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A Clockwork Orange. by Anthony BURGESS
$ 5,023
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BURGESS, Anthony.
A Clockwork Orange.
Stock Code 112063
London, Heinemann, 1962
Current price$5,023.00
Three issues exist: two in black boards - the first priced 16s, the second priced 18s; thirdly, in the late '60s the last copies were issued in purple boards with a decimal price sticker. The present copy has all the requisite first issue points. Burgess' best known book and although he was of the opinion Earthly Powers was his masterpiece, like many authors on the matter he was wrong. Clockwork Orange is far, far more than the source book for a great film, it remains a tremendous work in its own right.
First edition, first impression, first issue binding and first issue dust jacket; 8vo; page stock mildly toned as always, light spotting to prelims and margins, else unmarked internally; publisher's black boards, titles to spine gilt, with the original unclipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Barry Trengrove priced 16s, typical sunning to spine, minor edge-wear, else a very sharp copy. -
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Documentation: Documented elsewhere (similar item) Period: 1950-1979 Condition: Good. Styles / Movements: Modern Dealer Reference #: 112063 Incollect Reference #: 748130
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