BOOK NEWS ON THIS DAY

1960: Lady Chatterley's Lover sold out. Bookshops all over Britain have sold out of Penguin's first run of the controversial novel Lady Chatterley's Lover - a total of 200,000 copies - on the first day of publication.
DH Lawrence's sexually explicit novel was published in Italy in 1928 and in Paris the following year. It has been banned in the UK - until now.
Last month, after a dramatic and much-publicised trial, Penguin won the right to publish the book in its entirety.
For those who can manage to find a copy, it is available in paperback for 3s 6d.

2006: A new hardback edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover is available. Published by Penguin Designer Classics, retail price £100. We don't have it on our shelves but will happily order it for you .... we do have a couple of copies from the 60's though!