LAWRENCE DH Lady Chatterleys Lover

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LAWRENCE, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover. 8vo, publisher's mulberry boards printed with the Lawrence phoenix on the front cover, corners worn with minor exposure, later printed paper spine label (author name misspelled), fore- and bottom edges uncut; small corner dampstains not touching text on pp. 11-76; housed in 1/2 tan morocco clamshell case. Privately printed at Tipografia Giuntina. (Florence), 1928

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first limited edition, number 384 of 1000 copies signed by lawrence. "The novel appeared legally only in expurgated form until 1959 in the United States and 1960 in England, where it was the subject of a landmark obscenity trial" (Skillion, p. 388). Roberts A42a.