ORDEAL

W. H. Allen, London, 1981, 1^st British Ed/Pr.  ISBN 0-491-02903-9.  Hard cover, 205 pages.  Black boards with foil lettering stamped on spine.  Some edge wear; corners and spine ends bumped.  Sound binding with a bit of a lean.  Dust jacket with price intact shows edge and cover wear, wear at corners and spine ends; some rubs, creases and scratches; some age spotting and water marks visible on verso.  Prior owner’s name and date on FEP; remainder of interior clean and unmarked; some moisture rippling to pages but no water marks/stains.  “Her name was Linda Boreman when she first met the man who changed her life.  He turned her into Linda Lovelace, the porno actress whose role in the infamous movie Deep Throat won her instant worldwide notoriety.  Deep Throat went on to take over $55 million at the box office; Linda Lovelace was paid $1,200 – and her ‘manager’ took it.  This is the real story of what happened to her. … a unique and important book that confronts the realities of the pornography industry and explodes the myth that its crimes are ‘victimless’.” (from front flap)