Lady Chatterley's Lover. Including My Skirmish with Jolly Roger Written Especially and Exclusively as an Introduction to This Popular Edition
by Lawrence, D.H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Privately Printed, 1929. One of the most famous (or infamous) erotic novels of the Twentieth Century. This is a Very Good copy of "The Author's Unabridged Popular Edition," First Edition Thus, published the year after the First Edition; it includes an exclusive Introduction by Lawrence. There is no place or publisher listed; however, it was published in Paris by Edward Titus, the expat husband of Helena Rubenstein; this was unabridged, and was a frequent target of pirates. Not rebound; in the original dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 365 pages. Rubbed at the margins, and with a very slight lean; the paper stock used was not very good, and the pages are starting to tan. No dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002314
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover. Including My Skirmish with Jolly Roger Written Especially and Exclusively as an Introduction to This Popular Edition
- Author
- Lawrence, D.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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