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Auction of first edition of 'Lady Chatterley'.(D.H. Lawrence)(Brief Article)

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A first edition copy of DH Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' is to be auctioned in England on Monday (17 January).

The signed 1928 copy of the novel is expected to raise up to GBP2,500 when it is sold at Bonhams in Bath.

The first copies of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', which was banned in the United Kingdom until 1960, were printed in Italy.

Also up for auction in the sale of books, maps and atlases is a first edition copy of Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World', first published in 1932.

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