Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first paperback edition, first printing of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Norton Paperback Edition – First Printing. Paperback Edition unstated, 1986 Norton. First Printing with full number line.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, illustrated cover with no creases, lightly foxed page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on a square 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 Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The inside covers and the interior pages are clean and bright, 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.
