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LAWRENCE, D. H. Lady Chatterley's Lover. Pirated Edition. 8vo, mulberry paper-covered boards with printed spine label, joints cracked. Number 208 of 1500 copies. Laid into chemise and slipcase with a copy of My Skirmish with Jolly Roger. Thin 8vo, boards. 256 of 600 copies. New York, 1929. [Florence, 1928]
A photographic facsimile of the true first edition, lacking only Lawrence''s signature and the phoenix on the front cover. Lawrence himself was impressed with the quality of this piracy, generally assumed to be the first of many pirated editions. The accompanying book is subtitled "Written as an Introduction to and a Motivation of the Paris Edition of Lady Chatterley''s Lover" and discusses these piracies as well as the content of the novel.
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