A Clockwork Orange (First Edition)

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RARE FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL DUST JACKET

London: Heinemann, (1962). 8vo. Original black cloth hardcover in original price clipped dust jacket. Pages: [x], 196. First Edition.

Overall condition: excellent. Dust jacket price clipped and in very good condition. Slight wearing along edges and towards extremities. Age toning along upper edge. Small vertical creasing marks along spine folds. Slight fading to colours on spine. Original black cloth hardcover boards in near fine condition. Binding is square and tight. Very minor age toning along upper edge. End papers and pages in excellent condition. Minor foxing throughout text block towards upper edge. Slight foxing and age toning along page edges. 

Rare first edition with original dust jacket. Previous owners name on front free end paper. Notes made by previous owner on rear free end paper. 

A startling work of dystopian fiction. A Clockwork Orange is considered one of the great works of literature for its portrayal of extreme violence, psychological conditioning, and societal decay. The subject of constant controversy, A Clockwork Orange has been banned periodically in multiple countries since its publication.

This book is currently on display in our Bondi store in the rare book section.

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