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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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