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  First Edition of George Orwell's Burmese Days; Inscribed by the author

  ORWELL, George.

  Burmese Days.

  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934.

  First American edition, preceding the British edition by one year of Orwell's first novel. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with his given name on the verso of the front free endpaper, "With very best wishes from Eric Blair." As explained in the accompanying typed letter signed by Adrian Fierz, this copy was presented by the author to Mabel Fierz. It was Mabel Fierz who introduced Orwell to Leonard Moore (who would later become his literary agent) after salvaging the manuscript for Down and Out from the writer's discarded papers. After first meeting Orwell in Southwold, Suffolk, Mabel…

  Price: $55,000.00     Item Number: 67096

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