Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first mass market paperback edition, early printing of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Reprint Edition described, 1965 Ballantine. Seventh Printing, January 1972 stated and $1.25 cover price.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition, with clean, illustrated cover with no creases, lightly foxed page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a tilted spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with an erased price on the first free end paper and the previous owner’s stamped bookplate on the inside cover. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside rear cover and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
In Anthony Burgess’s influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends’ intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom.
Carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in manila envelope.
