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Lady Chatterley's Lover. [Authorized Edition. Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND IMPRESSION
by LAWRENCE D. H
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- Hardcover
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Martin Secker,, [1932]. 8vo., Second Impression thus, on laid paper, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, sides framed in blind, gilt back, fore-edge very lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. The first authorized (expurgated) edition was published earlier in the same month. The full text was not published until the successful outcome of the famous trial in 1960. See Roberts A42d.
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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- Bookseller
- Island Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43366
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover. [Authorized Edition. Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE SECOND IMPRESSION
- Author
- LAWRENCE D. H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Martin Secker,
- Date Published
- [1932]
- Keywords
- mstock, modern first editions, modern firsts, lawrence, david herbert lawrence, dh lawrence, lady chatterley, chatterley,
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