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BURGESS, Anthony (1917-1993). A Clockwork Orange. London, et al: Heinemann, 1962.
8vo. Original gilt-lettered black cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket priced at "16s" (old price sticker residue over 16s, possibly from the later 25s sticker, spine and top flap edges a bit sunned); morocco-backed folding case.
FIRST EDITION, IN THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK CLOTH BINDING of the author’s dystopian novel that issued a “futuristic warning against both mindless violence and the mechanical reconditioning that is often proposed as society’s solution to its ills” (100 Banned Books, pp. 368–371). The basis of the Stanley Kubrick film, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 36.
8vo. Original gilt-lettered black cloth; in unrestored unclipped dust jacket priced at "16s" (old price sticker residue over 16s, possibly from the later 25s sticker, spine and top flap edges a bit sunned); morocco-backed folding case.
FIRST EDITION, IN THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK CLOTH BINDING of the author’s dystopian novel that issued a “futuristic warning against both mindless violence and the mechanical reconditioning that is often proposed as society’s solution to its ills” (100 Banned Books, pp. 368–371). The basis of the Stanley Kubrick film, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 36.
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BURGESS, Anthony (1917-1993). A Clockwork Orange. London, et al: Heinemann, 1962.
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