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First edition, first impression, first issue, bound in black boards and with the wide-flapped dust jacket priced 16s. Though its violent content shocked many, the novel remains among the most significant and enduring works of post-war British literature. It was the basis for the equally controversial 1971 Stanley Kubrick film, which led author and director to fear they had "opened a Pandora's box" (ODNB). In the second issue, the jacket flaps were trimmed and re-priced 18s. The third issue was released in purple boards with a decimal price sticker. Octavo. Original black boards, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device on rear cover in blind. With dust jacket designed by Barry Trengrove. Bookseller's ticket of Van Schaik's Pretoria on front pastedown. Spine ends and outer corner of upper cover lightly bumped; jacket a little rubbed, spine panel sunned, a few chips and short closed tears to edges: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Boytinck 75.

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.