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Robert Blundell scrapbook of articles and correspondence about Fanny Hill.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection RBC 2027 58
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Censorship.
- Prohibited books.
- Genre:
- Scrapbooks.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased for the Penn Libraries from Antiquates in 2025.
- Physical Description:
- 12 pages ; 19 cm
- Production:
- London ; after 1963
- Biography/History:
- Robert Blundell was the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in London in 1963 when he ruled Fanny Hill to be obscene and ordered books to be forfeited to the authorities.
- Summary:
- Scrapbook of articles and correspondence about Fanny Hill with 2 different printings of the book bound in. Robert Blundell's obituary and an article about the censorship of Fanny Hill dated 1997 laid in.
- Cited as:
- Robert Blundell Scrapbook of Articles and Correspondence about Fanny Hill. Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.
- OCLC:
- 1609863261
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