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CREWE, TOM: : The New Life

LONDON.CHATTO & WINDUS/an imprint of VINTAGE/PENGUIN RANDOM hOUSE,2023.

ISBN 9781784744694.

UK,8vo HB+belly band,1st edn.[Complete number line 13579 10 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE.Wrapped+ protected from day of purchase and isssue,so NO owner inscrptn and NO price-clip to belly band. Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,matt,b/w photographic illustrated belly band with orange-lettered 'Life' of title and critics' (2) black lettered reviews,the belly band partially obscuring the complete title blocked to the board beneath,spine of same with author's white lettered name and publisher's orange illustrated colophon to foot of same.Front board with publisher's,bright,crisp,clean and unblemished,sharp-cornered,original orange cloth with bright,crisp,blocked black lettered complete title and author name,along with critics' (3) black lettered reviews,and a black blocked flora+foliage decorated border around the title,spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered title+author name as front board's,rear board with repeated flora+foliage decorated border as the front's,to a black lettered sentence and a critic's black lettered review within it,an orange headband and immaculate,orange marbled effect with an upright white background panel with orange+black lettered synopsis within it to the front free endpaper,rear endpapers illustrated with author's portrait colour photograph.Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to belly band - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges clean without foxing /spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,soild and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,unread other than my own collation.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-376pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 12,6 and 20 chapters respectively,an Afterword,and Acknowledgements as last pages; plus [unpaginated] half-title with publisher's b/w illustrated colophon with blank verso,a title page,a dedication,an epigram (from Holbrook Jackson,'The 1890s') and individual Pts separator pages - the latter three items listed,all with a blank verso too. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional and exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. A magnificent and daring novel of unconventional love and new ways to live,set in fin-de-sicle London In the summer of 1894,John Addington and Henry Ellis decide to write a revolutionary book. They will argue that homosexuality is not a perversion,and that the law - which makes all sexual activity between men a crime - is wrong and must be changed.Such a book has never been written before, and to publish it will be to wage war on conventional morality.John has been married to Catherine for twenty-five years,and is the father of three daughters,but has spent his life trying to accept and understand his desires for men.John meets and falls in love with Frank,a young working-class printer.Henry is married to Edith, who has recently met and fallen in love with Angelica,a young woman who wants Edith all for herself.These two Victorian marriages,each altered irrevocably by the unanticipated introduction of a third person,are stalked by guilt and shame.They are also shaped and put under pressure by new ideas about sex,social equality,the role of women and the right to deviate from the norm.When Oscar Wilde is arrested and put on trial for homosexuality in the spring of 1895,John and Henry have to choose whether or not to go ahead with their book.Is now the best or the worst moment to make the argument that sex between men should not be a crime? Faced with the consequences of their choice,they and the people around them are forced to consider another question - what price is worth paying for a new way of living? 'The New Life' - very loosely based on the experiences of John Addington Symonds and Havelock Ellis,co-authors of the first book in English about homosexuality - captures a generation in the process of discovering the nature and limits of personal freedom,struggling to create a better world as the twentieth century comes into view. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+belly band,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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