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Lawrence, D.H. BIRDS, BEAST AND FLOWERS. New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923. Octavo. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, 180pp. bound in salmon cloth, paper spine label a bit darkened, front endpapers darkened, minor finger soiling to covers, a clean bright copy, nearly fine.[pb.2382]

$150

Lawrence, D.H. ST. MAWR Together with The Princess . London (1925): Martin Secker, FIRST EDITION, First Issue in publisher's dark brown cloth, 238pp., spine lettering gilt, minor wear to corners and spine tips, light off-setting to endpapers, a very good, clean in lightly edge worn and chipped dust jacket with a few finger smudges and foxing to spine. [McDonald p. 23] [pb.2386]

$250

Arrow, John. J.C. SQUIRE V. D.H. LAWRENCE. London: E. LAHR, 1930. A reply to Mr. Squire's article in "The Observer" of March 9th, 1930. A Blue Moon Booklet No. 4, 15(1)pp., bound light brown printed wrappers lettered and decorated in black and red, light finger soiling to covers, a very good copy. [pb.2378]

$75

Lawrence, D.H. PORNOGRAPHY AND OBSCENITY. London; (1929): Faber & Faber, Octavo. FIRST EDITION, Criterion Miscellany-no. 5, 32pp., bound in original printed orange wrapper over stiff card, near fine, clean and bright throughout. The author discusses current conceptions of what is clean and what is dirty, and refers to the problem of censorship in art and literature. [pb.2377]

$65

Leavis, F.R. D.H. LAWRENCE. Cambridge, England : The Minority Press, 1930. Minority Pamphlet No. 6, 33pp., bound in decorative gray paper wraps lettered and decorated in dark green, some toning around the edges, minor wear to spine tips, internally clean and bright. [pb.2375]

$50

Lawrence, D.H. MY SKIRMISH WITH JOLLY ROGER. New York: Random House, 1929. Octavo. Limited edition 1/600 numbered copies written as an introduction to and a motivation of the Paris edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover, 11(1)pp., bound in paper covered boards, black printed paper label to upper board, color patterned endpapers, apologia tipped in to front of title page, a very good copy with a couple of short splits through paper of upper joint. [pb.2387]

$150

Lawrence, D.H. THE MAN WHO DIED. London: Martin Secker, 1931. Quarto. Limited edition 1/2000 copies, 97pp., bound in green cloth centrally stamped with the Lawrence phoenix in gilt, spine lettering and top edge gilt, front and rear free endpapers browned otherwise a handsome clean bright copy. This is essentially THE ESCAPED COCK under a new title. The text of the two editions is substantially the same, although certain technical differences are to be noted. The First American edition was published from new plates [McDonald p. 68] [pb.2384]

$200

Lawrence, D.H. THE LETTERS OF D.H. LAWRENCE. London: William Heinemann, 1932. Octavo. edited and with an introduction by Aldous Huxley, portrait frontispiece of Lawrence, 889pp., bound in brown cloth lettered and pictorially stamped with the Lawrence Phoenix in gilt, tiny bump to one corner, gilt on upper board lightly rubbed, otherwise nearly fine in unclipped very good dust jacket with minor chipping to corners and spine tips, spine darkened edges rubbed, in all a very nice copy. [pb.2385]

$175