and a couple of spots of dark spotting to back panel. (Fenwck A.10d).