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Lady Chatterley's Lover
by LAWRENCE, D.H
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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GALSTON, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Florence, Italy: Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina], Florence, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall. Very Good - This Edition Limited to One Thousand copies of which this is number 697. Signed by D.H. Lawrence on the limitation page which is opposite the tile page. Professional full leather binding in slipcase. Slipcase has brown cloth cover and is lined with a black felt. Volume is full leather binding with gilt title, author, date and decoration between 5 raised bands down the spine. Gilt line to the extremities of the front and rear boards, original brown cloth front cover with the phoenix has been used as the front paste down with brown end pages (a nice touch). The text block has rough cut pages. Condition - the slipcase has the slightest of wear at the corners, the volume has a very small rub on the spine above and below the title, original cloth cover has marks to the extremities where it has pasted to the original boards, there is very light foxing and tanning throughout otherwise contents are clean, bright and tight. Fully paginated and all pages present and correct. As this item weighs over 1kg when packed additional postage will be required for delivery outside of the United Kingdom.
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
- Loudoun Books Ltd.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013104
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- LAWRENCE, D.H
- Format/Binding
- Leather Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina], Florence
- Place of Publication
- Florence, Italy
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 365
- Size
- 8vo - 7.75 to 9.75" tall
- Weight
- 2.91 lbs
Terms of Sale
Loudoun Books Ltd.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives damaged or not as described. UK Standard delivery is Free. The Shipping Matrix is compiled for a package weighing 1kg. Additional postage will be sought for packages over 1kg for UK Expedited, UK Express of Overseas delivery.
About the Seller
Loudoun Books Ltd.
Biblio member since 2022
GALSTON, East Ayrshire
About Loudoun Books Ltd.
Loudoun Books Ltd. was formed on 15 February 2011, although we had been selling at book fairs and through online marketplaces, for approximately 10 years prior to that. Based in Ayrshire, Scotland we specialise Scottish interest, rare, collectable, First Edition and out of print books.
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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...
- Raised Band(s)
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