D. H. Lawrence. Original and unexpurgated edition, third manuscript version. This copy was previously owned by Venezuelan journalist and Cato adjunct scholar Carlos Ball.
Dust Jacket: Very Good. Jacket design by Bruce Barton. An unclipped jacket with original price ($6.00) intact. The jacket has a small missing piece on top of spine in addition a small tear on rear jacket.
Hardcover: Very Good. New York: Grove Press, 1959. Originally published in 1928 by Giuseppe Orioli, Florence, 1928. Introduction by Mark Schorer, 1957. Preface by Archibald MacLeish, 1959. Small 1/4 inch year on spine with fading/browning on flyleaf page. Beige cloth with black lettering. Contains previous owners name and date. Otherwise, a clean :) solid edition.
The book was banned for obscenity in the United States in 1929. After being published in Italy in 1928 it was then published a year later in France.
Lawrence's work soon became notorious for its story of the physical relationship between a working-class man and an upper-class woman, its explicit descriptions of sex and its use of then-unprintable words.
