The Trial of Lady Chatterley

SUBTITLED : ` Regina v. Penguin Books Limited '. In England, about 1960, one wasn't to write such words as balls, shit, arse, cock or piss in a WORK of literary or artistic merit. The government of the day decided to put the publishers, Penguin Books, on trial under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959. These 250 pages are an edited transcript of that trial - INCLUDING arguments for the defence, for the prosecution, witnesses statements and the jury's decision. Decorative b/w drawings of the courtroom by Hogarth. Cond : Green and white paper wrapper with a front cover graphic of a blind-folded penguin holding the scales of justice. Spine sli. yellowed but corners and edges are sharp. Colours bright, binding tight. No tears, creases, folds, names nor marks. Giftable ! Quote (p. 12) : " Let me stress, if I may, in connexion with the meaning of obscenity, that the Act deems the book to be obscene if it tends to deprave and corrupt those who are likely in all the ciurcumstances to read it. It is not a question whether it has . .". …