Pornography and Obscenity

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); vertically striped decorated paper-covered boards in colors; paper label mounted on the front cover titled in black; 40pp. General rubbing; spine ends frayed with loss; light chipping to spine and several scuffs to the rear board; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. This essay first… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1933. 5th impression.. Paperback. Card wrappers, G. 32pp, card wrappers marked & grubby, some splitting, edges chipped, otherwise a fair copy. Criterion Miscellany number 5. An essay in which 'D H Lawrence discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty'. The essay originally had appeared in 'This Quarter', when published by Faber the… Read more about this item

Faber, London, 1929. First edition, 4th impression as stated. Condition: Very good in paperwraps. Light edge creases at sides and spine, light wrinkling on back cover, light corner bumps, unbroken sewn binding. A very nice copy. 4th impression of the first printing. From the publisher: Mr. Lawrence discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty, and refers to… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1930. First Thus . Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. First appearance in book form (orig. published the previous year in the literary journal, "The Quarter") of Lawrence's thoughts on the subject, perhaps in response to the fact that his new novel (1928),"Lady Chatterley's Lover,'' was banned in the US & would… Read more about this item

UK: Faber, 1929. First Edition . Paper. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition1929. No. 5 in the publisher's Criterion Miscellany series. 32 pp. Orange printed wrappers. Very good The softback booklet book is near very good and quite bright. Small loss to spine top. Light edge rubbing with light marking to covers.… Read more about this item

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Original striped boards, label to front. Tight and square. Previous owner screenwriter/director Delmer Daves has written his name to the front pastedown, with his 1930 date. Lightly pencilled minor marginalia throughout. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

"Pornography and Obscenity" by D.H. LAWRENCE. 1929 1st edition; Faber & Faber Limited; London. Criterion Miscellany - No. 5. From the front flap: "Mr. Lawrence discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty, and refers to the problem of censorship in art and literature." Softcover; 32 pages. Condition: Light soiling to the covers; there is a small stain near… Read more about this item

London : Faber, 1929. First Edition. Softcover. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Criterion miscellany ; no.5. Physical description: 32p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Pornography. Sex in literature.

PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY, Knopf, 1930, first edition, spine ends ever so gently bumped, else a bright fine copy in multi-striped boards.

1930 hardcover as pictured. A short essay on censorship by the the author of Lady Chatterly's Lover which summarizes Lawrence's position as presented in a 1929 debate on the subject with Viscount Brentford. This copy is labeled "first and second prining before publication. It is somewhat worn but remains very readable. Binding is firm. Boards are rubbed and scuffed with… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1929. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good with light bumps in lightly soiled, card stock wrappers with a very good orange dustwrapper that has light wear along the spine and light soiling.

Faber & Faber Limited, 1929. Good. Criterion Miscellany - No. 5. 8vo, pp. 32. Orange cloth with gilt stamped lettering to upper board. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Boards well-used - grubby and rubbed. Edges spotted, occasionally into top and bottom margins. Endpapers tanned, discrete POI to ffep. Blotching to bottom margin of pp. 9-15. Else, clean. A… Read more about this item

UK: Faber, 1929. First Edition . Printer Wrapper. Very Good ++. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st Edition 1929. No. 5 in the publisher's Criterion Miscellany series. Hand sewn wraps with dustjacket. The softback book is very good++ and in bright condition. Boards lightly rubbed to edge. More images can be taken… Read more about this item

London: Faber, 1929. No 5 in the Criterion Miscellany series, 1st edition, 12mo, 32pp, previous owner's name on ffep, boards generally a little dusty and slightly tanned and faded at spine and extrems, G/VG Copy, no DJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1929).. (1929).. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed orange wraps. The binding is lightly rubbed & soiled with the edges of the wraps faded. The spine is rubbed with its head & tail chipped. 32 pages. There is offsetting to the inner edges of the first & last pages. Good. <p>First edition.<p>Criterion Miscellany No.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 32 pages, striped boards, "And if the purity-with-a-dirty-little-secret lie is kept up much longer, the mass of society will really be an idiot".

Yonkers:: The Alicat Book Shop,, 1948.. New edition with additional material.. publisher's red wrappers printed in yellow.. Attractive ownership stamp on title page; preliminaries a little browned; slight use to wrappers; a very good copy.. 8vo,. The Outcast Chapbooks No. 13.

Faber & Faber Publishers, London, 1929. Criterion Miscellany No. 5. First Edition. Fadengebundene Originalbroschur, 32 Seiten. Umschlag angedunkelt und im Falz eingerissen, innen gutes Exemplar (Cover darkened and torn at the Fold, inside a good Copy).

London: Faber & Faber, Limited. Very Good. 1929. Softcover. This item is soft-bound in orange wrappers with black printing on the covers. The covers show light soiling, wear/chipping to the edges, and wear to the spine. The string binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1929. First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Orange Cloth Issue. First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Roberts A49b (Cloth Issue)