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Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D.H. Lawrence
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Foster, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
W. Faro, 1929-12-31. First American Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. William Faro, Inc.; city not noted, 1930. Hardcover. First American Edition (pirated). A Very Good, black cloth binding with paper title label on spine, binding intact, deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge, some fraying to spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, age toning to pages, small abrasions to board corners, stress crease to spine, spine lean, top text block edge dusty, some handling/scuffing to boards, in a Good, handling/scuff marks to panels, edge/corner wear with several tears and chips along edges, rear panel detached from spine, heavily sunned spine and verso, age toning to panels/flaps and verso, Dust wrapper. A nice, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], 313pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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
- Lavendier Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU1040259
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- D.H. Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- W. Faro
- Date Published
- 1929-12-31
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
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Foster, Rhode Island
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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