Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
by Orwell, George
'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys', his memoir of the horrors of public school, as well as discussions of Shakespeare, sleeping rough, boys' weeklies and a spirited defence of English cooking. Opinionated, uncompromising, provocative and hugely entertaining, all show Orwell's unique ability to get to the heart of any subject.
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
by Orwell, George [Eric Arthur Blair]
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Las Vegas , Nevada, USA
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London: Martin Secker & Warburg, 1950 First printing of first British edition. Publisher's original binding and dust jacket. Ownership signature to front-free endpage, light rubbing and tanning to board edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with toning to back cover and flap margins, small stamp, "690" to bottom back cover, moderate rubbing/creasing/paper loss to edges, primarily spine ends… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
by George Orwell
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This is an early American edition of "Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays" by GEORGE ORWELL. Circa 1950's (there is no date of publication stated) 1st American edition, later printing; Harcourt, Brace and Company; New York. The book is a collection of 18 essays including A Hanging, Shooting an Elephant, Lear Tolstoy and the Fool, Reflections on Gandhi, Decline of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shooting An Elephant and Other Essays
by Orwell, George
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- Very Good+
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- First Edition
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- 1950
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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£205.55
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London: Secker and Warburg, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. [viii], 212 pp. Publisher's green cloth lettered in red. Very Good with sunning to spine cloth, light wear and a little foxing to cloth, jacket unclipped, spine panel sunned, Very Good+. A collection of essays demonstrating the acclaimed wit and insight of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT AND OTHER ESSAYS
by Orwell, George
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- Used - Very Good+ in Good dust jacket
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- First Edition; First Printing
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- 1950
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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Secker and Warburg. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ; Light green cloth cover is sunned on spine and along top edge but clean and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Former owner's name on front end sheet. Pages are lightly toned but clean and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant: And Other Essays (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Orwell, George
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- 2003-06-04
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Penguin Classics, 2003-06-04. paperback. Acceptable. 9x6x1. Creasing to spine. Creasing to front cover. Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
by ORWELL, George
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- First American Edition
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- 1950
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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£41.11
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First American Edition. First Printing, one of 4,000 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); gray cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],200pp. Softening to crown, light wear to heel, with some tiny paper adhesions toward base of spine, and faint staining along the lower rear board; previous owner's name embossed on lower… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays
by Orwell, George
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- First Edition
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- 1950
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Dunedin, New Zealand, NZL
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London: Secker and Warburg. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Front board and spine heavily faded and foxed. Uneven fading to rear board. Scattered foxing throughout. No signatures. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; First printing. [8], 212 pages. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 122mm. . Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant
by George Orwell
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Paperback / softback. New. An account of author's experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. This title features essays such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys', his memoir of the horrors of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shooting An Elephant
by GEORGE ORWELL
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Shooting an Elephant: George Orwell (Little Clothbound Classics)
by George Orwell
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- pp.192 6th NO-PA16APR2015-KAP
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- Hardback
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- 9780241630099
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pp.192 6th NO-PA16APR2015-KAP. Hardback. New. Item Price
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Shooting An Elephant
by Orwell, George
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- New
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- 2009-07-28
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- Paperback
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- 9780141187396
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San Diego, California, USA
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£57.79
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Penguin Classic, 2009-07-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays.
by ORWELL, George.
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
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£164.44
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NY:: Harcourt, Brace and Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Stated first American edition. Very good in a very good (short closed edge tear on rear panel) dust jacket.; 200 pages . Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays -by George Orwell (inc.Nonsense Poetry; A Hanging; How the Poor Die; Reflections on Gandhi; The Common Toad; Books v. Cigarettes; Examination of Gulliver's Travels, etc )
by Orwell, George ( AKA: Eric Arthur Blair )
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- Used - Very Good+ ( see Description )
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- Good (see description)
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- Later Printing
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Burlington, Ontario, CAN
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London, England: London, UK: Secker & Warburg, 1950, 1st edition, 2nd Printing , 1950. -----------( 2nd printing of the 1st edition ) ---hardcover, a tidy copy but there is sunning to the spine and to a slim area of the upper edge of the boards, small ink name on front blank endpaper, some age toning/offset to the front… Read more about this item Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant
by George Orwell
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- Good
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- 1950
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Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Seventh Printing. Edges foxed. A small sticker on the jacket. Former owner's note on the fep. Pages unmarked. Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant
by Orwell, George
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- Used - CollectibleGood
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- 9781721800292
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Wantage, New Jersey, USA
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£15.42
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CollectibleGood. 1950 Secker and Warburg 1st editionm cloth hardcover, solid and unmarked, no jacket, mild wear, exowner name inscribed. Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant
by Orwell, George (Author)/ Paxman, Jeremy (Introduction by)
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- 2003
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- Paperback
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- 9780141187396
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Exeter, Devon, GBR
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Penguin Classics, 2003. Paperback. New. 400 pages. 7.56x5.04x0.94 inches. Item Price
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Shooting an Elephant and other Essays
by ORWELL, George
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- Used
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- 1950
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Wadsworth, Illinois, USA
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£53.44
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First U.S. edition and first printing. Hardcover. 200 pages. A collection of essays from the author of "Animal Farm" an "Down and Out in Paris and London." A tight close to near fine copy in cloth boards but with some toning to a few pages from the a laid in vintage newpaper… Read more about this item Item Price
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SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT And Other Essays
by ORWELL George
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Dulverton, GBR
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£50.00
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Secker & Warburg, 1953. 1st edn 2nd printing. 8vo. Original red lettered green cloth, top edge red (spine and upper board faded - otherwise VG), no inscriptions. Pp. x + 212 (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper). Item Price
£50.00
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SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT AND OTHER ESSAYS
by Orwell, George
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- Used - Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; 1/4" piece loss to head of javket spine; Modest other edge wear; Tape appl
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- First US edition
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- 1950
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Richmond, Texas, USA
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£45.22
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1950. First US edition. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; 1/4" piece loss to head of javket spine; Modest other edge wear; Tape applied to inner side of jacket bleading through slightly to rear jacket edges.. 200 pages. Item Price
£45.22
SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT And Other Essays
by George Orwell
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- Used
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- First Edition; Early Printing
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- 1950
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- Hardcover
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Pomona, New York, USA
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£135.62
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New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. 1950. First Edition; Early Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Shelf wear on front/rear panels. Rubbing along panel edges. Foxing on top text block edge. . Item Price
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