A Clockwork Orange

London: Heinemann, (1962). First edition, 1st impression. 8vo. 192 pp. Original black covered boards, stamped in gold, in original price clipped dust-jacket. Edge wear throughout, particular to spine ends and corners. A few closed tears to jacket panels, with minute loss. Hole to rear panel edge. Foxing present. Handling and shelf wear present. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Light handling wear present. Corners mostly quite sharp, with bumps to top corners. Toning to page edges with thick foxing. Abrasion/nick to rear panel edge. Light curling to spine ends with vertical crease to spine cloth. Foxing throughout. Pen notations to ffep, else unmarked. Perhaps respectfully read.

Dust Jacket: Good

Hardcover: Good

“Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat", which takes its name from the Russian suffix that is equivalent to '-teen' in English. According to Burgess, it was a jeu d'esprit written in just three weeks. In 2005, A Clockwork Orange was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.”