Lady Chatterley's Lover
by Lawrence, D.H
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Stockholm: Jan Forlag, 1953. This is a Very Good copy of the First "Continental" Edition, in English but printed in Sweden. At this time the book was still under ban, and the copyright page states: "This edition not to be soldin the British Empire orU.S.A." This contains the unexpurgated text from 1928. Issued in softcover, the cream-colored paper does look a bit used at the edges and has some light smudging on the front cover, but what would one expect unless it had beenput away in a dark closet, say, for several decades? There is also a light crease on the rear cover, a diagonal chip to the lower front corner. A closed tear has been repaired with cello tape. Really, not too bad for what is now a period piece of literary history. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Privately Printed.
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
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002320
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- Lawrence, D.H
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Jan Forlag
- Place of Publication
- Stockholm
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
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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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