NMLP P-009887 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Animal Farm

George Orwell · Secker & Warburg (London) · 1945

UK Secker & Warburg 1945 is the true first; US (Harcourt Brace, 1946) follows. The first-issue jacket (with its printed price, correct blurb) versus the second-issue jacket is the key point. Orwell-signed copies are exceedingly rare.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009887 for "Animal Farm" by George Orwell (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009887, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).