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Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- worn
- Seller
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Marina Del Rey, California, United States
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About This Item
Historic Limited First Edition #39 out of 500. Not signed by Lawrence.
Mrs J Paul Getty bought when she was in England during WW II -Scarce. Her bookplate on inside rear. Based on the 1928, third and most complete manuscript. Lady Chatterly was banned in England and the US for many years. Hardcover. fair/No Jacket/ needs rebinding. I have no idea who published.
Mrs J Paul Getty bought when she was in England during WW II -Scarce. Her bookplate on inside rear. Based on the 1928, third and most complete manuscript. Lady Chatterly was banned in England and the US for many years. Hardcover. fair/No Jacket/ needs rebinding. I have no idea who published.
Extended Description and Notes
was from the collection of Mrs J Paul Getty ...
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
- Flying Turtle Productions
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TLGG 1001
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- D. H. Lawrence
- Book Condition
- Used - worn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- #39 of 500
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Limited Edition
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Limited Edition of 500
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare;
Terms of Sale
Flying Turtle Productions
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About the Seller
Flying Turtle Productions
Biblio member since 2018
Marina Del Rey, California
About Flying Turtle Productions
I am starting a film company and have bought books over the years and now are selling some and will be closing shop... I have some of my mother's book collection. She passed away at 103 and had an amazing life herself, was a war corespondent in WW II in Italy so was exposed to much.
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