Decline of the English Murder and Other Essays

A collection of some of the less accessible essays by the author of Animal Farm, including his lament for the inferior quality of modern murders and his comments on the changing face of fictional crime; his long essay on Dickens, and his shrewd critical remarks on Kipling and on the peculiar genius of Salvador Dali.

Published 1970.

Binding of book is intact. Heavy foxing, shelfwear, and waterstain on covers of book. Heavy tanning and foxing on edges of book. Annotations in pencil, sticker and waterstain on inside of front cover. Moderate foxing on insides of covers. Moderate foxing on certain pages.