THE SCARCE FIRST ISSUE, IN THE RARE DUSTWRAPPER, TOGETHER WITH CONTEMPORARY NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM THE TRIAL

HALL, Radclyffe ~ The Well of Loneliness. [together with] BRITTEN, Vera ~ Radclyffe Hall. A Case of Obscenity?

FIRST UK PRINTING. Jonathan Cape, London: 1928. [and] FIRST UK PRINTING. Femina Books Ltd., London: 1968.

Large 8vo., black publisher's cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; upper edge stained black, else untrimmed; together in the publisher's printed dustwrapper, correctly priced 15s. net to front flap; THE BOOK very good, spine ends a little bumped and rubbed with a couple of small white marks; some slight spotting and offsetting internally, mostly affecting the prelims and outer edges of the text block, the odd spot sometimes extending onto pages; THE WRAPPER present, though in several pieces, with large tears and portions of loss, particularly to the spine, only half of which is present, with some loss of text to the upper portion; still, seldom found at all and scarce thus. The wrapper is contained in a removable Brodart archival cover. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with the uncorrected 'whip' to line 13, page 50. This copy also includes an envelope, pasted to the front pastedown, which contains numerous contemporary press cuttings relating to the famous libel case and this title. [together with Britten's 'Case of Obscenity?': 8vo., burgundy publisher's boards, lettered and lined in silver to spine; together in the unclipped silver and red dustwrapper (priced 30/- net to front flap) designed by Leonora Box; containing several black and white photographs including a striking frontis portrait of Hall; THE BOOK a little bruised to spine tips, else fine; THE WRAPPER very good, with some creasing and rubbing to edges and some light scratches to the spine/lower panel; a few nicks to ends of spine and folds; one tiny hole touched up to spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. FIRST UK EDITION, together with the publisher's bookmark. Together, these two books provide great insight into one of the most controversial works of the 20th century.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Very Good
JACKET: Fair
BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Very Good