Lot 205
  • 205

Burgess, Anthony.

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Description

  • A Clockwork Orange. William Heinemann, 1962
8vo, first edition, first issue, original black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, dust-jacket, first issue ("16s NET" on upper flap), slight browning, top edge soiled, slight spotting, spine slightly cockled, dust-jacket frayed at extremities with tears

Provenance

J.P. Mendes, ownership signature, author of the recent work on clandestine fiction

Literature

SF1/43; SF3/159

Catalogue Note

The famous and controversial film version by Stanley Kubrick was released in 1971.