Animal Farm: A Fairy Story

Overview:

  • Title: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
  • Author: George Orwell
  • Year: 1980
  • ISBN-10: 0140008381
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Price: £0.70
  • Pages: 120
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
  • Notes:
    Dated 44th printing of the 1951 edition. Title page:
    • "George Orwell [over] Animal Farm [over] A Fairy Story"
    • Penguin colophon [over] "Penguin Books [over] in association with [over] Martin Secker & Warburg"
    Copyright page:
    • "First published by Martin Secker & Warburg 1945"
    • "Published in Penguin Books 1951"
    • "Reprinted 1952, 1954, 1955 (twice), 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 (twice), [over] 1964, 1965, 1966 (twice), 1967, 1968 (twice), 1969 (three times), 1970 (twice), 1971, [over] 1972 (twice), 1973 (three times), 1974 (twice), 1975 (twice), 1976 (twice), 1977 (twice), [over] 1978, 1979 (twice), 1980 (three times)"
    • "Copyright © the Estate of Eric Blair, 1945"
    • "Made and printed in Great Britain by [over] Hunt Barnard Printing Ltd, Aylesbury"
    • No number line.
    • No ISBN.
    Back cover:
    • "Front cover photograph by Humphrey Sutton"
    • "United Kingdom 70p, Australia $2.50 (recommended), Canada $1.95"
    • "ISBN 0 14 00.0838 1"
    Novel starts on first numbered page, 5, finishes on unnumbered page 120, and is signed "November 1943 – February 1944". ISBN also on spine. No mention anywhere of "Modern Classics". Gloss cover.