Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Penguin Books, 1960. Plain white wraps stapled at the spine. 317 pages. Undated [1960] with no edition details or copyright information given. Printed by Hazell Watson and Verey Ltd. Aylesbury and Slough, who were not the printers of the first Penguin unexpurgated trade edition. That edition was published following Penguin's acquittal at the seminal obscenity trial in 1960. Clearly a prebublication or proof copy, although not denoted as such. Generall handling wear and light soil to covers, some rust to staples, inside all in good order, tanning at page edges. . Prepublication Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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
- Jacques Gander
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008692
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- D. H. Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Prepublication Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1960
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Jacques Gander
Biblio member since 2004
Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire
About Jacques Gander
Out of print, rare and used books. Internet and mail order.
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