LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
by LAWRENCE, D. H
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
No place: William Faro, Inc, 1930. "Samuel Roth". Hardcover. Good . 8vo, 313 pages, black cloth, untrimmed, a bit loose; no dj
A variant of the first Faro edition. Modern Amatory Classics Number One. Expurgated text. [Gertzman, LADY CHATTERLEY, 7.2]
A variant of the first Faro edition. Modern Amatory Classics Number One. Expurgated text. [Gertzman, LADY CHATTERLEY, 7.2]
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
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- DEMO014711I
- Title
- LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER
- Author
- LAWRENCE, D. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- "Samuel Roth"
- Publisher
- William Faro, Inc
- Place of Publication
- No place
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- pirated book, banned book, d. h. lawrence,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Biblio member since 2005
Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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