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LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
by Lawrence, D. H. (introduction by Sarah Scott)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1552671895
- ISBN 13
- 9781552671894
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Ottawa, Ontario: Prospero Books, 2001. Book. Illus. by Thomas Wilmer Dewing;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (vii) 313 pp. Quarter-bound in blaci cloth on black boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; beige endpapers; headband. The dustjacket features The Spinet by Thomas Wilmer Dewing, courtesy of the National Museum of American art. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The frank portrayal of an extramarital affair and the explicit sexual explorations of the central characters caused this controversial book, now considered a masterpiece, to be banned as pornography until 1960..
Synopsis
D.H. Lawrence's 1928 novel Lady Chatterley's Lover holds the distinguished title of being one the most banned books in history. Infamous for its explicit descriptions of sex and other vulgarities, it was only published openly in the United Kingdom in 1960. The book focused on the illicit affair between an upper-class woman and her lower-class gamekeeper, and it was received with outrage and intrigue, resulting in numerous abridged versions being published throughout the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Because the first edition was so quickly banned from public consumption, there are many abridged and censored versions available, though few are as valuable as the original. The first printings were bound with brown boards with an insignia of a phoenix gracing its front cover. The phoenix has remained a potent symbol for the book, in large part because of the book's victory in the infamous British Obscenity Trial in 1960. D.H. Lawrence was a well-known English author who wrote many novels, short stories, and books of poetry. Not just an author, Lawrence was also a well-respected literary critic who wrote several essays regarding other famous writers, including Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman.
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 224894
- Title
- LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
- Author
- Lawrence, D. H. (introduction by Sarah Scott)
- Illustrator
- Thomas Wilmer Dewing;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 1552671895
- ISBN 13
- 9781552671894
- Publisher
- Prospero Books
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- erotica; richard hoggart; sexuality; banned book; censorship;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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