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Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Cardinal Edition C-363. 1st Printing - 1959. The complete book. Original cover price of 35 cents. Clean, tight, and square.
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
- Bear Ridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 840
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- D.H. Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- PB
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Pocket Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 378
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic Literature; Vintage Paperback;
Terms of Sale
Bear Ridge Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Bear Ridge Books
Biblio member since 2010
Roanoke, Virginia
About Bear Ridge Books
OFFERING ~ Many Military related arenas, especially World War II, both in fiction and non-fiction, hardcover and paperbacks. *-First editions in Fiction and Non in numerous genres. A Few Antiquarian editions, and soon to be a listing of 2000 + vintage paperbacks to chose from. Also, some vintage magazines and comics.. Also featured is an extensive library full of World Art and Modern Music titles.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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