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Lady Chatterley’s lover
by D. H. Lawrence
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dj
- Seller
-
Salina, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover
Publisher: Orioi, 1928
Used - very good: Classic literature. No dust jacket. Bound with dark green boards and spine heavily decorated with gold gilt. Light green end papers. Slight bumping on ends of spine and corners. The binding is tight and the text block is clean, clear and unmarked
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
- Melissa Adkins
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 263
- Title
- Lady Chatterley’s lover
- Author
- D. H. Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Good tight
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Orioi
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Pages
- 305
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- International collectors library
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Vintage; Classic;
Terms of Sale
Melissa Adkins
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Melissa Adkins
Biblio member since 2022
Salina, Kansas
About Melissa Adkins
Not really a business, just a lover of books, and old books.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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