A fine copy of the notorious dystopian novel
A Clockwork Orange.
London: Heinemann, [1962].
Price: $10,000.00
About the item
First edition. [viii], 196 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black boards. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Item #352457
Richly inventive in language, written in an argot that borrows heavily from the Russian, and with an unforgettable antihero at its center, Burgess's book was overshadowed by the futuristic 1971 film adaptation by Stanley Kubrick, which followed after the American edition of the novel, leaving off the final redeeming chapter of the first edition.
