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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. Authors first book and exceedinly difficult to find. First printing. Unmarked with faint yellow floral design on endpapers. Orange boards with black lettering. Soiling near bottom of spine stretching slightly onto rear board. Wear at both spine ends but not that bad. Hinge pretty strong but rear hinge starting to separate at rear pasteboard but still webbed and not in danger of separating. Text still supple. Top page edges show dusting and faint dampstain. Jacket is a professionally made facsimile with no flaws that is protected in transparent mylar. Scarce. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Fine (Facsimile Dust Jacket). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Burmese Days is a novel by British writer George Orwell, which tells a story of corruption and imperial bigotry in a British colony during the British Raj.

Having 'Harper & Brothers' as the publisher and 'First Edition' stated with the date of 1934 on the copyright page can help identify first editions of 'Burmese Days'.