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Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity (Criterion Miscellany - No.5). Faber & Faber Limited, 1929.

Price: US$9.79 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 32pp. 1929. First edition. 8vo. sized. Orange wraps stamped in black to the front cover with sewn binding. A very good, clean copy. No inscriptions. Three of the four card cover corners a little bumped with consequential creasing. A slight circular stain mark to the front card cover less than 2mm in diameter and one or two other tiny marks. An expertly repaired nick to the head of the front card cover. A very good copy.

Seller: Trumpington Fine Books Limited, Gilmilnscroft, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D. H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No 5. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$12.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: D H Lawrence discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty, and refers to the problem of censorship in art and literature. Previous owner has reinforced wrap at spine with masking tape on inner side, grubby, chipped. Internally clean and bright. 32 pp.; 001615; 8vo (slim booklet)

Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom

LAWRENCE, D. H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No. 5.. Faber and Faber London, 1929.

Price: US$12.88 + shipping

Description: Faber and Faber, London. 1929. first edition. Hardback NO DW. Small very slim 8vo. Orange cloth boards with gilt to upper and with a blank spine. borads grubby and pages browned.

Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D H. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$12.88 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: No 5 in the Criterion Miscellany series, 1st edition, 12mo, 32pp, previous owner's name on ffep, boards generally a little dusty and slightly tanned and faded at spine and extrems, G/VG Copy, no DJ Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: Roger Lucas Booksellers, Horncastle, United Kingdom

D.H.Lawrence. Pornography and Obscenity(Pamphlet, Criterion Miscellany No.5, 1st Edition 1929). Faber and Faber, 1929.

Price: US$12.88 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pornography and Obscenity by D.H.Lawrence, Criterion Miscellany No.5,1st Edition 1929, Published by Faber and Faber, Printed in Great Britain by Trend and Company, Pamphlet, has fading and yellowing to covers and spine, has some wear and tear to edges of covers and spine, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing,

Seller: Codex Books, York, United Kingdom

D. H. Lawrence. Pornography and Obsenity. Faber and Faber, 1929.

Price: US$14.50 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Criterion Miscellany No. 5. Orange cover with gilt lettering shows some light soiling at edges. No markings. 32p. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: janet smith, Wheeling, WV, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No. 5. Faber and Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$16.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Printed orange wraps. 32 pp. An essay by D.H. Lawrence discussing what is considered clean and dirty in society, and how art and literature is thus influenced. He describes "phallic sex," as 'a creative flow,' while defining pornography as an 'attempt to insult sex and the human spirit.' GOOD condition. Some scuffing and chipping along the extremities, with loss of wrapper at the upper left corner. Some soiling and toning to the wrappers, rendering them somewhat grubby in appearance. Minor toning to the text block.

Seller: Mare Booksellers ABAA, IOBA, Dover, NH, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D H. Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No 5.. Faber and Faber Ltdf, 1929.

Price: US$16.41 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1929. Faber and Faber Ltdf. Softback. GOOD Edgewear. Cover detached. 7.5x5.

Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom

Lawrence,D.H.. PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY. Faber & Faber Criterion Miscellany No.5, London, 1929.

Price: US$19.31 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Octavo card wrap in orange printed dust jacket (small chip loss to head/foot of hinge/max of 1" splitting to fold but orange wrapper completely split at hinge with some loss along hinge/partly split at front flap/rubbed and some closed tears) 32pp 1cm discoloration to flap and inside of cover where small tape used to be. Halftitle, TP and Contents clean and uncut. *Author of Lady Chatterly discusses definitions of pornography and taste and the abuse of censorship in art and literature. 1 volume.

Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books, Blockley, GLOS, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. London; Faber;, 1929.

Price: US$19.31 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing of Criterion Miscellany No. 5. Very good pamphlet in a good orange card jacket with some foxing.

Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D. H.. Pornography and Obscenity : Criterion Miscellany No 5. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$21.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: An Essay Lawrence wrote after the reception of Lady Chatterley's Lover, privately published 1928. He hoped to challenge the British taboos around sex: to enable men and women to consider it as a normal part of life not taboo. CONDITION Orange DJ over card wraps, printed on nice cream paper stock. 32 pages whip stitched. Internally bright and crisp as new, ligh shelf wear and a little toned to covers. Advertising slip laid in for other faber works. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand

Lawrence, D. H.:. Pornography and Obscenity (Criterion Miscellany No. 5). Faber & Faber Publishers, London, 1929.

Price: US$22.15 + shipping

Description: 32 S. ; Criterion Miscellany No. 5. First Edition. Fadengebundene Originalbroschur, 32 Seiten. Umschlag angedunkelt und im Falz eingerissen, innen gutes Exemplar (Cover darkened and torn at the Fold, inside a good Copy). pwRegal-HH

Seller: Antiquariat Weber, Neuendorf b. Elmshorn, SH, Germany

Lawrence, D.H.. PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY.. Faber & Faber, 1929.

Price: US$22.15 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: **PAPERBACK**

Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D. H.. Pornography and Obscenity, Criterion Miscellany, No 5. Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1929.

Price: US$24.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1929. Very Good condition in a lightly soiled Very Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped (One Shilling Net). Softcover. 5.25" wide by 7.75" tall. Bound in the original plain white card wrappers with an orange dust jacket, printed in black, that is still attached (i.e. integral / thread sewn) to the pamphlet's spine (as issued). Brief note (in pencil) on inner flap. Protected by a removable mylar clear-plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO foxing. Author's reply to criticism of LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER. From the front inner flap of the dust jacket: "Mr. Lawrence discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty, and refers to the problem of censorship in art and literature." Roberts A49a. First Edition. Softcover (sewn -- NOT stapled. Very Good condition. 32pp.

Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.

D.H. LAWRENCE. Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany No. 5.. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 12mo. Orange cloth covered boards with gold lettering. Pamphlet with soiling/darkening on spine edge and margins. Tanning to end pages. [32 pages]

Seller: A Cappella Books, Inc., Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D. H. PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY. London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1929). (1929)., 1929.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1929). (1929). Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed orange wraps. The binding is lightly rubbed & soiled with the edges of the wraps faded. The spine is rubbed with its head & tail chipped. 32 pages. There is offsetting to the inner edges of the first & last pages. Good. First edition.Criterion Miscellany No. 5. Lawrence discusses censorship in literature and art.

Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.

D.H. Lawrence. Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany - No.5.. Faber and Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8vo pp.32, wear to the cover

Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada

D H Lawrence. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber, UK, 1929.

Price: US$25.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition1929. No. 5 in the publisher's Criterion Miscellany series. 32 pp. Orange printed wrappers. Very good The softback booklet book is near very good and quite bright. Small loss to spine top. Light edge rubbing with light marking to covers. Contents good. Pages slightly age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 15875

Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. London; Faber;, 1929.

Price: US$25.75 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing of Criterion Miscellany No. 5. Very good pamphlet in a good orange card jacket with a small tear.

Seller: timkcbooks (Member of Booksellers Association), Penzance, United Kingdom

Lawrence (D.H.).. Pornography and Obscenity. Criterion Miscellany - No.5.. First edition, crown 8vo, 19cm, 32 pages, London, Faber & Faber (1929)., 1929.

Price: US$25.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Sewn into overlapping orange paper wrappers, just faintly soiled at the extremities. A very good copy.

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$25.75 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Bound in white stiff card wraps, with orange dustwrapper attached at spine, and black title lettering to front/back panels of wrapper, this 1929 First Edition is "Good". Defined as "Criterion Miscellany" No.5. 32pp with clean endpapers. Wrapper is chipped at return flap corners and at top/tail of spine. Rubbing to wrapper spine, and small stain to front panel; odd indistinct marks and minor fading to area close to spine. Generally Good.

Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom

LAWRENCE, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber & Faber Limited, 1929.

Price: US$25.75 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Criterion Miscellany - No. 5. 8vo, pp. 32. Orange cloth with gilt stamped lettering to upper board. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Boards well-used - grubby and rubbed. Edges spotted, occasionally into top and bottom margins. Endpapers tanned, discrete POI to ffep. Blotching to bottom margin of pp. 9-15. Else, clean. A good reading copy of the rarer cloth first edition of Lawrence's riposte to censors and those who took offense at his fiction.

Seller: Quair Books PBFA, Leeds, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D. H.. Pornography and Obsenity.. London Faber & Faber, 1929.

Price: US$27.68 + shipping

Description: 32 pp. Original cloth. Criterion Miscellany No. 5. - First Edition. - Front cover with small Spot. Endpapers browned. Gewicht (Gramm): 104

Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber & Faber 1929, 1929.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st fine in wraps

Seller: Black Butte Books, Sisters, OR, U.S.A.

D.H. Lawrence. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber & Faber Limited, 1929.

Price: US$32.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: "Pornography and Obscenity" by D.H. LAWRENCE. 1929 1st edition; Faber & Faber Limited; London. Criterion Miscellany - No. 5. From the front flap: "Mr. Lawrence discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty, and refers to the problem of censorship in art and literature." Softcover; 32 pages. Condition: Light soiling to the covers; there is a small stain near the bottom of the front cover. There is a 2" tear at the bottom edge of the spine; the top edge of the spine is worn. Name(?) written lightly in pencil at the top of the front cover. The pages are clean and nearly appear unread with only initials written in pen at the top of the first page. There is foxing on the blank back-side of the outer wrap. Overall the book is in Good condition.

Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. Pornography and Obsenity.. , 1929.

Price: US$32.19 + shipping

Description: (Criterion Miscellany, No. 5). 32pp card covers, Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D.H. (David Herbert) (1885-1930). Pornography and obscenity. London : Faber, 1929.

Price: US$33.22 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Criterion miscellany ; no.5. Physical description: 32p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Pornography. Sex in literature. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Lawrence, D. H.. PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY. Faber & Faber, Limited, London, 1929.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This item is soft-bound in orange wrappers with black printing on the covers. The covers show light soiling, wear/chipping to the edges, and wear to the spine. The string binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean.

Seller: Hoffman Books, ABAA, IOBA, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. London: Faber and Faber, 1929.

Price: US$36.05 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Octavo, pp 32. String bound soft wraps with integral orange jacket. Published by Faber as Criterion Miscellany No.5. Internally fine, clean and unmarked; covers a little rubbed. Overall graded Very Good condition.

Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D.H. (David Herbert) (1885-1930). Pornography and obscenity. London : Faber, 1929.

Price: US$39.10 + shipping

Description: Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Criterion miscellany ; no.5. Physical description: 32p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Pornography. Sex in literature. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. , 1929.

Price: US$44.00 + shipping

Description: LAWRENCE, D.H. Pornography and Obscenity. Orig. wrappers. London: Faber & Faber Ltd., [1929]. First edition. Criterion Miscellany, No. 5. A very good copy.

Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D[avid] H.. PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo, pp. 32. Chipped and little soiled orange wraps. A good copy. Criterion MIscellany no. 5. Roberts A49a. Lawrence on censorship.

Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.

D H Lawrence. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber, UK, 1929.

Price: US$46.35 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition 1929. No. 5 in the publisher's Criterion Miscellany series. Hand sewn wraps with dustjacket. The softback book is very good++ and in bright condition. Boards lightly rubbed to edge. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 9373 Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D[avid]. H[erbert. 1885 - 1930]. PORNOGRAPHY And OBSCENITY. Criterion Miscellany -- No. 5. Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1929.

Price: US$49.50 + shipping

Description: 32 pp. 8vo. Some wear & soiling. Very Good. Plain card stock covers with integral printed orange dust wrapper. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve

Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity (Criterion Miscellany No. 5). Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 32 pp. in unprinted card wrappers, string bound. Fine in the original organge dust wrapper printed in black, some wear at the tips and flap folds, slightly darkened about the egdes.

Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity.. , 1929.

Price: US$67.87 + shipping

Description: London: Faber & Faber 1929. 8vo. Orig. printed orange wrapper sewn as issued slightly chipped. 32pp. Uncut. Criterian Miscellany - No. 5. 1st ed. Assoc. newspaper clippings loosely inserted.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

LAWRENCE, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber and Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Very good with light bumps in lightly soiled, card stock wrappers with a very good orange dustwrapper that has light wear along the spine and light soiling.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber and Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. No. 5 in the publisher's Criterion Miscellany series. 32 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Orange printed wrappers. Very good First edition. No. 5 in the publisher's Criterion Miscellany series.

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber and Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Roberts A49b (Cloth Issue)

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.

Price: US$77.00 + shipping

Description: Slight edgewear. text clean. 32 pages. Good+ / original orange folded card wrapper clean /

Seller: Ken's Book Haven, Coopersburg, PA, U.S.A.

Lawrence, David Herbert. Pornography and Obscenity. By D.H. Lawrence. Faber & Faber,, 1929.

Price: US$88.58 + shipping

Description: London, Faber & Faber, 1929, Edizione originale, è il quinto volume della «Criterion Miscellany». Cfr. Warren - Poplawski, A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence, A49a. in 8°, brossura editoriale muta con sovracoperta legata, pp. 32. brossura editoriale muta con sovracoperta legata,

Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italy

LAWRENCE, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity.. Faber and Faber., 1929.

Price: US$96.57 + shipping

Description: First edition. Octavo. 32 pages. Sewn wrappers with integral dustwrapper. Criterion Miscellany, No. 5. Bottom corners slightly bumped. Fine. Very bright.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

Lawrence, D.H.. Pornography and Obscenity Criterion Miscellany -No.5. London Faber & Faber Ltd. 1929, 1929.

Price: US$122.33 + shipping

Description: A first edition, first printing by Faber & Faber Ltd in 1929. A near fine copy which is clean internally and tightly bound. Small mark to the rear panel. No.5 of the Criterion Miscellany; the monographic series published by Faber and Faber from 1929-1936 was an offshoot of its journal the Criterion. In this edition D.H. Lawrence "discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty, and refers to the problem of censorship in art and literature".

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom