LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
by Lawrence, D. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dustjacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, Wyoming, United States
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. 1959. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 1st Modern Library edition - stated. Book is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping to spine ends else a bright & solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with light rubbing to edges, light bumping & chipping to spine ends, mild soiling to covers else still bright & intact. FOLCAS 9/23; 12mo 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall .
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
- JB's Book Vault (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5991
- Title
- LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
- Author
- Lawrence, D. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Lawrence, Lady, Chatterley's, Lover, Fiction, Modern Library
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Library;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...