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Message:: [QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4519740, member: 8267"]You don't show a full view of the back cover, but from the view of the spine it looks like there is a small blind stamp on the back cover, near the base of the spine. This is almost always a sign that it is a book club edition. (With the exception of publisher-specific decorative blind stamps in the same location.) This dealer provides a good description of the first American Edition:<a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31145810410&searchurl=yrh%3D1946%26fe%3Don%26n%3D100121503%26yrl%3D1946%26pn%3DHarcourt%26xpod%3Doff%26bi%3Dh%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Danimal%2Bfarm%26an%3Dorwell%26recentlyadded%3Dall&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image17" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31145810410&searchurl=yrh%3D1946%26fe%3Don%26n%3D100121503%26yrl%3D1946%26pn%3DHarcourt%26xpod%3Doff%26bi%3Dh%26ds%3D30%26bx%3Doff%26sortby%3D17%26tn%3Danimal%2Bfarm%26an%3Dorwell%26recentlyadded%3Dall&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image17" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31145810410&searchurl=yrh=1946&fe=on&n=100121503&yrl=1946&pn=Harcourt&xpod=off&bi=h&ds=30&bx=off&sortby=17&tn=animal+farm&an=orwell&recentlyadded=all&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image17</a> The British first edition is much more valuable.[/QUOTE]