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Lady Chatterley's Lover
by Lawrence, D. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Half-bound in crimson calf with embossed gold lettering and decorations, VG+ with light wear to edges. Blank endpaper and title
- Seller
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Hulls Cove, Maine, United States
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About This Item
[Paris]: Privately Printed [E. W. Titus], 1929. Second authorized edition. hardcover. Half-bound in crimson calf with embossed gold lettering and decorations, VG+ with light wear to edges. Blank endpaper and title page have a small piece missing from lower corner, last page of text has small faintly stained area. Pages lightly tanning. Includes "My Skirmish with Jolly Roger: Being an Introduction written especially for the present popular edition" by the author
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
- Mystery Cove Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149146
- Title
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Author
- Lawrence, D. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Half-bound in crimson calf with embossed gold lettering and decorations, VG+ with light wear to edges. Blank endpaper and title
- Edition
- Second authorized edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed [E. W. Titus]
- Place of Publication
- [Paris]
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mystery Cove Book Shop
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Hulls Cove, Maine
About Mystery Cove Book Shop
Mystery Cove Bookshop overlooking the ocean in lovely Hulls Cove Maine, just three miles from downtown Bar Harbor and on the edge of Acadia National Park. Open year round, Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 5pm. We have books in all subjects including books of local interest, children's literature, history & biography, science fiction & fantasy, plus a strong collection of crime, mystery and detective fiction.
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