LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER (COMPLETE / UNEXPURGATED)
by Lawrence, D. H
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: Modern Library, (1959) 1st Edition, 1st Printing. 12mo, 376 pages Grey cloth boards with gilt lettering on a dark green background, 195 price on the dust jacket, grey and white decorated endpapers, advertisement at rear for The American College Dictionary Introduction by Mark Schorer Preface by Archibald MacLeish -- "First Printing" Stated on the copyright pages -- Minimal wear to extremities of the cloth boards, some dust and minor dirt soil to white areas of the dust jacket and light exterior wear with one tiny closed tear to the top of the back panel Spine panel of the dust jacket is moderately darkened Overall: Near Fine Condition in a Very Good dust jacket (Gb 7) Quantity Available: 1 Category: Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request Inventory No: 007096.
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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- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7096
- Title
- LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER (COMPLETE / UNEXPURGATED)
- Author
- Lawrence, D. H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Modern Library, (1959) 1st Edition, 1st Printing
- Keywords
- BZDB21 NOISBN Modern Library, Erotic Literature Books; LADY CHATTERLEYS LOVER COMPLETE UNEXPURGATED
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About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
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Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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