Book bearing notes from the judge’s wife about ‘coarse’ content bought by Bristol University after a crowdfunding campaign
The copy of Lady Chatterley’s Lover used by the judge in the landmark 1960 obscenity trial is to remain in the UK, after the University of Bristol stepped forward to augment the money raised by a crowdfunding campaign backed by writers including Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry.
The book, which bears notes from Mr Justice Byrne’s wife, Lady Dorothy Byrne, to show where DH Lawrence strays into “coarse” territory and “love making”, was sold at auction last year to an overseas buyer for £56,250. But an export bar was placed on it by the government in the hope a UK buyer would match the price to keep in the country.
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