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London: Gollancz, 1935. A first edition, first printing of 'A Clergyman's Daughter' by George Orwell, published by Gollancz in 1935. Without inscriptions, sumptuously rebound in full calf blue leather, with marbled endpapers, gilt titles and raised bands. This is a superb binding and presents beautifully. Small black stain to the bottom edge. Fairly heavy spotting to the prelims and to the rear pages. Some scattered foxing internally. Orwell's second novel and rarest by far. Though Orwell thought little of the book as a whole, he wrote to Henry Miller in August the next year saying "that book is bollox, but I made some experiments in it that were useful to me." One of only 2,000 copies printed.

A Clergyman's Daughter is a novel written by George Orwell, telling the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman’s daughter of the title, who undergoes various tribulations including losing her memory.