signed first edition
1928 · Florence
by Lawrence, D.H.
Florence: Privately Printed, 1928. First Edition. First edition, copy #416 of 1,000 numbered copies signed by D. H. Lawrence, privately printed and available by subscription only. [iv], 365 pp. Bound in publisher's purplish brown paper-covered boards with front board stamped with black phoenix design, paper title label to spine. Near Fine, a little professional repair to spine with joints discreetly reinforced, few small stains to boards, faint production crease to prelims. An attractive copy. Housed in a custom morocco-backed slipcase. A groundbreaking and controversial novel for its time, Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned in both England and America, and not published in the latter until 1959.
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