Valletta, Malta Library Association, 1973
Once of the scarcest Burgess books, a chapbook printing of his lecture to the Malta Library Association in June 1970.
Burgess and his wife moved to Malta in 1968; the Maltese government confiscated and burned 47 of the Burgesses' books on the grounds they were obscene. In response, Burgess protested and gave this speech exploring the ideas of obscenity and pornography. The text is based on a transcription of a tape recording, corrected by the author.
First edition, first impression; oblong 4to; minor toning, else unmarked internally; publisher's pictorial wrappers, a couple of trivial marks to covers, else near-fine.
Burgess and his wife moved to Malta in 1968; the Maltese government confiscated and burned 47 of the Burgesses' books on the grounds they were obscene. In response, Burgess protested and gave this speech exploring the ideas of obscenity and pornography. The text is based on a transcription of a tape recording, corrected by the author.
First edition, first impression; oblong 4to; minor toning, else unmarked internally; publisher's pictorial wrappers, a couple of trivial marks to covers, else near-fine.
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