LAWRENCE, D. H. | Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence: Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina], 1928

LAWRENCE, D. H.

Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence: Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina], 1928

8vo. Original mulberry boards with printed spine label; very faint and scattered spotting to title and limitation page, the boards with a tiny bit of bumping to the corners and a small faint sticker residue to spine. Modern full morocco case.

firs edition, one of 1000 copies signed by Lawrence. The publication of the unexpuragated edition of this novel years later prompted obscenity trials around the world, but at last it was available so that one's wife or servants could see what the fuss was about.

REFERENCES

Connolly 57; Roberts 42a