Clockwork Orange, A – Anthony Burgess
NF Paperback

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional second paperback edition, first printing of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. First Norton Paperback Edition stated, 1986 Norton. First Printing with the 58-23843 Library of Congress inventory, no ISBN and no subsequent printing on the copyright page.

The book exterior is in Near Fine condition with a ding to the top edge of the rear cover. Also with, strong title ink on a square spine, heavy foxing (age spots) on the top page block, tight binding, no spine tilt, rubbed spine edges, mild edge wear, and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with no marks, inscriptions or signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

Adrift in the impersonal, iron-gray society of the superstate, the novel’s main character, 15-year-old Alex, leads his gang of teenage rockers in all night orgies of random violence and destruction. This is Alex’s story- of rapes and stompings and rumbles with the police, of prison life and the frightful “Ludovico Technique” by which Alex is “reconditioned” into a model citizen, and of his subsequent adventures as a mindless pawn in the cynical hands of the authorities.