Lady Chatterly's Lover needs no introduction - it has famously been
discussed and infamously banned. When Lawrence tried to publish it in the UK
and the US, publishers declined. Through an introduction by Norman Douglas (South
Wind -1917) Lawrence approached the Florentine bookseller and publisher
Giuseppe "Pino" Orioli who published a limited edition of 1500. The
volume presented here is numbered 120.
Lawrence presented his manuscript, unexpurgated, to Orioli who had it typeset
by Italians who did not speak English. The result was unsteady with many
typographical mistakes. Lawrence edited several copies before the final product
was printed.
The book is in good+ condition: the spine is shaken and the paper covers on the
boards are faded; the corners are lightly bumped; paper is lightly toned but
clean and bright - a perfectly readable copy. Between pages 23 and 32 there
appear what seem to be splash marks at the bottom of the pages. There is a
small book plate inside the front cover: "Ex libris C. Whitehead CORA".
The title on the spine is a pasted-on label.
The Orioli edition was subsequently printed in 1959 by The Modern Library, but not in a limited edition.
This is a very rare find.
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