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First edition, first impression. The novel is among the most significant and enduring works of post-war British literature, but also deeply controversial at the time and since for its violent content. It was the basis for the equally controversial 1971 Stanley Kubrick film. Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in black morocco, spine lettered in orange foil, morocco onlay depicting Alex's bowler-hatted gulliver to the front board with titles blocked in orange foil, twin rule to turn-ins in orange, orange coated endpapers, silver edges. A fine copy.

A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian 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.