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LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
by Lawrence, D.H. 06f
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG wraps, (paperback). Clean, bright & tight; in & out. 8th ed.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Obelisk Press. VG wraps, (paperback). Clean, bright & tight; in & out. 8th ed.. (1936). 8th impression. Softcover. VG wraps. Stiff paper covers. Front flap states "unexpurgated authorised edition". Spine corners w 1/2" to 1" closed tears. . Several small light green stains on cover. Inked name & date on half title page. Composed in Baskerville type, paper by Moulin-Breda. Printing and binding by Protat brothers. DJ front flap price of 50 Francs. Seems extremely unlikely this is an 8th impression, as this is an obscure printing. Probably Obelisk meant 8th edition. .
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
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001115
- Title
- LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
- Author
- Lawrence, D.H. 06f
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG wraps, (paperback). Clean, bright & tight; in & out. 8th ed.
- Edition
- 8th impression
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Obelisk Press
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- (1936)
- Keywords
- VG wraps. Stiff paper covers. Front flap states "unexpurgated, authorised edition". Spine corners w 1/2" to 1" closed tears., ppb
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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