FIRST EDITIONS

FIRST EDITIONS(1)THE WHITE PEACOCKPublished January 1911The/White Peacock/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / London / William Heinemann / 1911Collation:—pp. iv + 496, consisting of half-title (with list ofNew 6s. Novels—eleven items—in upper left of verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, London, 1911, by William Heinemann, and Washington, U.S.A., /by Duffield and Companyat foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); fly-leaf, withPart Iand signature1on recto (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-496. There is no printer’s imprint. There are divisional fly-leaves, which mark the three parts of the book, at pp. (1, 2), (189, 190), (359, 360). Pp. (2), (188), (190), (358), (360) blank.Crown 8vo, 7⁷⁄₁₆ × 4¾; issued in greenish dark blue cloth; front cover has across top three-panel rectangular form in black, middle panel of which encloses lettering and ornamentation in white as follows:The White/Peacock/ (three dots) /D. H./Lawrence; end panels enclose conventionalized rose-bush designs in black. Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (heavy line) /The White/Peacock/ (three dots) /D. H./Lawrence/ (heavy line) / (heavy line) /Heinemann/ (heavy line).Back cover has at center blind stamp of publisher’s device. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.The White Peacock, Mr. Lawrence’s first book, was published by William Heinemann from plates imported from Duffield and Company, New York. The omission of the English printer’s imprint was, however, accidental, not intentional. The exact date of the publication of the English edition was January 20, 1911, while that of the American issue was January 19. It is evident, therefore, thatThe White Peacockwas meant to appear simultaneously in England and America. The book was, of course, manufactured late in 1910, and copyright proceedings were begun in both countries in this year, which is, in fact, given in the copyright notice in the American book.The first binding order on the EnglishWhite Peacock, I am informed by William Heinemann, Ltd., was for 750 copies. The second binding order was for a like number. The two bindings differ on one point. The first has a blind stamp of the Heinemann device, the wind-mill, on the back cover; the second has not. However, both “cases,” which are otherwise alike, contain the first printed sheets. The inadvertent omission of the stamp from the second binding is the sort of variation which often occurs when the same sheets are bound at different times.Copies of the first edition ofThe White Peacockare now genuinely scarce. The book is seldom listed in catalogues, where later Lawrence items are usually to be found. It is well known that certain books of comparativelyrecent publication tend, for one reason or another, to disappear. These are often first books, the initial editions of which are seldom large.The White Peacock, a notable first novel, is a good example of this tendency. I believe that the HeinemannWhite Peacockis as scarce as the MethuenRainbow, universally regarded as the rarest Lawrence item. Certain it is that I have seen more copies ofThe Rainbowin fine condition than I have seen ofThe White Peacockin any condition.Collectors who have a copy of this book, and who are curious about Mr. Lawrence’s comment on the textual change made after the sheets were bound, will probably find a tipped-in leaf at pages 229 and 230. I have examined only four copies. All of these had the inserted leaf. I suspect the bowdlerizing was efficient and thorough, but I cannot, under the circumstances, be sure. However, in connection with this textual change appears my reason for including a collation of the American first edition of this book. The Duffield text is unaltered, as a comparison of the English and American editions of 1911 will show.(1A)THE WHITE PEACOCKPublished January 1911The/White Peacock/ A Novel / By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / New York / Duffield & Company / 1911Collation:—pp. viii + 496, consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); half-title (verso blank), pp. (iii, iv); title-page,as above (withCopyright, 1910, by/Duffield & Company/ (a line) /The Trow Press, New Yorkon verso), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); fly-leaf, withPart Ion recto (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-496. There are divisional fly-leaves, which mark the three parts of the book, at pp. (1, 2), (189, 190), (359, 360). Pp. (2), (188), (190), (358), (360) blank.Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in light blue cloth; front cover ornamented and lettered in white and dark blue as follows: (a spread peacock, in white and dark blue) / (a line, in dark blue) / (a heavier broken line, in the same) /The White Peacock/D. H. Lawrence/ (all lettering in white, and is with all ornamentation surrounded by one-line border in dark blue). Backbone lettered in white:The/White/Peacock/ (a line) /Lawrence/DuffieldBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.(2)THE TRESPASSERPublished May 1912The Trespasser/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London: Duckworth & Co. / Henrietta Street, Covent Garden / 1912Collation:—pp. iv + 292, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withAll rights reserved.in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); text, pp. (1)-292. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line,at foot of p. 292 as follows:Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, GuildfordAt end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of PublicationsCrown 8vo, 7¼ × 4⅞; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has, at top and bottom only, thick line border, with thin inner line—both in blind; and inside of gilt circle at center is lettered in gilt as follows:The/Trespasser/By the Author of/“The White/Peacock”Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (one thick, one thin line at top) /The/Trespasser/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (one thin, one thick line at bottom). Back cover has at center blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.Dealers in modern first editions callThe Trespassera “hard” book. Itisscarce, but the dealers protest too much. Surely they are not correct in assuming, as they frequently do, thatThe Trespasseris as scarce as the HeinemannWhite Peacock, even if good copies of it are difficult to come by—as they certainly are.Although the above is the genuine first issue ofThe Trespasser, there are extant copies identical with it on the inside, but in a light green “case,” lettered on the front in black and on the backbone in gilt—exceptDuckworth, which is in black. The curious who have at hand a first edition of Mr. W. H. Davies’Beggars, also published by Duckworth, will know the cover-design ofThe Trespasserin green. The texture and the color of the cloths differ somewhat. I know nothing about this unusual form, except that the copy I have is on the inside, page forpage, identical with the above. One other copy has been reported to me, by Mr. Arthur Rogers, an English dealer.The publishers (their file copies ofThe Trespasserhaving disappeared) are a bit vague, but they suggest that perhaps copies for the Colonial market were bound in green. This may be the answer; but since the green “case” is certainly more elaborate, and was probably more expensive than the blue, one suspects the former may have been a “trial” binding.The first American edition ofThe Trespasserwas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1912.(3)LOVE POEMS AND OTHERSPublished February 1913Love(dot)Poems/and(dot)Others/ By (dot) D. H. Lawrence / Author of “The White Peacock” “The Trespasser” / Duckworth (dot) and (dot) Co. / Covent (dot) Garden (dot) London / MCMXIIICollation:—pp. 6 (preceded by blank leaf) + lxiv, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withSeveral of these Poems have/appeared in the “English/Review,” the “Nation,” and/the “Westminster Gazette.”in center of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents, pp. (5, 6); text, pp. i-(lxiv). Printers’ imprint, beneath line, at foot of p. (lxiv) as follows:Turnbull and Spears, Printers, EdinburghLarge cr. 8vo, 8⅝ × 6; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and at upper left is lettered in gilt as follows:Love Poems/and Others/By/D. H. LawrenceBackbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (one thick, one thin line at top) /Love/Poems/and/Others/ (a line) /D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (one thin, one thick line at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. Top edges gilt; fore and bottom edges cut. End-papers white.Love Poems and Otherswas Mr. Lawrence’s third book, and his first volume of poetry. As to the comparative scarcity of this first edition opinion differs greatly. Of the six books of poems (not countingBay, a private press volume) by Mr. Lawrence, I am inclined to rankLove Poemsthird in scarcity. I suspect that bothAmores(first issue, with the catalogue) andLook! We Have Come Through!are scarcer than this item. Be that as it may,Love Poemsis far from common. Fortunately, however, the book was stoutly built, and copies of the first edition, when they do turn up, are usually in quite satisfactory condition—satisfactory even to collectors.The first American edition ofLove Poems and Otherswas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1913.(4)SONS AND LOVERSPublished May 1913Sons and Lovers/ By / D. H. Lawrence / Author of / “Love Poems,” “The White Peacock,” “The Trespasser” / (publishers’ device) / London: Duckworth & Co. / Henrietta Street, Covent Garden / 1913Collation:—pp. viii + 424, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withAll rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); dedication,To/Edward Garnett(verso blank), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); text, pp. (1)-423. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 423 as follows:Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, GuildfordP. (424) blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of PublicationsCrown 8vo, 7¼ × 4¾; issued in dull dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:Sons and Lovers/ (three dots)D. H. Lawrence(three dots). Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /Sons/and/Lovers/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.Sons and Lovers, now universally acclaimed one of the great novels of recent years, appeals strongly to many collectors who go in for modern first editions. The significanceof the book was realized soon after its publication, and copies of the initial printing were evidently read, passed around, and reread. As a result, copies of this edition in excellent state are now seldom seen. Most show signs of hard use. Nevertheless, all Lawrence collectors entertain the hope of having some fine day aneditio princepsofSons and Loversin what they can superciliously call “pristine condition.” The incorrigibly optimistic want even the original dust-cover.While waiting for this perfect copy, some collectors may do well to make sure that their present copies are of the first issue; forSons and Loversis rather a tricky item. A later issue in lighter blue cloth, without date on title-page, must not be confused with the real first issue described above, the cloth of which is an unusual dark blue—somewhat lighter than navy blue.The first American edition ofSons and Loverswas published, from new plates, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1913.(5)THE WIDOWING OF MRS. HOLROYDPublished April 1, 1914The Widowing of/Mrs. Holroyd/ A Drama in Three Acts / By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Mitchell Kennerley / MCMXIVCollation:—pp. x + 94 (preceded and followed by two blank leaves), consisting of fly-leaf, with series-title,The Modern Drama Series/Edited by Edwin Björkmanat head, andThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd/D. H. Lawrenceat foot of recto (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright 1914 by/Mitchell Kennerley/The(dot)Plimpton(dot)Press/Norwood(dot)Mass(dot)U(dot)S(dot)Aon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Introduction, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list ofPersonson verso), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank.Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in red cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and is lettered in blind as follows:The Modern Drama Series/Edited by Edwin BjörkmanBackbone lettered across in gilt:D. H./Law-/rence/ (small ornament) /The/Widow-/ing/of Mrs./Hol-/royd/Mitchell/Kennerley(The hyphens in lettering on backbone slant upward.) Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.The first of Mr. Lawrence’s two published plays. It is not generally realized that the American issue ofThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroydpreceded the English, which was, as a matter of fact, made from the Kennerley sheets. A not overly close examination of a Duckworth copy of this book will show that the fly-leaf with the series-title, etc. on recto, was cut out after the sheets had been sewed together. This accounts for the slight difference in the pagination of the two editions. Then, also, the matter on the reverse side of the Duckworth title-page clearly indicates that all of the sheets were American.The first edition ofThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroydwas one thousand copies. Five hundred of these were sent to Duckworth and Company, and were by this house bound in the dark blue “case” described below. There is no certain way of telling which of the two books is the scarcer; but I should not be surprised to find that copies of the American issue are the harder to come by—at least, in good state. The English book still performs the trick of turning up over here in quite new condition.(5A)THE WIDOWING OF MRS. HOLROYDPublished April 1914The Widowing of / Mrs. Holroyd/ A Drama in Three Acts / By / D. H. Lawrence / London / Duckworth & Co. / 3, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W. C. / 1914Collation:—pp. x + 94 (preceded by one blank leaf not reckoned in pagination, followed by two), consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright 1914 by/Mitchell Kennerley/The(dot)Plimpton(dot)Press/Norwood(dot)Mass(dot)U(dot)S(dot)Aon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Introduction, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list ofPersonson verso), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of PublicationsCrown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in dark blue cloth; front coverhas two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:The Widowing/of Mrs. Holroyd/ (two dots)D. H. Lawrence(two dots). Lettered up the backbone in gilt:The Widowing of Mrs. HolroydBack cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.(6)THE PRUSSIAN OFFICER AND OTHER STORIESPublished December 1914The / Prussian Officer / and Other Stories/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London / Duckworth & Co. / 3 Henrietta Street, Covent GardenCollation:—pp. viii + 312, consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); half-title (with list of four booksBy the Same Author, enclosed in one-line box, in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); title-page, as above (withPublished December 1914in center of verso), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); text, pp. (1)-310. Printers’ imprint at foot of p. 310 as follows:William Brendon and Son, Ltd./Printers, PlymouthPp. (311, 312) are occupied by advertisements of four booksBy D. H. Lawrence. At end of volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.Contents: The Prussian Officer; The Thorn in the Flesh; Daughters of the Vicar; A Fragment of StainedGlass; The Shades of Spring; Second Best; The Shadow in the Rose Garden; Goose Fair; The White Stocking; A Sick Collier; The Christening; Odour of Chrysanthemums.Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 4⅞; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:The Prussian Officer/ (three dots)D. H. Lawrence(three dots). Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /The/Prussian/Officer/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.The Prussian Officerwas Mr. Lawrence’s first volume of short stories. The first edition of this book exists in two several issues. The difference between them is marked, not by the binding, but by the catalogues at the end of the volumes. One of these catalogues is described above; the other, twenty instead of sixteen pages, is:A Selection from/Duckworth & Co’s./List of PublicationsThe publishers were unable to say which catalogue was in the first issue, and showed what amounted to alarm that anyone should be interested in the matter. They evidently regarded their correspondent as mildly insane. Publishers are of two varieties: the sort who understand the collector not at all, and the sort who understand him too, too well.I have examined five copies of the book. All but one hadthe catalogue mentioned in this note. What deduction may safely be made from this? Perhaps, that copies of the issue which I have collated are the scarcer. But are they also necessarily the earlier? One may well have doubts about that.A somewhat detailed study of the two types of catalogues in Duckworth books between 1913 and 1916 is unfruitful, except to show that the catalogue mentioned in this discussion occurs inSons and Lovers(1913), and that in the collation above appears inAmores(1916). But since the latter list seems to contain no book published after 1914, it might properly occupy space in a volume brought out in December of that year. The question of the real first issue ofThe Prussian Officermust, therefore, remain unsettled. One thing is certain: both books here discussed are of the first edition. A later issue, in somewhat lighter blue cloth, lettered in black, must not be confused with either.The first American edition ofThe Prussian Officerwas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916.(7)THE RAINBOWPublished September 30, 1915The Rainbow/ By / D. H. Lawrence / Author of “Sons and Lovers” / Methuen & Co. Ltd. / 36 Essex Street W. C. / LondonCollation:—pp. viii + 468, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withFirst Published in 1915in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); dedication,To Else(verso blank), pp. v, (vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); text, pp. (1)-463. Printers’ imprint in center of p. (464) as follows:Printed in Great Britain/by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ld.,/London and Aylesbury.P. (465) is occupied by list, datedAutumn, 1915, ofMethuen’s Popular NovelsPp. (466-468) are occupied by publishers’ brief résumés of the novels listed on p. (465).Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in bluish dark green cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and is lettered across top in blind as follows:The Rainbow/D. H. LawrenceBackbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (flower and leaf design) /The/Rainbow/ (single flower design) /D. H./Lawrence/ (same design as at top, augmented by leaf) /MethuenBack cover blank. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.The Rainbow, universally considered by dealers and collectors alike Mr. Lawrence’s scarcest book, was published, according toThe English Catalogue, in October, 1915. The publishers, however, said that the exact date of issue was September 30, 1915. And with that they stopped, for they seemed unwilling to give me any more information about the book. Altogether wry was the letter they wrote. But from other sources it is evident thatThe Rainbowwas in circulation just six weeks before action for its suppression was successfully carried on November13, 1915. The curious may consult a communication by G. W. de Tunzelmann, published in theAthenæum, November 20, 1915, which, if accurate, fixes the date of suppression.Regarding the circumstances attending the action against the publishers, a letter by Mr. Gilbert Cannan, New YorkTribune, January 10, 1920, is worth reading. Mr. Cannan asserts that after proceedings were brought “the publishers, taking alarm and not understanding what had happened, did not defend.” This is substantially what Mr. Lawrence says in his preface to the present volume. The upshot of it was the publishers were fined and ordered to destroy their stock of the book, after which, one may suppose, all went “on with the War.” Whether such copies as the publishers had on hand were committed to the tender mercies of the public hangman, I do not know. At any rate, it may be safely assumed that Methuen & Co., Ltd., complied fully with every mandate of the court, and that they distributed no copies ofThe Rainbowafter November 13, 1915.In his preface above Mr. Lawrence mentions the protests of Mr. Arnold Bennett and Miss May Sinclair against the suppression ofThe Rainbow. I regret my inability to give specific references to the time and place of these protests. But all indices failed me, and both Mr. Bennett and Miss Sinclair wrote that they could not now tell me where to look for their parts in the controversy. Both wrote against the suppression, but apparently in letters—not in special articles. In her reply to my inquiry Miss Sinclair gave this indication of her position: “I said thatthe suppression of this book was a crime, the murder of a beautiful thing.”The first American edition ofThe Rainbowwas published, from new plates, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916. Subsequently Mr. Huebsch brought the book out in a more expensive form, but the text remained the same as that of the first American edition. These are the expurgated forms to which Mr. Lawrence refers.The Rainbow, with the Huebsch text, was published by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1924.It will be seen from all this that the complete text of the novel which lies so close to the affections of its author is to be found only in copies like the one collated above. The MethuenRainbowis, I need hardly say, a very scarce book. Whether or not it is scarcer than the HeinemannWhite Peacockmust remain a matter of opinion.(8)TWILIGHT IN ITALYPublished June 1916Twilight in Italy/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London / Duckworth and Co. / 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W. C.Collation:—pp. viii + 312, consisting of half-title (with list of sixWorks by D. H. Lawrenceat head of verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withFirst published 1916in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines (verso blank), pp. v,(vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); divisional fly-leaf, withThe Crucifix across the/Mountainson recto (verso blank), pp. 1, (2); text, pp. 3-(311). Printers imprint at foot of p. (311) as follows:Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.P. (312) blank. At end of volume are two separate 16-page catalogues: the first containsMessrs. Duckworth & Co.’s/Spring/Announcements/1916The second,A List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.There are divisional fly-titles before the major divisions of the work at pp. 1, 27, (223), (263). Pp. (2), (28), (222), (224), (262), (264) blank.Contents: The Crucifix across the Mountains; On the Lago di Garda—I. The Spinner and the Monks, II. The Lemon Gardens, III. The Theatre, IV. San Gaudenzio, V. The Dance, VI. Il Duro, VII. John; Italians in Exile; The Return Journey.Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 4¾; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:Twilight in Italy/ (three dots)D. H. Lawrence(three dots). Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /Twilight/in/Italy/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.Twilight in Italywas Mr. Lawrence’s first book of non-fictional prose. Copies of the first edition of this book are scarce, and they are exceedingly hard to get in fine condition. The cloth is usually faded and the gilt dull. Ihave seen at various times perhaps a half-dozen copies. They were all very much the same: that is to say, none was in fine state. I suspect the book never looked quite new, and that it is one of the many illustrations of how the War affected adversely workmanship in the bookmaking industry. Be that as it may,Twilight in Italyis worth having in any condition. It should be more widely read. LikeSea and Sardinia, it is too often merely a name, even to admirers of Mr. Lawrence’s other work.The first American edition ofTwilight in Italywas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916.(9)AMORESPublished July 1916Amores/ Poems / By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London / Duckworth and Company / 3 Henrietta Street, W. C.Collation:—pp. viii + 140, consisting of title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); dedication,To/Ottoline Morrell(verso blank), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents, pp. v-vii; p. (viii) blank; text, pp. 1-(138). Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (138) as follows:Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty/at the Edinburgh University PressPp. (139, 140) blank. At end of volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.Crown 8vo, 7¼ × 4⅞; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover blank; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /Amores/Poems/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.Amores, Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of poems, is a troublesome item. The first edition exists in two states. The first has the 16-page catalogue; the second does not. At no place in either issue is there a date. Copies with the catalogue would seem to be rare. At least I have so concluded after a sustained investigation. Copies without the catalogue are “easy,” and these are commonly sold—perhaps naturally enough—as of the first issue, which they are not.The first American edition ofAmoreswas published, from new plates, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916. At least two differences between it and the above ought to be noted. First, in the American edition the dedication is extended, and reads:To/Ottoline Morrell/in tribute/to her noble/and independent sympathy/and her generous understanding/these poems/are gratefully dedicated/ . Second, the poem called “Disagreeable Advice” in the above, appears in the American edition under the happier title “Irony.”(10)LOOK! WE HAVE COME THROUGH!Published December 1917Look! We Have/Come Through!/ By / D. H. Lawrence / Published by Chatto & Windus / London MCMXVIICollation:—pp. 168, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withSome of these poems have appeared in/the “English Review” and in “Poetry,”/also in the “Georgian Anthology” and/the “Imagist Anthology”above center of verso), pp. (3, 4);Foreword—eleven lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents, pp. (7-9);Argument—eleven lines, p. (10); text, pp. 11-(163). Printers’ imprint above center of p. (164) as follows:Printed at/the Complete Press/West Norwood/London. Pp. (165-167) are occupied by advertisements, chiefly of volumes of poetry published by Chatto and Windus. P. (168) blank. Title-and-name label, similar to that described below, tipped-in at lower right corner of p. (164).Foolscap 4to, 8½ × 6¾; issued in bright red cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows:Look!/We Have/Come/Through!/D. H./LawrenceTop edges cut; fore edges cut, but in part unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.Look! We Have Come Through!was Mr. Lawrence’s third volume of verse. It is, with the doubtful exception ofBirds, Beasts and Flowers, his most notably original contribution to modern poetry. The relative scarcity ofcopies of the first edition ofLook! We Have Come Through!is discussed in the note onLove Poems, and nothing more on that point need be said here.The first American edition ofLook! We Have Come Through!was published, from the Chatto and Windus sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1918.(11)NEW POEMSPublished October 1918New Poems/ By / D. H. / Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / MCMXVIIICollation:—pp. 64, consisting of half-title (with list of three books ofPoems by the Same Authorat head; and acknowledgement,Two of these poems have appeared in the English Review.at foot of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with dedication,To/Amy Lowellat head; and printers’ imprint,Printed in England by the Westminster Press/411a, Harrow Road, Londonat foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents, pp. 5, 6; text, 7-64.Crown 8vo, 7½ × 4⅞; issued in grey wrappers; front cover has two-line border in blue, and is lettered in blue as follows:New/Poems/By/D. H./Lawrence/London/Martin Secker/MCMXVIII(All this lettering enclosed by elongated box formed by two vertical lines inside border). Inside front cover, back strip, inside back cover are blank. Back cover lettered in blue as follows: (Publisher’s device, with name,Martin Secker) /xviiBuckingham Street/AdelphiTop and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed.The first edition ofNew Poemswas printed on what must have been almost the worst of all possible war-time paper; and since, in addition, the book lacked the security of a substantial “case,” I suspect this item will before long become scarce.The first American edition ofNew Poemswas published, from new plates, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1920. This edition, too, has an interest for the Lawrence collector; it contains a significant prefatory essay, which is not in the English issue, and which, Mr. Lawrence says, “should have come as a preface toLook! We Have Come Through!” This “Preface” is notable for its lucid and brilliant comment on the nature of poetry. One finds Mr. Lawrence recurring to some of the tenets here expressed, when on those too few later occasions he has commented on the poetry of others, more especially on that of Whitman. This essay first appeared inThe Playboy, Numbers 4-5 (not dated), under the title “The Poetry of the Present.”(12)BAY: A BOOK OF POEMSPublished November 1919Bay(two dots)A Book/Of(two dots)Poems(two dots) By / D : H : LawrenceCollation:—pp. 48 (together with tipped-in dedication leaf), consisting of half-title,Bay/ (signed in ink by Author and Artist:)D. H. Lawrence/Anne Estelle Rice, p. (i); Certificate of issue as follows:This is the eighth book issued by the Beaumont Press/and the fourth printed by hand 30 copies have been/printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and/artist and numbered 1 to 30 50 copies on cartridge/paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made/paper numbered 81 to 200./ (each copy numbered by type), p. (ii); title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (3, 4); dedication leaf; table ofContents, pp. (5-7); p. (8) blank; text, pp. 9-43; p. (44) blank; colophon as follows:HERE ENDS BAY A BOOK OF POEMS BY/D. H. Lawrence The Cover and the Decorations/designed by Anne Estelle Rice The Typography/and Binding arranged by Cyril W. Beaumont/Printed by Hand on his Press at 75 Charing/Cross Road in the City of Westminster/Completed November the Twentieth/MDCCCCXIX/ (device of the Beaumont Press) /Pressman Charles Wright/Compositor C. W. Beaumont, p. 45; pp. (46-48) blank. Pp. 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 29, 39, 41 are occupied by decorations in color, as well as by text. Tipped-in between pp. (4) and (5) is a leaf, not reckoned in pagination, with dedicationTo Cynthia Asquithon recto, verso blank.Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5⅛; issued in decorated boards, with vellum back; front and back covers blank; lettered up the back strip in gilt as follows: (small ornament)Bay(dot)D. H. Lawrence(small ornament). Top edges rough trimmed; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.The three forms ofBayare fully described in the collation above, except as to the following points: (1) thecopies on cartridge paper, with decorations in color, have a green buckram back; (2) the copies on hand-made paper have the same green buckram back, but the decorations are not in color; (3) owing to an accident, only about half of the cartridge paper edition was ever issued. All examples of this book are scarce. And this is a great pity, forBaycontains some of Mr. Lawrence’s finest short poems.(13)TOUCH AND GOPublished May 1920Touch and Go/ A Play in Three Acts by / D. H. Lawrence / London: C. W. Daniel, Ltd. / Graham House, Tudor Street, E. C. 4 / 1920Collation:—pp. 96, consisting of fly-leaf, with series-title,Plays for a People’s Theatre. II.at head, and half-title,Touch and Goin center of recto (withCopyright in the United States of America., and notice of performing rights—seven lines in all—in center of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with list of threePlays for a People’s Theatre, note on submission of mss. of plays, and quotation from Bela Kun—fourteen lines in all—on verso), pp. (3, 4);Preface, pp. 5-12; blank page (with list ofCharacterson verso), pp. (13), 14; text, pp. 15-96. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 96 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Neill and Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.Crown 8vo, 7⅝ × 5; issued in flexible yellow boards; front cover has light blue paper title-and-name label lettered in darker blue of surrounding decorative border as follows:Touch/& Go/D. H. Lawrence. Light blue paper title-and-name label along back lettered in dark blue:Touch and Go—D. H. Lawrence. Back cover blank. Top and fore edges uncut and unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.Touch and Gois one of the easier Lawrence items. It is not difficult to get, but itisquite worth having. The play is interesting; the preface is extremely uproarious.The first American edition ofTouch and Gowas published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1920.(14)WOMEN IN LOVE(Limited Edition)Published November 1920Women in Love/ By / D. H. Lawrence / New York / Privately Printed for Subscribers Only / 1920Collation:—pp. iv + 540, consisting of half-title, p. (1); certificate of issue, as follows:1250 copies of this book have been/printed of which this is/No. —(each copy numbered in red ink), p. (ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1920, by/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /All rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-536; pp. (537-540) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.Medium 8vo, 9½ × 6¼; issued in dark blue cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has four merely ornamentalraised bands, and is lettered across in gilt as follows: (two lines at top) /Women/in/Love/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (two lines at bottom). Top and fore edges uncut; bottom edges rough trimmed. End-papers white.The “tall, blueWomen in Love.” In this form Mr. Lawrence’s most significant and most characteristic novel had its first restricted circulation. Copies of this issue are not very scarce. Just why is difficult to say. Perhaps the edition was not fully bought up (however much it deserved to be) when the novel was published in a cheaper form by Mr. Seltzer, October, 1922.A few (less than twenty-five) copies of this form ofWomen in Lovewere autographed, on the title-page, by Mr. Lawrence. These signed copies were the first numbered, and except for the signature, are identical with the above. They should not be confused with examples of the autographed form ofWomen in Lovedescribed below as item 14B.(14A)WOMEN IN LOVEPublished May 1921Women in Love/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 512, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1921at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text,pp. 7-508. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 508 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (509-512) are occupied respectively bySome Press Opinions of/The Lost Girl;The Tales of/Henry James;The Novels of/Compton Mackenzie; and an advertisement ofNew Poems.Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Women in/Love/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.The first English edition ofWomen in Love. This edition, which was from new plates, has been reprinted at least three times. Copies of the first printing are becoming scarce. Catalogues sometimes allege that this edition was “withdrawn from circulation.” Mr. Secker says that it was not.(14B)WOMEN IN LOVE(Special Signed Edition)Published May 1922Women in Love/ By / D. H. Lawrence / New York / Privately Printed for Subscribers Only / 1920Collation:—pp. iv + 540, consisting of blank page, p. (i); certificate of issue, as follows:Fifty copies have been/signed by the Author,/of which this is No.(each copy numbered in ink) / (signed in ink by the Author:)D. H. Lawrence, p. (ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1920, by/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /All rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-536; pp. (537-540) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.Medium 8vo, 9³⁄₁₆ × 6¼; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Women in/Love/(dot)/D. H./Lawrence/1920/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top edges dark green and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.This small edition ofWomen in Lovewas done by Martin Secker, who imported the sheets for it from America. These sheets were the same as those printed for item 14, which was, of course, brought out by Thomas Seltzer, but without his imprint.Except for size, copies of this edition ofWomen in Loveare uniform with the Secker format of Mr. Lawrence’s novels, beginning withThe Lost Girland followed by the ordinaryWomen in Lovedescribed immediately above.Before the Seltzer sheets were put into the Secker “case,” they were trimmed about five-sixteenths of an inch at the top by the English binders. This accounts for the slightly greater height of the copies in the blue “case.” I mentionthis because the signed copies in brown are sometime described as the tall-paper copies. Obviously any such description of the Secker book needs qualifying. All this may be summed up as follows: all forms of the “1920” issues ofWomen in Love, whether signed or not, whether bound in blue or brown, were from the sheets of the Seltzer privately printed edition. To this summary may be appended the following observations: (1) these “1920” forms constitute the real first printing ofWomen in Love; (2) this is one of the two books which Mr. Lawrence has thus far signed—and the only novel.(15)THE LOST GIRLPublished November 1920The Lost Girl/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 372, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1920at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-371. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (372) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghCrown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /TheLost/Girl/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.The first edition ofThe Lost Girlexists in three states. These are: first, that which has the text exactly as Mr. Lawrence first wrote it; second, that which has the original text altered, the alterations occurring on two cancel-leaves, which, tipped-in, replaced two leaves with the original matter; third, that which has the altered pages not tipped-in, but as integral parts of the signatures to which they belong.It is not generally known that any changes were made in the text ofThe Lost Girlafter the book had been printed, but such is the case. These textual changes were made on pages 256 and 268, and necessitated tipped-in leaves at those places in the book. The cancel-leaves have been held, by a few careful dealers, to mark the real first issue. To most dealers this “point” is evidently unknown. Mr. Martin Secker, answering my inquiry about the changes in this book, wrote as follows: “The explanation of the tipped-in pages inThe Lost Girlis that it was thought expedient to make certain verbal alterations in the text, a decision which was come to after the book was printed. As far as I know, all copies of the English edition in circulation are like this.”This letter would seem to justify anyone in assuming that copies with the tipped-in leaves were of the first issue. But, as a matter of fact, copies with the original text areextant. At least one such copy has fallen into my hands. It came from an English dealer through the Centaur Book Shop. I have neither seen nor have I heard of another such copy. But that some few more are in circulation is likely. In any case this is certain: the unaltered form ofThe Lost Girlis a scarce book, perhaps even a rare one. So much for the first and second states.Regarding the third state, little need be said. One might be justified in reporting it as a second printing; but since there is nothing in the book to indicate a complete reprinting, it seemed better to regard it as one form of the first edition, as I have done.The first American edition ofThe Lost Girl, which has the altered text, was published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1921.(16)MOVEMENTS IN EUROPEAN HISTORYPublished March 1921Movements in/European History/ By / Lawrence H. Davison / Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press / London, Edinburgh, Glasgow / Toronto, Melbourne, Cape Town, Bombay / 1921Collation:—pp. x (preceded by blank leaf) + 306 (followed by fourteen pages of maps), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (iii, iv);Introduction for the Teacher, pp. v-viii; table ofContents(with list offourteenMapson verso), pp. ix, (x); text, pp. (1)-306. Printers’ imprint, beneath line, at foot of p. 306 as follows:Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd.At end of volume are fourteen maps, in black, which occupy the rectos of fourteen leaves, twelve of which are book-size, and two of which are 9¾ inches wide unfolded.Crown 8vo, 7⅛ × 4⅞; issued in light blue cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone lettered across in black as follows:Movements/in/European/History/Davison/MilfordAll edges cut. End-papers white.Movements in European History, written by Mr. Lawrence and published under thenom de plumeLawrence H. Davison, is in effect an elementary textbook on the history of continental Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the unification of Germany. But it is more than that. To say that the book is alive, that it interprets rather than catalogues historical events, that it deals with these events frankly rather than cautiously, that it is written with spirit and can be read with pleasure, and, finally, to assert that nowhere about the book does one smell pedagogy, is to say in a variety of ways thatMovements in European Historyis very much more than an elementary textbook.The initial edition of this interesting item exists in two forms. The first is described above; the second differs from the first in that it has a light brown binding, all other points being identical. The initial printing was exhausted the first year, and the book was reprinted in 1922. Both first forms differ in several ways from thereprint, which has, on the verso of an undated title-page, a line of type as follows:First published 1921; reprinted 1922At the time this note is written (late September, 1924) plans are on foot to reissueMovementswith an epilogue and illustrations. The former will presumably bring the story of European history down to the present. In its new form, as in its old, the book will in England bear the imprint of the Oxford University Press.The first American edition ofMovements in European Historywill probably be published next spring, with Mr. Lawrence’s authorship acknowledged, by Thomas Seltzer, New York.(17)PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS(“Special Issue of the First Edition”)Published May 1921Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921Collation:—pp. 120 (preceded by two blank leaves), consisting of half-title, p. (1); certificate of issue, as follows:Special Issue of the First Edition/Limited to 250 copies of which this is/No.________ (copies of the issue evidently never numbered), p. (2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp.(3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-120. There is no printer’s imprint.Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in oyster white boards; front cover lettered in very dark blue as follows:Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in very dark blue:Psycho-/analysis/and the/Uncon-/scious/ (a line) /D. H./Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.(17A)PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS(Ordinary Edition)Published May 1921Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921Collation:—pp. 120 (preceded by two blank leaves), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-120. There is no printer’s imprint.Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 5; issued in grey boards; front cover lettered in dark blue as follows:Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in dark blue:Psycho-/analysis/and the/Uncon-/scious/ (a line) /D. H./Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.(17B)PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUSPublished July 1923Psychoanalysis and/the Unconscious/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 128, consisting of half-title (with list of eight booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-(128). Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (128) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Frome and LondonCrown 8vo, 7¼ × 4¾; issued in garnet cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has cream paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows: (a line) /Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges rough trimmed. End-papers white.The American edition ofPsychoanalysis and the Unconscious,which was the first, exists in two forms. I collated both the so-called “Special Issue” and the ordinary edition because I know that many collectors, as well as some dealers, have been puzzled about the first forms of this book. A comparison of items 17 and 17A will show that the two forms of the first edition ofPsychoanalysis and the Unconsciousdiffer in the following respects: first, the “Special Issue” has a certificate of issue on the verso of the half-title, but is on the inside otherwise identical with the ordinary form—even to the broken U on page nine, in the word “Unconscious;” second, the sheets of the “Special Issue” measure 7⅜ × 5, while those of the ordinary issue measure 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 5; third, in keeping with this difference, perhaps, the outside measurements of the “Special Issue” are slightly larger all around; fourth, the boards of the two forms are different in color; fifth, the lettering on the “Special Issue” is darker than that on the ordinary copies.Just why the “Special Issue” was done is not exactly clear. Perhaps some plans with regard to it miscarried, and the idea of a real limited edition was given up. At any rate the five copies of the book I examined were all unnumbered, and the original price on them was that of the regular edition. It is not too much to say the limited “Special Issue” ofPsychoanalysis and the Unconsciousis freakish rather than any thing else. It is a collector’s item.After the first edition of this book had been exhausted, Mr. Seltzer issued the second printing in a more substantial “case,” that is to say, in cloth, in which form it is now available. It will be noticed from the collationsabove that the first American edition preceded the corresponding English edition by more than two years.In spite of all that critics have said or may say aboutPsychoanalysis and the Unconsciousand its successor,Fantasia of the Unconscious, one thing is clearly incontrovertible. It is this: both of these books, especially the latter, reveal flashes of illumination, such as are found in imaginative thought—and nowhere else.(18)TORTOISESPublished December 9, 1921Tortoises/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device—in red) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921Collation:—pp. 50, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); fly-leaf, withBaby Tortoiseon recto (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-50 (page numbers in square brackets). There is no printer’s imprint. There are fly-leaves, which mark the divisions of the work, at pp. (7), (15), (21), (27), (37), (43). Pp. (8), (14), (16), (20), (22), (28), (36), (38), (42), (44) blank.Contents: Baby Tortoise; Tortoise-Shell; Tortoise Family Connections; Lui et Elle; Tortoise Gallantry; Tortoise Shout.Small medium 8vo, 9 × 6; issued in old gold boards; front cover has picture in many colors; in right of foreground giant tortoise is suspended, in framework of heavy timbers, by rope around his middle; in the middle-ground and background, showing through heavy-timbered frame, is one of Hiroshige’s views of Fujiyama, the whole being a reproduction of a print by this artist; front cover lettered in black in imitation Chinese lettering as follows:Tortoises/by/D. H. LawrenceBackbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered in black: (vertical line)Tortoises—D. H. Lawrence(vertical line). Back cover blank. Top edges cut; fore edges uncut and unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.This is the first and only separate edition ofTortoises, which book has never been published in single-volume form in England. Its first appearance there between boards was inBirds, Beasts and Flowers, where it occupies pages 117-138. Although this item is still easy to come by, Lawrence collectors who haven’t it will do well to get copies soon. Already English catalogues listTortoisesat a price considerably in advance of the American publication price. Naturally the book is less common in England than here.(19)SEA AND SARDINIAPublished December 12, 1921Sea and Sardinia/ By / D. H. Lawrence / With Eight Pictures / in Color by / Jan Juta / (publisher’s device—in red) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921Collation:—pp. 356 (together with frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations in color, by Jan Juta; andMap for Sea and Sardinia, by D. H. Lawrence), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); frontispiece; title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6);List of Illustrations(verso blank), pp. (7, 8); divisional half-title, pp. (9, 10); text, pp. 11-355; p. (356) blank. There is no printer’s imprint. Pp. (3), 100, 148, 180, 204, 236, 268, 300 are faced by illustrations in color tipped-in, all with protecting tissue. P. 44 is faced by map, in black.Medium 8vo, 9¼ × 6¼; issued in light green boards with yellow cloth back, approximating half-cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has light green paper title-and-name label lettered across in dark blue as follows:Sea/and/Sardinia/ (small ornament) /By/D. H. Lawrence/ (small ornament) /Thomas Seltzer(all surrounded by one-line box). Top edges cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.Sea and Sardiniawas Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of travel sketches—only “travel” and “sketches” are not quite the words needed here. In any case, a glorious book. Something will be gained if all persons ignorant ofSea and Sardinia(andTwilight in Italy) stop pretending to a full knowledge of Mr. Lawrence’s prose. Because the book has nowhere had the reading it deserves, the first issues ofSea and Sardinia, both American and English, are still relatively easy to get.(19A)SEA AND SARDINIAPublished April 1923Sea and Sardinia/ By D. H. Lawrence / With Eight Pictures / in Colour by Jan Juta / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 304 (together with frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations in color, by Jan Juta), consisting of blank leaf, pp. (1, 2); half-title (with list of five booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (3, 4); frontispiece; title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923at foot of verso), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (7, 8);List of Illustrations(verso blank), pp. (9, 10); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (11, 12); text, pp. 13-301. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 301 as follows:Printed by the London and Norwich Press, Limited, London and NorwichPp. (302-304) are occupied respectively by advertisements of books by D. H. Lawrence; by Norman Douglas; and by Lascelles Abercrombie. Pp. (5), 112, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 240 are faced by tipped-in illustrations in color.Foolscap 4to, 8½ × 6¾; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Sea and/Sardinia/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Inside covers, front and back, are occupied by sameMap for Sea and Sardinia, in brown, drawn by D. H. Lawrence. Top edges very dark green and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.Except for size, the English edition ofSea and Sardiniais uniform with the Seeker format of Mr. Lawrence’s novels, beginning withThe Lost Girl. It is a beautiful book. Indeed, taken merely as a book, this is perhaps the most beautiful Lawrence item.(20)AARON’S RODPublished April 1922Aaron’s Rod/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1922Collation:—pp. 348, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); text, pp. 7-347; p. (348) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 5; issued in bluish grey cloth; front cover has in blind one-line border, and is divided by vertical line in blind; horizontal blind line two inches from top is broken atbyof lettering, which is in black in upper right corner as follows:Aaron’s/Rod/by/D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in black:Aaron’s/Rod/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.(20A)AARON’S RODPublished June 1922Aaron’s Rod/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 312, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1922at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-312. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 312 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghAt end of volume is unnumbered eight-page announcement ofMartin/Secker’s/Books/MCMXXIICrown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Aaron’s/Rod/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.(21)FANTASIA OF THE UNCONSCIOUSPublished October 23, 1922Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1922Collation:—pp. xvi + 300, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Foreword, pp. vii-xv; p. (xvi) blank; text, pp. 1-290;Epilogue, pp. 291-297; pp. (298-300) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in blue ribbed cloth; front cover has in blind one-line border, and is lettered in gilt as follows:Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in gilt:Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.(21A)FANTASIA OF THE UNCONSCIOUSPublished September 1923Fantasia of the/Unconscious/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 176, consisting of half-title (with list of nine booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6);Foreword, pp. 7-(11); p. (12) blank; text, pp. 13-(176). Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (176) as follows:Printed inGreat Britain by Butler and Tanner, Frome and LondonDemy 8vo, 8¼ × 5¾; issued in garnet cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has cream paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows: (a line) /Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top edges cut; fore edges unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.The text of the English edition, except for the omission of the “Epilogue,” which is addressed particularly to America, is the same as that of item 21.(22)ENGLAND, MY ENGLANDPublished October 24, 1922England/My England/and Other Stories/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1922Collation:—pp. vi + 274, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi); fly-title,England, My England(verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-273. P. (274) blank. There is no printer’s imprint. There are fly-titles before the various stories which make up the work at pp. (1), (49), (69), (99), (121), (145), (173), (199), (223), (251). Pp. (2), (48), (50),(70), (98), (100), (120), (122), (146), (172), (174), (198), (200), (222), (224), (250), (252) blank.Contents: England, My England; Tickets, Please; The Blind Man; Monkey Nuts; Wintry Peacock; You Touched Me; Samson and Delilah; The Primrose Path; The Horse Dealer’s Daughter; Fannie and Annie.Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in bluish grey cloth; front cover has in blind one-line border, and is divided by vertical line in blind; horizontal blind line two inches from top is broken atbyof lettering, which is in gilt in upper right corner as follows:England/My/England/by/D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in gilt:England/My/England/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.(22A)ENGLAND, MY ENGLANDPublished January 1924England, My/England/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 242, consisting of half-title and signatureA(with list of eleven booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1924on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); fly-title,England, My England(verso blank),pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-242. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 242 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghAt end of volume are fourteen unnumbered pages of advertisements of books published by Martin Secker. There are fly-titles before the various stories which make up the work at pp. (7), (49), (67), (93), (111), (133), (157), (179), (199), (223). Pp. (8), (48), (50), (68), (94), (112), (132), (134), (156), (158), (180), (200), (222), (224) blank.Contents: Same as American edition.Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /England, /My England/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.England, My Englandwas Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of short stories. It came almost eight years after the first. However, the long interval betweenThe Prussian Officerand this second collection would seem to have less significance in his career as a writer of short stories than some reviewers ofEngland, My Englandtried to make out. At any rate, the title story of the latter volume appeared in theEnglish Reviewin October, 1915, and some of the other stories were published several years before their appearance in book form. All this as may be,England, My Englandis a Lawrence item of great importance.The book is still “easy” in either the American or the English first form.(23)THE LADYBIRDPublished March 1923The Ladybird/The Fox: The Captain’s Doll/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 256, consisting of half-title (with list of five booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923.at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); fly-title,The Ladybird(verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-255. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 255 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghP. (256) is occupied by three excerpts from reviews of three novelsBy/D. H. LawrenceThere are fly-titles before the separate stories which make up the work at pp. (7), (83), (161). Pp. (8), (84), (160), (162) blank.Contents: The Ladybird; The Fox; The Captain’s Doll.Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (one thin, one thick line at top) /The/Ladybird/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, onethin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.The Ladybird, beyond all question one of the most distinguished books of contemporary fiction, was published in America under the titleThe Captain’s Doll, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, April, 1923. The order of the stories in the American edition was: The Captain’s Doll; The Fox; The Ladybird.(24)STUDIES IN CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATUREPublished August 1923Studies in/Classic American/Literature/ By D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1923Collation:—pp. x + 266, consisting of half-title (with list of fourteen booksBy D. H. Lawrence, surrounded by one-line border, on verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1923, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Foreword, pp. vii-ix; p. (x) blank; text, pp. 1-264; pp. (265, 266) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.Contents: Foreword; The Spirit of Place; Benjamin Franklin; Hector St. John de Crèvecœur; Fenimore Cooper’s White Novels; Fenimore Cooper’s LeatherstockingNovels; Edgar Allan Poe; Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Scarlet Letter;” Hawthorne’s “Blithedale Romance;” Dana’s “Two Years Before the Mast;” Herman Melville’s “Typee” and “Omoo;” Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick;” Whitman.Medium 8vo, 9 × 6¼; issued in medium blue cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and is lettered in gilt as follows:Studies in Classic/American Literature/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in gilt:Studies/in/Classic/American/Literature/D. H./Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. Top edges blue and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.(24A)STUDIES IN CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATUREPublished June 1924Studies in/Classic American/Literature/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. 176, consisting of half-title (with list of eleven booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1924on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-(176). Printer’s imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (176) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and LondonContents: Same as in American edition, except for the omission of the “Foreword,” which was especially designed for America.Demy 8vo, 8¾ × 5½; issued in bright red cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in black as follows: (a line) /Studies in/Classic/American/Literature/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.Studies in Classic American Literatureis, so far, Mr. Lawrence’s only sustained work in literary criticism. Many of these essays first appeared serially in theEnglish Review. The dates of their appearance in that journal are given under Contributions to Periodicals, where a paper on Whitman in the LondonNationis also noted. Before their publication in book form the essays were materially revised, and several new studies were added.(25)KANGAROOPublished September 1923Kangaroo/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf, signatureaon recto, verso blank) + 408, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923.at foot ofverso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. v, (vi); text, pp. 1-402. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 402 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (403-408) are occupied by advertisements which list respectivelyWorks bythe following: D. H. Lawrence; Compton Mackenzie; Maurice Baring; Norman Douglas; Arthur Machen; Lascelles Abercrombie.Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Kangaroo/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.The first American edition ofKangaroowas published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1923.(26)BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERSPublished October 9, 1923Birds, Beasts/and Flowers/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / Published by Thomas Seltzer / New York MCMXXIIICollation:—pp. xii+180, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1923, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States ofAmericaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines (verso blank), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents, pp. vii-ix; p. (x) blank; divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (xi, xii); text, pp. 1-180. There is no printer’s imprint.Pott 4to, 8¼ × 6¼; issued in strawberry pink buckram; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows:Birds, /Beasts/and/Flowers/D. H./LawrenceTop edges cut; fore and bottom edges uncut. End-papers white.(26A)BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERSPublished November 1923Birds, Beasts/and Flowers/ Poems / By / D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street / AdelphiCollation:—pp. 208, consisting of half-title (with list of nine booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withPrinted in Great Britain/by the Riverside Press Limited/Edinburgh/London: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923on verso), pp. (3, 4); acknowledgement—five lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents, pp. 7, 8; fly-title,Fruits(verso blank), pp. (9, 10); text, pp. 11-207; p. (208) blank. There are fly-titles before the major divisions of the work at pp. (9), (35), (49), (71), (87), (111), (139), (153), (195). Pp. (10), (34), (36), (48), (50), (72), (88), (112), (140), (152), (154), (194), (196) blank.Contents: Same as in American edition, except for the inclusion of the six parts ofTortoises, poems which had previously been published in book form in America, but not in England. (See item 18.)Demy 8vo, 8¾ × 5¾; issued in canary yellow boards, with black, vellum-finish cloth back, approximating half-cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has yellow paper title-and-name label lettered across in black as follows: (a line) /Birds, Beasts/and Flowers/Poems/By/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top edges black and cut; fore edges unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.(27)THE BOY IN THE BUSH(with M. L. Skinner)Published August 1924The/Boy in the Bush/ By / D. H. Lawrence / and / M. L. Skinner / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street AdelphiCollation:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf with signatureaon recto, verso blank) + 376, consisting of half-title (with list of eleven booksBy D. H. Lawrenceon verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1924.at foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents, pp. v, vi; text, pp. 1-369. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 369 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/TheDunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (370-376) are occupied by advertisements which list respectivelyWorks bythe following: D. H. Lawrence, Compton Mackenzie, Norman Douglas, Arthur Machen, Lascelles Abercrombie, Henry James, Jane Austen.Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in straw colored cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in black two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in black as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /The Boy/in the Bush/ (dot) /D. H. Lawrence/and/M. L. Skinner/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Top edges black and cut; fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.The first American edition ofThe Boy in the Bushwas published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1924.

FIRST EDITIONS

Published January 1911

The/White Peacock/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / London / William Heinemann / 1911

Collation:—pp. iv + 496, consisting of half-title (with list ofNew 6s. Novels—eleven items—in upper left of verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, London, 1911, by William Heinemann, and Washington, U.S.A., /by Duffield and Companyat foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); fly-leaf, withPart Iand signature1on recto (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-496. There is no printer’s imprint. There are divisional fly-leaves, which mark the three parts of the book, at pp. (1, 2), (189, 190), (359, 360). Pp. (2), (188), (190), (358), (360) blank.

Collation:—pp. iv + 496, consisting of half-title (with list ofNew 6s. Novels—eleven items—in upper left of verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, London, 1911, by William Heinemann, and Washington, U.S.A., /by Duffield and Companyat foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); fly-leaf, withPart Iand signature1on recto (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-496. There is no printer’s imprint. There are divisional fly-leaves, which mark the three parts of the book, at pp. (1, 2), (189, 190), (359, 360). Pp. (2), (188), (190), (358), (360) blank.

Crown 8vo, 7⁷⁄₁₆ × 4¾; issued in greenish dark blue cloth; front cover has across top three-panel rectangular form in black, middle panel of which encloses lettering and ornamentation in white as follows:The White/Peacock/ (three dots) /D. H./Lawrence; end panels enclose conventionalized rose-bush designs in black. Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (heavy line) /The White/Peacock/ (three dots) /D. H./Lawrence/ (heavy line) / (heavy line) /Heinemann/ (heavy line).Back cover has at center blind stamp of publisher’s device. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

The White Peacock, Mr. Lawrence’s first book, was published by William Heinemann from plates imported from Duffield and Company, New York. The omission of the English printer’s imprint was, however, accidental, not intentional. The exact date of the publication of the English edition was January 20, 1911, while that of the American issue was January 19. It is evident, therefore, thatThe White Peacockwas meant to appear simultaneously in England and America. The book was, of course, manufactured late in 1910, and copyright proceedings were begun in both countries in this year, which is, in fact, given in the copyright notice in the American book.

The first binding order on the EnglishWhite Peacock, I am informed by William Heinemann, Ltd., was for 750 copies. The second binding order was for a like number. The two bindings differ on one point. The first has a blind stamp of the Heinemann device, the wind-mill, on the back cover; the second has not. However, both “cases,” which are otherwise alike, contain the first printed sheets. The inadvertent omission of the stamp from the second binding is the sort of variation which often occurs when the same sheets are bound at different times.

Copies of the first edition ofThe White Peacockare now genuinely scarce. The book is seldom listed in catalogues, where later Lawrence items are usually to be found. It is well known that certain books of comparativelyrecent publication tend, for one reason or another, to disappear. These are often first books, the initial editions of which are seldom large.The White Peacock, a notable first novel, is a good example of this tendency. I believe that the HeinemannWhite Peacockis as scarce as the MethuenRainbow, universally regarded as the rarest Lawrence item. Certain it is that I have seen more copies ofThe Rainbowin fine condition than I have seen ofThe White Peacockin any condition.

Collectors who have a copy of this book, and who are curious about Mr. Lawrence’s comment on the textual change made after the sheets were bound, will probably find a tipped-in leaf at pages 229 and 230. I have examined only four copies. All of these had the inserted leaf. I suspect the bowdlerizing was efficient and thorough, but I cannot, under the circumstances, be sure. However, in connection with this textual change appears my reason for including a collation of the American first edition of this book. The Duffield text is unaltered, as a comparison of the English and American editions of 1911 will show.

Published January 1911

The/White Peacock/ A Novel / By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / New York / Duffield & Company / 1911

Collation:—pp. viii + 496, consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); half-title (verso blank), pp. (iii, iv); title-page,as above (withCopyright, 1910, by/Duffield & Company/ (a line) /The Trow Press, New Yorkon verso), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); fly-leaf, withPart Ion recto (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-496. There are divisional fly-leaves, which mark the three parts of the book, at pp. (1, 2), (189, 190), (359, 360). Pp. (2), (188), (190), (358), (360) blank.

Collation:—pp. viii + 496, consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); half-title (verso blank), pp. (iii, iv); title-page,as above (withCopyright, 1910, by/Duffield & Company/ (a line) /The Trow Press, New Yorkon verso), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); fly-leaf, withPart Ion recto (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-496. There are divisional fly-leaves, which mark the three parts of the book, at pp. (1, 2), (189, 190), (359, 360). Pp. (2), (188), (190), (358), (360) blank.

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in light blue cloth; front cover ornamented and lettered in white and dark blue as follows: (a spread peacock, in white and dark blue) / (a line, in dark blue) / (a heavier broken line, in the same) /The White Peacock/D. H. Lawrence/ (all lettering in white, and is with all ornamentation surrounded by one-line border in dark blue). Backbone lettered in white:The/White/Peacock/ (a line) /Lawrence/DuffieldBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Published May 1912

The Trespasser/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London: Duckworth & Co. / Henrietta Street, Covent Garden / 1912

Collation:—pp. iv + 292, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withAll rights reserved.in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); text, pp. (1)-292. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line,at foot of p. 292 as follows:Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, GuildfordAt end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of Publications

Collation:—pp. iv + 292, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withAll rights reserved.in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); text, pp. (1)-292. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line,at foot of p. 292 as follows:Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, GuildfordAt end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of Publications

Crown 8vo, 7¼ × 4⅞; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has, at top and bottom only, thick line border, with thin inner line—both in blind; and inside of gilt circle at center is lettered in gilt as follows:The/Trespasser/By the Author of/“The White/Peacock”Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (one thick, one thin line at top) /The/Trespasser/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (one thin, one thick line at bottom). Back cover has at center blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Dealers in modern first editions callThe Trespassera “hard” book. Itisscarce, but the dealers protest too much. Surely they are not correct in assuming, as they frequently do, thatThe Trespasseris as scarce as the HeinemannWhite Peacock, even if good copies of it are difficult to come by—as they certainly are.

Although the above is the genuine first issue ofThe Trespasser, there are extant copies identical with it on the inside, but in a light green “case,” lettered on the front in black and on the backbone in gilt—exceptDuckworth, which is in black. The curious who have at hand a first edition of Mr. W. H. Davies’Beggars, also published by Duckworth, will know the cover-design ofThe Trespasserin green. The texture and the color of the cloths differ somewhat. I know nothing about this unusual form, except that the copy I have is on the inside, page forpage, identical with the above. One other copy has been reported to me, by Mr. Arthur Rogers, an English dealer.

The publishers (their file copies ofThe Trespasserhaving disappeared) are a bit vague, but they suggest that perhaps copies for the Colonial market were bound in green. This may be the answer; but since the green “case” is certainly more elaborate, and was probably more expensive than the blue, one suspects the former may have been a “trial” binding.

The first American edition ofThe Trespasserwas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1912.

Published February 1913

Love(dot)Poems/and(dot)Others/ By (dot) D. H. Lawrence / Author of “The White Peacock” “The Trespasser” / Duckworth (dot) and (dot) Co. / Covent (dot) Garden (dot) London / MCMXIII

Collation:—pp. 6 (preceded by blank leaf) + lxiv, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withSeveral of these Poems have/appeared in the “English/Review,” the “Nation,” and/the “Westminster Gazette.”in center of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents, pp. (5, 6); text, pp. i-(lxiv). Printers’ imprint, beneath line, at foot of p. (lxiv) as follows:Turnbull and Spears, Printers, Edinburgh

Collation:—pp. 6 (preceded by blank leaf) + lxiv, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withSeveral of these Poems have/appeared in the “English/Review,” the “Nation,” and/the “Westminster Gazette.”in center of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents, pp. (5, 6); text, pp. i-(lxiv). Printers’ imprint, beneath line, at foot of p. (lxiv) as follows:Turnbull and Spears, Printers, Edinburgh

Large cr. 8vo, 8⅝ × 6; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and at upper left is lettered in gilt as follows:Love Poems/and Others/By/D. H. LawrenceBackbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (one thick, one thin line at top) /Love/Poems/and/Others/ (a line) /D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (one thin, one thick line at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. Top edges gilt; fore and bottom edges cut. End-papers white.

Love Poems and Otherswas Mr. Lawrence’s third book, and his first volume of poetry. As to the comparative scarcity of this first edition opinion differs greatly. Of the six books of poems (not countingBay, a private press volume) by Mr. Lawrence, I am inclined to rankLove Poemsthird in scarcity. I suspect that bothAmores(first issue, with the catalogue) andLook! We Have Come Through!are scarcer than this item. Be that as it may,Love Poemsis far from common. Fortunately, however, the book was stoutly built, and copies of the first edition, when they do turn up, are usually in quite satisfactory condition—satisfactory even to collectors.

The first American edition ofLove Poems and Otherswas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1913.

Published May 1913

Sons and Lovers/ By / D. H. Lawrence / Author of / “Love Poems,” “The White Peacock,” “The Trespasser” / (publishers’ device) / London: Duckworth & Co. / Henrietta Street, Covent Garden / 1913

Collation:—pp. viii + 424, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withAll rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); dedication,To/Edward Garnett(verso blank), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); text, pp. (1)-423. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 423 as follows:Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, GuildfordP. (424) blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of Publications

Collation:—pp. viii + 424, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withAll rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); dedication,To/Edward Garnett(verso blank), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); text, pp. (1)-423. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 423 as follows:Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, GuildfordP. (424) blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of Publications

Crown 8vo, 7¼ × 4¾; issued in dull dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:Sons and Lovers/ (three dots)D. H. Lawrence(three dots). Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /Sons/and/Lovers/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Sons and Lovers, now universally acclaimed one of the great novels of recent years, appeals strongly to many collectors who go in for modern first editions. The significanceof the book was realized soon after its publication, and copies of the initial printing were evidently read, passed around, and reread. As a result, copies of this edition in excellent state are now seldom seen. Most show signs of hard use. Nevertheless, all Lawrence collectors entertain the hope of having some fine day aneditio princepsofSons and Loversin what they can superciliously call “pristine condition.” The incorrigibly optimistic want even the original dust-cover.

While waiting for this perfect copy, some collectors may do well to make sure that their present copies are of the first issue; forSons and Loversis rather a tricky item. A later issue in lighter blue cloth, without date on title-page, must not be confused with the real first issue described above, the cloth of which is an unusual dark blue—somewhat lighter than navy blue.

The first American edition ofSons and Loverswas published, from new plates, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1913.

Published April 1, 1914

The Widowing of/Mrs. Holroyd/ A Drama in Three Acts / By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Mitchell Kennerley / MCMXIV

Collation:—pp. x + 94 (preceded and followed by two blank leaves), consisting of fly-leaf, with series-title,The Modern Drama Series/Edited by Edwin Björkmanat head, andThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd/D. H. Lawrenceat foot of recto (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright 1914 by/Mitchell Kennerley/The(dot)Plimpton(dot)Press/Norwood(dot)Mass(dot)U(dot)S(dot)Aon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Introduction, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list ofPersonson verso), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank.

Collation:—pp. x + 94 (preceded and followed by two blank leaves), consisting of fly-leaf, with series-title,The Modern Drama Series/Edited by Edwin Björkmanat head, andThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd/D. H. Lawrenceat foot of recto (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright 1914 by/Mitchell Kennerley/The(dot)Plimpton(dot)Press/Norwood(dot)Mass(dot)U(dot)S(dot)Aon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Introduction, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list ofPersonson verso), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank.

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in red cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and is lettered in blind as follows:The Modern Drama Series/Edited by Edwin BjörkmanBackbone lettered across in gilt:D. H./Law-/rence/ (small ornament) /The/Widow-/ing/of Mrs./Hol-/royd/Mitchell/Kennerley(The hyphens in lettering on backbone slant upward.) Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

The first of Mr. Lawrence’s two published plays. It is not generally realized that the American issue ofThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroydpreceded the English, which was, as a matter of fact, made from the Kennerley sheets. A not overly close examination of a Duckworth copy of this book will show that the fly-leaf with the series-title, etc. on recto, was cut out after the sheets had been sewed together. This accounts for the slight difference in the pagination of the two editions. Then, also, the matter on the reverse side of the Duckworth title-page clearly indicates that all of the sheets were American.

The first edition ofThe Widowing of Mrs. Holroydwas one thousand copies. Five hundred of these were sent to Duckworth and Company, and were by this house bound in the dark blue “case” described below. There is no certain way of telling which of the two books is the scarcer; but I should not be surprised to find that copies of the American issue are the harder to come by—at least, in good state. The English book still performs the trick of turning up over here in quite new condition.

Published April 1914

The Widowing of / Mrs. Holroyd/ A Drama in Three Acts / By / D. H. Lawrence / London / Duckworth & Co. / 3, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W. C. / 1914

Collation:—pp. x + 94 (preceded by one blank leaf not reckoned in pagination, followed by two), consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright 1914 by/Mitchell Kennerley/The(dot)Plimpton(dot)Press/Norwood(dot)Mass(dot)U(dot)S(dot)Aon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Introduction, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list ofPersonson verso), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of Publications

Collation:—pp. x + 94 (preceded by one blank leaf not reckoned in pagination, followed by two), consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright 1914 by/Mitchell Kennerley/The(dot)Plimpton(dot)Press/Norwood(dot)Mass(dot)U(dot)S(dot)Aon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Introduction, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list ofPersonson verso), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA Selection from/Duckworth & Co.’s/List of Publications

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in dark blue cloth; front coverhas two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:The Widowing/of Mrs. Holroyd/ (two dots)D. H. Lawrence(two dots). Lettered up the backbone in gilt:The Widowing of Mrs. HolroydBack cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Published December 1914

The / Prussian Officer / and Other Stories/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London / Duckworth & Co. / 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden

Collation:—pp. viii + 312, consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); half-title (with list of four booksBy the Same Author, enclosed in one-line box, in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); title-page, as above (withPublished December 1914in center of verso), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); text, pp. (1)-310. Printers’ imprint at foot of p. 310 as follows:William Brendon and Son, Ltd./Printers, PlymouthPp. (311, 312) are occupied by advertisements of four booksBy D. H. Lawrence. At end of volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.

Collation:—pp. viii + 312, consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); half-title (with list of four booksBy the Same Author, enclosed in one-line box, in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); title-page, as above (withPublished December 1914in center of verso), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); text, pp. (1)-310. Printers’ imprint at foot of p. 310 as follows:William Brendon and Son, Ltd./Printers, PlymouthPp. (311, 312) are occupied by advertisements of four booksBy D. H. Lawrence. At end of volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.

Contents: The Prussian Officer; The Thorn in the Flesh; Daughters of the Vicar; A Fragment of StainedGlass; The Shades of Spring; Second Best; The Shadow in the Rose Garden; Goose Fair; The White Stocking; A Sick Collier; The Christening; Odour of Chrysanthemums.

Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 4⅞; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:The Prussian Officer/ (three dots)D. H. Lawrence(three dots). Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /The/Prussian/Officer/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

The Prussian Officerwas Mr. Lawrence’s first volume of short stories. The first edition of this book exists in two several issues. The difference between them is marked, not by the binding, but by the catalogues at the end of the volumes. One of these catalogues is described above; the other, twenty instead of sixteen pages, is:A Selection from/Duckworth & Co’s./List of Publications

The publishers were unable to say which catalogue was in the first issue, and showed what amounted to alarm that anyone should be interested in the matter. They evidently regarded their correspondent as mildly insane. Publishers are of two varieties: the sort who understand the collector not at all, and the sort who understand him too, too well.

I have examined five copies of the book. All but one hadthe catalogue mentioned in this note. What deduction may safely be made from this? Perhaps, that copies of the issue which I have collated are the scarcer. But are they also necessarily the earlier? One may well have doubts about that.

A somewhat detailed study of the two types of catalogues in Duckworth books between 1913 and 1916 is unfruitful, except to show that the catalogue mentioned in this discussion occurs inSons and Lovers(1913), and that in the collation above appears inAmores(1916). But since the latter list seems to contain no book published after 1914, it might properly occupy space in a volume brought out in December of that year. The question of the real first issue ofThe Prussian Officermust, therefore, remain unsettled. One thing is certain: both books here discussed are of the first edition. A later issue, in somewhat lighter blue cloth, lettered in black, must not be confused with either.

The first American edition ofThe Prussian Officerwas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916.

Published September 30, 1915

The Rainbow/ By / D. H. Lawrence / Author of “Sons and Lovers” / Methuen & Co. Ltd. / 36 Essex Street W. C. / London

Collation:—pp. viii + 468, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withFirst Published in 1915in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); dedication,To Else(verso blank), pp. v, (vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); text, pp. (1)-463. Printers’ imprint in center of p. (464) as follows:Printed in Great Britain/by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ld.,/London and Aylesbury.P. (465) is occupied by list, datedAutumn, 1915, ofMethuen’s Popular NovelsPp. (466-468) are occupied by publishers’ brief résumés of the novels listed on p. (465).

Collation:—pp. viii + 468, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withFirst Published in 1915in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); dedication,To Else(verso blank), pp. v, (vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); text, pp. (1)-463. Printers’ imprint in center of p. (464) as follows:Printed in Great Britain/by Hazell, Watson and Viney, Ld.,/London and Aylesbury.P. (465) is occupied by list, datedAutumn, 1915, ofMethuen’s Popular NovelsPp. (466-468) are occupied by publishers’ brief résumés of the novels listed on p. (465).

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in bluish dark green cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and is lettered across top in blind as follows:The Rainbow/D. H. LawrenceBackbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (flower and leaf design) /The/Rainbow/ (single flower design) /D. H./Lawrence/ (same design as at top, augmented by leaf) /MethuenBack cover blank. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

The Rainbow, universally considered by dealers and collectors alike Mr. Lawrence’s scarcest book, was published, according toThe English Catalogue, in October, 1915. The publishers, however, said that the exact date of issue was September 30, 1915. And with that they stopped, for they seemed unwilling to give me any more information about the book. Altogether wry was the letter they wrote. But from other sources it is evident thatThe Rainbowwas in circulation just six weeks before action for its suppression was successfully carried on November13, 1915. The curious may consult a communication by G. W. de Tunzelmann, published in theAthenæum, November 20, 1915, which, if accurate, fixes the date of suppression.

Regarding the circumstances attending the action against the publishers, a letter by Mr. Gilbert Cannan, New YorkTribune, January 10, 1920, is worth reading. Mr. Cannan asserts that after proceedings were brought “the publishers, taking alarm and not understanding what had happened, did not defend.” This is substantially what Mr. Lawrence says in his preface to the present volume. The upshot of it was the publishers were fined and ordered to destroy their stock of the book, after which, one may suppose, all went “on with the War.” Whether such copies as the publishers had on hand were committed to the tender mercies of the public hangman, I do not know. At any rate, it may be safely assumed that Methuen & Co., Ltd., complied fully with every mandate of the court, and that they distributed no copies ofThe Rainbowafter November 13, 1915.

In his preface above Mr. Lawrence mentions the protests of Mr. Arnold Bennett and Miss May Sinclair against the suppression ofThe Rainbow. I regret my inability to give specific references to the time and place of these protests. But all indices failed me, and both Mr. Bennett and Miss Sinclair wrote that they could not now tell me where to look for their parts in the controversy. Both wrote against the suppression, but apparently in letters—not in special articles. In her reply to my inquiry Miss Sinclair gave this indication of her position: “I said thatthe suppression of this book was a crime, the murder of a beautiful thing.”

The first American edition ofThe Rainbowwas published, from new plates, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916. Subsequently Mr. Huebsch brought the book out in a more expensive form, but the text remained the same as that of the first American edition. These are the expurgated forms to which Mr. Lawrence refers.The Rainbow, with the Huebsch text, was published by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1924.

It will be seen from all this that the complete text of the novel which lies so close to the affections of its author is to be found only in copies like the one collated above. The MethuenRainbowis, I need hardly say, a very scarce book. Whether or not it is scarcer than the HeinemannWhite Peacockmust remain a matter of opinion.

Published June 1916

Twilight in Italy/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London / Duckworth and Co. / 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W. C.

Collation:—pp. viii + 312, consisting of half-title (with list of sixWorks by D. H. Lawrenceat head of verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withFirst published 1916in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines (verso blank), pp. v,(vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); divisional fly-leaf, withThe Crucifix across the/Mountainson recto (verso blank), pp. 1, (2); text, pp. 3-(311). Printers imprint at foot of p. (311) as follows:Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.P. (312) blank. At end of volume are two separate 16-page catalogues: the first containsMessrs. Duckworth & Co.’s/Spring/Announcements/1916The second,A List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.There are divisional fly-titles before the major divisions of the work at pp. 1, 27, (223), (263). Pp. (2), (28), (222), (224), (262), (264) blank.

Collation:—pp. viii + 312, consisting of half-title (with list of sixWorks by D. H. Lawrenceat head of verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withFirst published 1916in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines (verso blank), pp. v,(vi); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. vii, (viii); divisional fly-leaf, withThe Crucifix across the/Mountainson recto (verso blank), pp. 1, (2); text, pp. 3-(311). Printers imprint at foot of p. (311) as follows:Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.P. (312) blank. At end of volume are two separate 16-page catalogues: the first containsMessrs. Duckworth & Co.’s/Spring/Announcements/1916The second,A List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.There are divisional fly-titles before the major divisions of the work at pp. 1, 27, (223), (263). Pp. (2), (28), (222), (224), (262), (264) blank.

Contents: The Crucifix across the Mountains; On the Lago di Garda—I. The Spinner and the Monks, II. The Lemon Gardens, III. The Theatre, IV. San Gaudenzio, V. The Dance, VI. Il Duro, VII. John; Italians in Exile; The Return Journey.

Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 4¾; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows:Twilight in Italy/ (three dots)D. H. Lawrence(three dots). Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /Twilight/in/Italy/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Twilight in Italywas Mr. Lawrence’s first book of non-fictional prose. Copies of the first edition of this book are scarce, and they are exceedingly hard to get in fine condition. The cloth is usually faded and the gilt dull. Ihave seen at various times perhaps a half-dozen copies. They were all very much the same: that is to say, none was in fine state. I suspect the book never looked quite new, and that it is one of the many illustrations of how the War affected adversely workmanship in the bookmaking industry. Be that as it may,Twilight in Italyis worth having in any condition. It should be more widely read. LikeSea and Sardinia, it is too often merely a name, even to admirers of Mr. Lawrence’s other work.

The first American edition ofTwilight in Italywas published, from the Duckworth sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916.

Published July 1916

Amores/ Poems / By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London / Duckworth and Company / 3 Henrietta Street, W. C.

Collation:—pp. viii + 140, consisting of title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); dedication,To/Ottoline Morrell(verso blank), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents, pp. v-vii; p. (viii) blank; text, pp. 1-(138). Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (138) as follows:Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty/at the Edinburgh University PressPp. (139, 140) blank. At end of volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.

Collation:—pp. viii + 140, consisting of title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); dedication,To/Ottoline Morrell(verso blank), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents, pp. v-vii; p. (viii) blank; text, pp. 1-(138). Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (138) as follows:Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty/at the Edinburgh University PressPp. (139, 140) blank. At end of volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue ofA List of the Libraries/and Series of Copyright/Books Published by/Duckworth & Co.

Crown 8vo, 7¼ × 4⅞; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover blank; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) /Amores/Poems/D. H./Lawrence/Duckworth/ (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Amores, Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of poems, is a troublesome item. The first edition exists in two states. The first has the 16-page catalogue; the second does not. At no place in either issue is there a date. Copies with the catalogue would seem to be rare. At least I have so concluded after a sustained investigation. Copies without the catalogue are “easy,” and these are commonly sold—perhaps naturally enough—as of the first issue, which they are not.

The first American edition ofAmoreswas published, from new plates, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916. At least two differences between it and the above ought to be noted. First, in the American edition the dedication is extended, and reads:To/Ottoline Morrell/in tribute/to her noble/and independent sympathy/and her generous understanding/these poems/are gratefully dedicated/ . Second, the poem called “Disagreeable Advice” in the above, appears in the American edition under the happier title “Irony.”

Published December 1917

Look! We Have/Come Through!/ By / D. H. Lawrence / Published by Chatto & Windus / London MCMXVII

Collation:—pp. 168, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withSome of these poems have appeared in/the “English Review” and in “Poetry,”/also in the “Georgian Anthology” and/the “Imagist Anthology”above center of verso), pp. (3, 4);Foreword—eleven lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents, pp. (7-9);Argument—eleven lines, p. (10); text, pp. 11-(163). Printers’ imprint above center of p. (164) as follows:Printed at/the Complete Press/West Norwood/London. Pp. (165-167) are occupied by advertisements, chiefly of volumes of poetry published by Chatto and Windus. P. (168) blank. Title-and-name label, similar to that described below, tipped-in at lower right corner of p. (164).

Collation:—pp. 168, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withSome of these poems have appeared in/the “English Review” and in “Poetry,”/also in the “Georgian Anthology” and/the “Imagist Anthology”above center of verso), pp. (3, 4);Foreword—eleven lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents, pp. (7-9);Argument—eleven lines, p. (10); text, pp. 11-(163). Printers’ imprint above center of p. (164) as follows:Printed at/the Complete Press/West Norwood/London. Pp. (165-167) are occupied by advertisements, chiefly of volumes of poetry published by Chatto and Windus. P. (168) blank. Title-and-name label, similar to that described below, tipped-in at lower right corner of p. (164).

Foolscap 4to, 8½ × 6¾; issued in bright red cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows:Look!/We Have/Come/Through!/D. H./LawrenceTop edges cut; fore edges cut, but in part unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Look! We Have Come Through!was Mr. Lawrence’s third volume of verse. It is, with the doubtful exception ofBirds, Beasts and Flowers, his most notably original contribution to modern poetry. The relative scarcity ofcopies of the first edition ofLook! We Have Come Through!is discussed in the note onLove Poems, and nothing more on that point need be said here.

The first American edition ofLook! We Have Come Through!was published, from the Chatto and Windus sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1918.

Published October 1918

New Poems/ By / D. H. / Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / MCMXVIII

Collation:—pp. 64, consisting of half-title (with list of three books ofPoems by the Same Authorat head; and acknowledgement,Two of these poems have appeared in the English Review.at foot of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with dedication,To/Amy Lowellat head; and printers’ imprint,Printed in England by the Westminster Press/411a, Harrow Road, Londonat foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents, pp. 5, 6; text, 7-64.

Collation:—pp. 64, consisting of half-title (with list of three books ofPoems by the Same Authorat head; and acknowledgement,Two of these poems have appeared in the English Review.at foot of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with dedication,To/Amy Lowellat head; and printers’ imprint,Printed in England by the Westminster Press/411a, Harrow Road, Londonat foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents, pp. 5, 6; text, 7-64.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 4⅞; issued in grey wrappers; front cover has two-line border in blue, and is lettered in blue as follows:New/Poems/By/D. H./Lawrence/London/Martin Secker/MCMXVIII(All this lettering enclosed by elongated box formed by two vertical lines inside border). Inside front cover, back strip, inside back cover are blank. Back cover lettered in blue as follows: (Publisher’s device, with name,Martin Secker) /xviiBuckingham Street/AdelphiTop and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed.

The first edition ofNew Poemswas printed on what must have been almost the worst of all possible war-time paper; and since, in addition, the book lacked the security of a substantial “case,” I suspect this item will before long become scarce.

The first American edition ofNew Poemswas published, from new plates, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1920. This edition, too, has an interest for the Lawrence collector; it contains a significant prefatory essay, which is not in the English issue, and which, Mr. Lawrence says, “should have come as a preface toLook! We Have Come Through!” This “Preface” is notable for its lucid and brilliant comment on the nature of poetry. One finds Mr. Lawrence recurring to some of the tenets here expressed, when on those too few later occasions he has commented on the poetry of others, more especially on that of Whitman. This essay first appeared inThe Playboy, Numbers 4-5 (not dated), under the title “The Poetry of the Present.”

Published November 1919

Bay(two dots)A Book/Of(two dots)Poems(two dots) By / D : H : Lawrence

Collation:—pp. 48 (together with tipped-in dedication leaf), consisting of half-title,Bay/ (signed in ink by Author and Artist:)D. H. Lawrence/Anne Estelle Rice, p. (i); Certificate of issue as follows:This is the eighth book issued by the Beaumont Press/and the fourth printed by hand 30 copies have been/printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and/artist and numbered 1 to 30 50 copies on cartridge/paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made/paper numbered 81 to 200./ (each copy numbered by type), p. (ii); title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (3, 4); dedication leaf; table ofContents, pp. (5-7); p. (8) blank; text, pp. 9-43; p. (44) blank; colophon as follows:HERE ENDS BAY A BOOK OF POEMS BY/D. H. Lawrence The Cover and the Decorations/designed by Anne Estelle Rice The Typography/and Binding arranged by Cyril W. Beaumont/Printed by Hand on his Press at 75 Charing/Cross Road in the City of Westminster/Completed November the Twentieth/MDCCCCXIX/ (device of the Beaumont Press) /Pressman Charles Wright/Compositor C. W. Beaumont, p. 45; pp. (46-48) blank. Pp. 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 29, 39, 41 are occupied by decorations in color, as well as by text. Tipped-in between pp. (4) and (5) is a leaf, not reckoned in pagination, with dedicationTo Cynthia Asquithon recto, verso blank.

Collation:—pp. 48 (together with tipped-in dedication leaf), consisting of half-title,Bay/ (signed in ink by Author and Artist:)D. H. Lawrence/Anne Estelle Rice, p. (i); Certificate of issue as follows:This is the eighth book issued by the Beaumont Press/and the fourth printed by hand 30 copies have been/printed on Japanese vellum signed by the author and/artist and numbered 1 to 30 50 copies on cartridge/paper numbered 31 to 80 and 120 copies on hand-made/paper numbered 81 to 200./ (each copy numbered by type), p. (ii); title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (3, 4); dedication leaf; table ofContents, pp. (5-7); p. (8) blank; text, pp. 9-43; p. (44) blank; colophon as follows:HERE ENDS BAY A BOOK OF POEMS BY/D. H. Lawrence The Cover and the Decorations/designed by Anne Estelle Rice The Typography/and Binding arranged by Cyril W. Beaumont/Printed by Hand on his Press at 75 Charing/Cross Road in the City of Westminster/Completed November the Twentieth/MDCCCCXIX/ (device of the Beaumont Press) /Pressman Charles Wright/Compositor C. W. Beaumont, p. 45; pp. (46-48) blank. Pp. 9, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 29, 39, 41 are occupied by decorations in color, as well as by text. Tipped-in between pp. (4) and (5) is a leaf, not reckoned in pagination, with dedicationTo Cynthia Asquithon recto, verso blank.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5⅛; issued in decorated boards, with vellum back; front and back covers blank; lettered up the back strip in gilt as follows: (small ornament)Bay(dot)D. H. Lawrence(small ornament). Top edges rough trimmed; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

The three forms ofBayare fully described in the collation above, except as to the following points: (1) thecopies on cartridge paper, with decorations in color, have a green buckram back; (2) the copies on hand-made paper have the same green buckram back, but the decorations are not in color; (3) owing to an accident, only about half of the cartridge paper edition was ever issued. All examples of this book are scarce. And this is a great pity, forBaycontains some of Mr. Lawrence’s finest short poems.

Published May 1920

Touch and Go/ A Play in Three Acts by / D. H. Lawrence / London: C. W. Daniel, Ltd. / Graham House, Tudor Street, E. C. 4 / 1920

Collation:—pp. 96, consisting of fly-leaf, with series-title,Plays for a People’s Theatre. II.at head, and half-title,Touch and Goin center of recto (withCopyright in the United States of America., and notice of performing rights—seven lines in all—in center of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with list of threePlays for a People’s Theatre, note on submission of mss. of plays, and quotation from Bela Kun—fourteen lines in all—on verso), pp. (3, 4);Preface, pp. 5-12; blank page (with list ofCharacterson verso), pp. (13), 14; text, pp. 15-96. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 96 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Neill and Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.

Collation:—pp. 96, consisting of fly-leaf, with series-title,Plays for a People’s Theatre. II.at head, and half-title,Touch and Goin center of recto (withCopyright in the United States of America., and notice of performing rights—seven lines in all—in center of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with list of threePlays for a People’s Theatre, note on submission of mss. of plays, and quotation from Bela Kun—fourteen lines in all—on verso), pp. (3, 4);Preface, pp. 5-12; blank page (with list ofCharacterson verso), pp. (13), 14; text, pp. 15-96. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 96 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Neill and Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.

Crown 8vo, 7⅝ × 5; issued in flexible yellow boards; front cover has light blue paper title-and-name label lettered in darker blue of surrounding decorative border as follows:Touch/& Go/D. H. Lawrence. Light blue paper title-and-name label along back lettered in dark blue:Touch and Go—D. H. Lawrence. Back cover blank. Top and fore edges uncut and unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Touch and Gois one of the easier Lawrence items. It is not difficult to get, but itisquite worth having. The play is interesting; the preface is extremely uproarious.

The first American edition ofTouch and Gowas published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1920.

(Limited Edition)

Published November 1920

Women in Love/ By / D. H. Lawrence / New York / Privately Printed for Subscribers Only / 1920

Collation:—pp. iv + 540, consisting of half-title, p. (1); certificate of issue, as follows:1250 copies of this book have been/printed of which this is/No. —(each copy numbered in red ink), p. (ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1920, by/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /All rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-536; pp. (537-540) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. iv + 540, consisting of half-title, p. (1); certificate of issue, as follows:1250 copies of this book have been/printed of which this is/No. —(each copy numbered in red ink), p. (ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1920, by/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /All rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-536; pp. (537-540) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Medium 8vo, 9½ × 6¼; issued in dark blue cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has four merely ornamentalraised bands, and is lettered across in gilt as follows: (two lines at top) /Women/in/Love/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (two lines at bottom). Top and fore edges uncut; bottom edges rough trimmed. End-papers white.

The “tall, blueWomen in Love.” In this form Mr. Lawrence’s most significant and most characteristic novel had its first restricted circulation. Copies of this issue are not very scarce. Just why is difficult to say. Perhaps the edition was not fully bought up (however much it deserved to be) when the novel was published in a cheaper form by Mr. Seltzer, October, 1922.

A few (less than twenty-five) copies of this form ofWomen in Lovewere autographed, on the title-page, by Mr. Lawrence. These signed copies were the first numbered, and except for the signature, are identical with the above. They should not be confused with examples of the autographed form ofWomen in Lovedescribed below as item 14B.

Published May 1921

Women in Love/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 512, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1921at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text,pp. 7-508. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 508 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (509-512) are occupied respectively bySome Press Opinions of/The Lost Girl;The Tales of/Henry James;The Novels of/Compton Mackenzie; and an advertisement ofNew Poems.

Collation:—pp. 512, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1921at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text,pp. 7-508. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 508 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (509-512) are occupied respectively bySome Press Opinions of/The Lost Girl;The Tales of/Henry James;The Novels of/Compton Mackenzie; and an advertisement ofNew Poems.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Women in/Love/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.

The first English edition ofWomen in Love. This edition, which was from new plates, has been reprinted at least three times. Copies of the first printing are becoming scarce. Catalogues sometimes allege that this edition was “withdrawn from circulation.” Mr. Secker says that it was not.

(Special Signed Edition)

Published May 1922

Women in Love/ By / D. H. Lawrence / New York / Privately Printed for Subscribers Only / 1920

Collation:—pp. iv + 540, consisting of blank page, p. (i); certificate of issue, as follows:Fifty copies have been/signed by the Author,/of which this is No.(each copy numbered in ink) / (signed in ink by the Author:)D. H. Lawrence, p. (ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1920, by/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /All rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-536; pp. (537-540) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. iv + 540, consisting of blank page, p. (i); certificate of issue, as follows:Fifty copies have been/signed by the Author,/of which this is No.(each copy numbered in ink) / (signed in ink by the Author:)D. H. Lawrence, p. (ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1920, by/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /All rights reservedin center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-536; pp. (537-540) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Medium 8vo, 9³⁄₁₆ × 6¼; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Women in/Love/(dot)/D. H./Lawrence/1920/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top edges dark green and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

This small edition ofWomen in Lovewas done by Martin Secker, who imported the sheets for it from America. These sheets were the same as those printed for item 14, which was, of course, brought out by Thomas Seltzer, but without his imprint.

Except for size, copies of this edition ofWomen in Loveare uniform with the Secker format of Mr. Lawrence’s novels, beginning withThe Lost Girland followed by the ordinaryWomen in Lovedescribed immediately above.

Before the Seltzer sheets were put into the Secker “case,” they were trimmed about five-sixteenths of an inch at the top by the English binders. This accounts for the slightly greater height of the copies in the blue “case.” I mentionthis because the signed copies in brown are sometime described as the tall-paper copies. Obviously any such description of the Secker book needs qualifying. All this may be summed up as follows: all forms of the “1920” issues ofWomen in Love, whether signed or not, whether bound in blue or brown, were from the sheets of the Seltzer privately printed edition. To this summary may be appended the following observations: (1) these “1920” forms constitute the real first printing ofWomen in Love; (2) this is one of the two books which Mr. Lawrence has thus far signed—and the only novel.

Published November 1920

The Lost Girl/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 372, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1920at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-371. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (372) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, Edinburgh

Collation:—pp. 372, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1920at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-371. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (372) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, Edinburgh

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /TheLost/Girl/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

The first edition ofThe Lost Girlexists in three states. These are: first, that which has the text exactly as Mr. Lawrence first wrote it; second, that which has the original text altered, the alterations occurring on two cancel-leaves, which, tipped-in, replaced two leaves with the original matter; third, that which has the altered pages not tipped-in, but as integral parts of the signatures to which they belong.

It is not generally known that any changes were made in the text ofThe Lost Girlafter the book had been printed, but such is the case. These textual changes were made on pages 256 and 268, and necessitated tipped-in leaves at those places in the book. The cancel-leaves have been held, by a few careful dealers, to mark the real first issue. To most dealers this “point” is evidently unknown. Mr. Martin Secker, answering my inquiry about the changes in this book, wrote as follows: “The explanation of the tipped-in pages inThe Lost Girlis that it was thought expedient to make certain verbal alterations in the text, a decision which was come to after the book was printed. As far as I know, all copies of the English edition in circulation are like this.”

This letter would seem to justify anyone in assuming that copies with the tipped-in leaves were of the first issue. But, as a matter of fact, copies with the original text areextant. At least one such copy has fallen into my hands. It came from an English dealer through the Centaur Book Shop. I have neither seen nor have I heard of another such copy. But that some few more are in circulation is likely. In any case this is certain: the unaltered form ofThe Lost Girlis a scarce book, perhaps even a rare one. So much for the first and second states.

Regarding the third state, little need be said. One might be justified in reporting it as a second printing; but since there is nothing in the book to indicate a complete reprinting, it seemed better to regard it as one form of the first edition, as I have done.

The first American edition ofThe Lost Girl, which has the altered text, was published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1921.

Published March 1921

Movements in/European History/ By / Lawrence H. Davison / Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press / London, Edinburgh, Glasgow / Toronto, Melbourne, Cape Town, Bombay / 1921

Collation:—pp. x (preceded by blank leaf) + 306 (followed by fourteen pages of maps), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (iii, iv);Introduction for the Teacher, pp. v-viii; table ofContents(with list offourteenMapson verso), pp. ix, (x); text, pp. (1)-306. Printers’ imprint, beneath line, at foot of p. 306 as follows:Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd.At end of volume are fourteen maps, in black, which occupy the rectos of fourteen leaves, twelve of which are book-size, and two of which are 9¾ inches wide unfolded.

Collation:—pp. x (preceded by blank leaf) + 306 (followed by fourteen pages of maps), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (verso blank), pp. (iii, iv);Introduction for the Teacher, pp. v-viii; table ofContents(with list offourteenMapson verso), pp. ix, (x); text, pp. (1)-306. Printers’ imprint, beneath line, at foot of p. 306 as follows:Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd.At end of volume are fourteen maps, in black, which occupy the rectos of fourteen leaves, twelve of which are book-size, and two of which are 9¾ inches wide unfolded.

Crown 8vo, 7⅛ × 4⅞; issued in light blue cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone lettered across in black as follows:Movements/in/European/History/Davison/MilfordAll edges cut. End-papers white.

Movements in European History, written by Mr. Lawrence and published under thenom de plumeLawrence H. Davison, is in effect an elementary textbook on the history of continental Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the unification of Germany. But it is more than that. To say that the book is alive, that it interprets rather than catalogues historical events, that it deals with these events frankly rather than cautiously, that it is written with spirit and can be read with pleasure, and, finally, to assert that nowhere about the book does one smell pedagogy, is to say in a variety of ways thatMovements in European Historyis very much more than an elementary textbook.

The initial edition of this interesting item exists in two forms. The first is described above; the second differs from the first in that it has a light brown binding, all other points being identical. The initial printing was exhausted the first year, and the book was reprinted in 1922. Both first forms differ in several ways from thereprint, which has, on the verso of an undated title-page, a line of type as follows:First published 1921; reprinted 1922

At the time this note is written (late September, 1924) plans are on foot to reissueMovementswith an epilogue and illustrations. The former will presumably bring the story of European history down to the present. In its new form, as in its old, the book will in England bear the imprint of the Oxford University Press.

The first American edition ofMovements in European Historywill probably be published next spring, with Mr. Lawrence’s authorship acknowledged, by Thomas Seltzer, New York.

(“Special Issue of the First Edition”)

Published May 1921

Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921

Collation:—pp. 120 (preceded by two blank leaves), consisting of half-title, p. (1); certificate of issue, as follows:Special Issue of the First Edition/Limited to 250 copies of which this is/No.________ (copies of the issue evidently never numbered), p. (2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp.(3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-120. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. 120 (preceded by two blank leaves), consisting of half-title, p. (1); certificate of issue, as follows:Special Issue of the First Edition/Limited to 250 copies of which this is/No.________ (copies of the issue evidently never numbered), p. (2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp.(3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-120. There is no printer’s imprint.

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in oyster white boards; front cover lettered in very dark blue as follows:Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in very dark blue:Psycho-/analysis/and the/Uncon-/scious/ (a line) /D. H./Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

(Ordinary Edition)

Published May 1921

Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921

Collation:—pp. 120 (preceded by two blank leaves), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-120. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. 120 (preceded by two blank leaves), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-120. There is no printer’s imprint.

Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 5; issued in grey boards; front cover lettered in dark blue as follows:Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in dark blue:Psycho-/analysis/and the/Uncon-/scious/ (a line) /D. H./Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Published July 1923

Psychoanalysis and/the Unconscious/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 128, consisting of half-title (with list of eight booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-(128). Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (128) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London

Collation:—pp. 128, consisting of half-title (with list of eight booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-(128). Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (128) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Frome and London

Crown 8vo, 7¼ × 4¾; issued in garnet cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has cream paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows: (a line) /Psychoanalysis/and the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges rough trimmed. End-papers white.

The American edition ofPsychoanalysis and the Unconscious,which was the first, exists in two forms. I collated both the so-called “Special Issue” and the ordinary edition because I know that many collectors, as well as some dealers, have been puzzled about the first forms of this book. A comparison of items 17 and 17A will show that the two forms of the first edition ofPsychoanalysis and the Unconsciousdiffer in the following respects: first, the “Special Issue” has a certificate of issue on the verso of the half-title, but is on the inside otherwise identical with the ordinary form—even to the broken U on page nine, in the word “Unconscious;” second, the sheets of the “Special Issue” measure 7⅜ × 5, while those of the ordinary issue measure 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 5; third, in keeping with this difference, perhaps, the outside measurements of the “Special Issue” are slightly larger all around; fourth, the boards of the two forms are different in color; fifth, the lettering on the “Special Issue” is darker than that on the ordinary copies.

Just why the “Special Issue” was done is not exactly clear. Perhaps some plans with regard to it miscarried, and the idea of a real limited edition was given up. At any rate the five copies of the book I examined were all unnumbered, and the original price on them was that of the regular edition. It is not too much to say the limited “Special Issue” ofPsychoanalysis and the Unconsciousis freakish rather than any thing else. It is a collector’s item.

After the first edition of this book had been exhausted, Mr. Seltzer issued the second printing in a more substantial “case,” that is to say, in cloth, in which form it is now available. It will be noticed from the collationsabove that the first American edition preceded the corresponding English edition by more than two years.

In spite of all that critics have said or may say aboutPsychoanalysis and the Unconsciousand its successor,Fantasia of the Unconscious, one thing is clearly incontrovertible. It is this: both of these books, especially the latter, reveal flashes of illumination, such as are found in imaginative thought—and nowhere else.

Published December 9, 1921

Tortoises/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device—in red) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921

Collation:—pp. 50, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); fly-leaf, withBaby Tortoiseon recto (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-50 (page numbers in square brackets). There is no printer’s imprint. There are fly-leaves, which mark the divisions of the work, at pp. (7), (15), (21), (27), (37), (43). Pp. (8), (14), (16), (20), (22), (28), (36), (38), (42), (44) blank.

Collation:—pp. 50, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); fly-leaf, withBaby Tortoiseon recto (verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-50 (page numbers in square brackets). There is no printer’s imprint. There are fly-leaves, which mark the divisions of the work, at pp. (7), (15), (21), (27), (37), (43). Pp. (8), (14), (16), (20), (22), (28), (36), (38), (42), (44) blank.

Contents: Baby Tortoise; Tortoise-Shell; Tortoise Family Connections; Lui et Elle; Tortoise Gallantry; Tortoise Shout.

Small medium 8vo, 9 × 6; issued in old gold boards; front cover has picture in many colors; in right of foreground giant tortoise is suspended, in framework of heavy timbers, by rope around his middle; in the middle-ground and background, showing through heavy-timbered frame, is one of Hiroshige’s views of Fujiyama, the whole being a reproduction of a print by this artist; front cover lettered in black in imitation Chinese lettering as follows:Tortoises/by/D. H. LawrenceBackbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered in black: (vertical line)Tortoises—D. H. Lawrence(vertical line). Back cover blank. Top edges cut; fore edges uncut and unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

This is the first and only separate edition ofTortoises, which book has never been published in single-volume form in England. Its first appearance there between boards was inBirds, Beasts and Flowers, where it occupies pages 117-138. Although this item is still easy to come by, Lawrence collectors who haven’t it will do well to get copies soon. Already English catalogues listTortoisesat a price considerably in advance of the American publication price. Naturally the book is less common in England than here.

Published December 12, 1921

Sea and Sardinia/ By / D. H. Lawrence / With Eight Pictures / in Color by / Jan Juta / (publisher’s device—in red) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1921

Collation:—pp. 356 (together with frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations in color, by Jan Juta; andMap for Sea and Sardinia, by D. H. Lawrence), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); frontispiece; title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6);List of Illustrations(verso blank), pp. (7, 8); divisional half-title, pp. (9, 10); text, pp. 11-355; p. (356) blank. There is no printer’s imprint. Pp. (3), 100, 148, 180, 204, 236, 268, 300 are faced by illustrations in color tipped-in, all with protecting tissue. P. 44 is faced by map, in black.

Collation:—pp. 356 (together with frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations in color, by Jan Juta; andMap for Sea and Sardinia, by D. H. Lawrence), consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); frontispiece; title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1921, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6);List of Illustrations(verso blank), pp. (7, 8); divisional half-title, pp. (9, 10); text, pp. 11-355; p. (356) blank. There is no printer’s imprint. Pp. (3), 100, 148, 180, 204, 236, 268, 300 are faced by illustrations in color tipped-in, all with protecting tissue. P. 44 is faced by map, in black.

Medium 8vo, 9¼ × 6¼; issued in light green boards with yellow cloth back, approximating half-cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has light green paper title-and-name label lettered across in dark blue as follows:Sea/and/Sardinia/ (small ornament) /By/D. H. Lawrence/ (small ornament) /Thomas Seltzer(all surrounded by one-line box). Top edges cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Sea and Sardiniawas Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of travel sketches—only “travel” and “sketches” are not quite the words needed here. In any case, a glorious book. Something will be gained if all persons ignorant ofSea and Sardinia(andTwilight in Italy) stop pretending to a full knowledge of Mr. Lawrence’s prose. Because the book has nowhere had the reading it deserves, the first issues ofSea and Sardinia, both American and English, are still relatively easy to get.

Published April 1923

Sea and Sardinia/ By D. H. Lawrence / With Eight Pictures / in Colour by Jan Juta / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 304 (together with frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations in color, by Jan Juta), consisting of blank leaf, pp. (1, 2); half-title (with list of five booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (3, 4); frontispiece; title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923at foot of verso), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (7, 8);List of Illustrations(verso blank), pp. (9, 10); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (11, 12); text, pp. 13-301. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 301 as follows:Printed by the London and Norwich Press, Limited, London and NorwichPp. (302-304) are occupied respectively by advertisements of books by D. H. Lawrence; by Norman Douglas; and by Lascelles Abercrombie. Pp. (5), 112, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 240 are faced by tipped-in illustrations in color.

Collation:—pp. 304 (together with frontispiece and seven pages of illustrations in color, by Jan Juta), consisting of blank leaf, pp. (1, 2); half-title (with list of five booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (3, 4); frontispiece; title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923at foot of verso), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (7, 8);List of Illustrations(verso blank), pp. (9, 10); divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (11, 12); text, pp. 13-301. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 301 as follows:Printed by the London and Norwich Press, Limited, London and NorwichPp. (302-304) are occupied respectively by advertisements of books by D. H. Lawrence; by Norman Douglas; and by Lascelles Abercrombie. Pp. (5), 112, 144, 160, 176, 192, 208, 240 are faced by tipped-in illustrations in color.

Foolscap 4to, 8½ × 6¾; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Sea and/Sardinia/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Inside covers, front and back, are occupied by sameMap for Sea and Sardinia, in brown, drawn by D. H. Lawrence. Top edges very dark green and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Except for size, the English edition ofSea and Sardiniais uniform with the Seeker format of Mr. Lawrence’s novels, beginning withThe Lost Girl. It is a beautiful book. Indeed, taken merely as a book, this is perhaps the most beautiful Lawrence item.

Published April 1922

Aaron’s Rod/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1922

Collation:—pp. 348, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); text, pp. 7-347; p. (348) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. 348, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (5, 6); text, pp. 7-347; p. (348) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 5; issued in bluish grey cloth; front cover has in blind one-line border, and is divided by vertical line in blind; horizontal blind line two inches from top is broken atbyof lettering, which is in black in upper right corner as follows:Aaron’s/Rod/by/D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in black:Aaron’s/Rod/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Published June 1922

Aaron’s Rod/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 312, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1922at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-312. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 312 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghAt end of volume is unnumbered eight-page announcement ofMartin/Secker’s/Books/MCMXXII

Collation:—pp. 312, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1922at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-312. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 312 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghAt end of volume is unnumbered eight-page announcement ofMartin/Secker’s/Books/MCMXXII

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Aaron’s/Rod/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.

Published October 23, 1922

Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1922

Collation:—pp. xvi + 300, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Foreword, pp. vii-xv; p. (xvi) blank; text, pp. 1-290;Epilogue, pp. 291-297; pp. (298-300) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. xvi + 300, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Foreword, pp. vii-xv; p. (xvi) blank; text, pp. 1-290;Epilogue, pp. 291-297; pp. (298-300) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in blue ribbed cloth; front cover has in blind one-line border, and is lettered in gilt as follows:Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in gilt:Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Published September 1923

Fantasia of the/Unconscious/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 176, consisting of half-title (with list of nine booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6);Foreword, pp. 7-(11); p. (12) blank; text, pp. 13-(176). Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (176) as follows:Printed inGreat Britain by Butler and Tanner, Frome and London

Collation:—pp. 176, consisting of half-title (with list of nine booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6);Foreword, pp. 7-(11); p. (12) blank; text, pp. 13-(176). Printers’ imprint at foot of p. (176) as follows:Printed inGreat Britain by Butler and Tanner, Frome and London

Demy 8vo, 8¼ × 5¾; issued in garnet cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has cream paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows: (a line) /Fantasia/of the/Unconscious/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top edges cut; fore edges unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

The text of the English edition, except for the omission of the “Epilogue,” which is addressed particularly to America, is the same as that of item 21.

Published October 24, 1922

England/My England/and Other Stories/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1922

Collation:—pp. vi + 274, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi); fly-title,England, My England(verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-273. P. (274) blank. There is no printer’s imprint. There are fly-titles before the various stories which make up the work at pp. (1), (49), (69), (99), (121), (145), (173), (199), (223), (251). Pp. (2), (48), (50),(70), (98), (100), (120), (122), (146), (172), (174), (198), (200), (222), (224), (250), (252) blank.

Collation:—pp. vi + 274, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1922, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi); fly-title,England, My England(verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. 3-273. P. (274) blank. There is no printer’s imprint. There are fly-titles before the various stories which make up the work at pp. (1), (49), (69), (99), (121), (145), (173), (199), (223), (251). Pp. (2), (48), (50),(70), (98), (100), (120), (122), (146), (172), (174), (198), (200), (222), (224), (250), (252) blank.

Contents: England, My England; Tickets, Please; The Blind Man; Monkey Nuts; Wintry Peacock; You Touched Me; Samson and Delilah; The Primrose Path; The Horse Dealer’s Daughter; Fannie and Annie.

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in bluish grey cloth; front cover has in blind one-line border, and is divided by vertical line in blind; horizontal blind line two inches from top is broken atbyof lettering, which is in gilt in upper right corner as follows:England/My/England/by/D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in gilt:England/My/England/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

Published January 1924

England, My/England/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 242, consisting of half-title and signatureA(with list of eleven booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1924on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); fly-title,England, My England(verso blank),pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-242. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 242 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghAt end of volume are fourteen unnumbered pages of advertisements of books published by Martin Secker. There are fly-titles before the various stories which make up the work at pp. (7), (49), (67), (93), (111), (133), (157), (179), (199), (223). Pp. (8), (48), (50), (68), (94), (112), (132), (134), (156), (158), (180), (200), (222), (224) blank.

Collation:—pp. 242, consisting of half-title and signatureA(with list of eleven booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1924on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); fly-title,England, My England(verso blank),pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-242. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 242 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghAt end of volume are fourteen unnumbered pages of advertisements of books published by Martin Secker. There are fly-titles before the various stories which make up the work at pp. (7), (49), (67), (93), (111), (133), (157), (179), (199), (223). Pp. (8), (48), (50), (68), (94), (112), (132), (134), (156), (158), (180), (200), (222), (224) blank.

Contents: Same as American edition.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /England, /My England/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.

England, My Englandwas Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of short stories. It came almost eight years after the first. However, the long interval betweenThe Prussian Officerand this second collection would seem to have less significance in his career as a writer of short stories than some reviewers ofEngland, My Englandtried to make out. At any rate, the title story of the latter volume appeared in theEnglish Reviewin October, 1915, and some of the other stories were published several years before their appearance in book form. All this as may be,England, My Englandis a Lawrence item of great importance.The book is still “easy” in either the American or the English first form.

Published March 1923

The Ladybird/The Fox: The Captain’s Doll/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 256, consisting of half-title (with list of five booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923.at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); fly-title,The Ladybird(verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-255. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 255 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghP. (256) is occupied by three excerpts from reviews of three novelsBy/D. H. LawrenceThere are fly-titles before the separate stories which make up the work at pp. (7), (83), (161). Pp. (8), (84), (160), (162) blank.

Collation:—pp. 256, consisting of half-title (with list of five booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923.at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); fly-title,The Ladybird(verso blank), pp. (7, 8); text, pp. 9-255. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 255 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghP. (256) is occupied by three excerpts from reviews of three novelsBy/D. H. LawrenceThere are fly-titles before the separate stories which make up the work at pp. (7), (83), (161). Pp. (8), (84), (160), (162) blank.

Contents: The Ladybird; The Fox; The Captain’s Doll.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (one thin, one thick line at top) /The/Ladybird/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, onethin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.

The Ladybird, beyond all question one of the most distinguished books of contemporary fiction, was published in America under the titleThe Captain’s Doll, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, April, 1923. The order of the stories in the American edition was: The Captain’s Doll; The Fox; The Ladybird.

Published August 1923

Studies in/Classic American/Literature/ By D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1923

Collation:—pp. x + 266, consisting of half-title (with list of fourteen booksBy D. H. Lawrence, surrounded by one-line border, on verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1923, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Foreword, pp. vii-ix; p. (x) blank; text, pp. 1-264; pp. (265, 266) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. x + 266, consisting of half-title (with list of fourteen booksBy D. H. Lawrence, surrounded by one-line border, on verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1923, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All Rights Reserved/Printed in the United States of Americaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. (v, vi);Foreword, pp. vii-ix; p. (x) blank; text, pp. 1-264; pp. (265, 266) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.

Contents: Foreword; The Spirit of Place; Benjamin Franklin; Hector St. John de Crèvecœur; Fenimore Cooper’s White Novels; Fenimore Cooper’s LeatherstockingNovels; Edgar Allan Poe; Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Scarlet Letter;” Hawthorne’s “Blithedale Romance;” Dana’s “Two Years Before the Mast;” Herman Melville’s “Typee” and “Omoo;” Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick;” Whitman.

Medium 8vo, 9 × 6¼; issued in medium blue cloth; front cover has one-line border in blind, and is lettered in gilt as follows:Studies in Classic/American Literature/ (a line) /D. H. LawrenceBackbone lettered across in gilt:Studies/in/Classic/American/Literature/D. H./Lawrence/Thomas/SeltzerBack cover blank. Top edges blue and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Published June 1924

Studies in/Classic American/Literature/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 176, consisting of half-title (with list of eleven booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1924on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-(176). Printer’s imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (176) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

Collation:—pp. 176, consisting of half-title (with list of eleven booksBy the same Authoron verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1924on verso), pp. (3, 4); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. 5, (6); text, pp. 7-(176). Printer’s imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. (176) as follows:Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

Contents: Same as in American edition, except for the omission of the “Foreword,” which was especially designed for America.

Demy 8vo, 8¾ × 5½; issued in bright red cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in black as follows: (a line) /Studies in/Classic/American/Literature/ (a line) /D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

Studies in Classic American Literatureis, so far, Mr. Lawrence’s only sustained work in literary criticism. Many of these essays first appeared serially in theEnglish Review. The dates of their appearance in that journal are given under Contributions to Periodicals, where a paper on Whitman in the LondonNationis also noted. Before their publication in book form the essays were materially revised, and several new studies were added.

Published September 1923

Kangaroo/ By D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf, signatureaon recto, verso blank) + 408, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923.at foot ofverso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. v, (vi); text, pp. 1-402. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 402 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (403-408) are occupied by advertisements which list respectivelyWorks bythe following: D. H. Lawrence; Compton Mackenzie; Maurice Baring; Norman Douglas; Arthur Machen; Lascelles Abercrombie.

Collation:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf, signatureaon recto, verso blank) + 408, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923.at foot ofverso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents(verso blank), pp. v, (vi); text, pp. 1-402. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 402 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/The Dunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (403-408) are occupied by advertisements which list respectivelyWorks bythe following: D. H. Lawrence; Compton Mackenzie; Maurice Baring; Norman Douglas; Arthur Machen; Lascelles Abercrombie.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in brown cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in blind two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /Kangaroo/ (dot) /D. H./Lawrence/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Back cover same as front. Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white. Uniform withThe Lost Girl.

The first American edition ofKangaroowas published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1923.

Published October 9, 1923

Birds, Beasts/and Flowers/ By / D. H. Lawrence / (publisher’s device) / Published by Thomas Seltzer / New York MCMXXIII

Collation:—pp. xii+180, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1923, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States ofAmericaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines (verso blank), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents, pp. vii-ix; p. (x) blank; divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (xi, xii); text, pp. 1-180. There is no printer’s imprint.

Collation:—pp. xii+180, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withCopyright, 1923, by/Thomas Seltzer, Inc./ (a line) /All rights reserved/Printed in the United States ofAmericaon verso), pp. (iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines (verso blank), pp. (v, vi); table ofContents, pp. vii-ix; p. (x) blank; divisional half-title (verso blank), pp. (xi, xii); text, pp. 1-180. There is no printer’s imprint.

Pott 4to, 8¼ × 6¼; issued in strawberry pink buckram; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows:Birds, /Beasts/and/Flowers/D. H./LawrenceTop edges cut; fore and bottom edges uncut. End-papers white.

Published November 1923

Birds, Beasts/and Flowers/ Poems / By / D. H. Lawrence / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street / Adelphi

Collation:—pp. 208, consisting of half-title (with list of nine booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withPrinted in Great Britain/by the Riverside Press Limited/Edinburgh/London: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923on verso), pp. (3, 4); acknowledgement—five lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents, pp. 7, 8; fly-title,Fruits(verso blank), pp. (9, 10); text, pp. 11-207; p. (208) blank. There are fly-titles before the major divisions of the work at pp. (9), (35), (49), (71), (87), (111), (139), (153), (195). Pp. (10), (34), (36), (48), (50), (72), (88), (112), (140), (152), (154), (194), (196) blank.

Collation:—pp. 208, consisting of half-title (with list of nine booksBy the same Authorat top of verso), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (withPrinted in Great Britain/by the Riverside Press Limited/Edinburgh/London: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923on verso), pp. (3, 4); acknowledgement—five lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table ofContents, pp. 7, 8; fly-title,Fruits(verso blank), pp. (9, 10); text, pp. 11-207; p. (208) blank. There are fly-titles before the major divisions of the work at pp. (9), (35), (49), (71), (87), (111), (139), (153), (195). Pp. (10), (34), (36), (48), (50), (72), (88), (112), (140), (152), (154), (194), (196) blank.

Contents: Same as in American edition, except for the inclusion of the six parts ofTortoises, poems which had previously been published in book form in America, but not in England. (See item 18.)

Demy 8vo, 8¾ × 5¾; issued in canary yellow boards, with black, vellum-finish cloth back, approximating half-cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has yellow paper title-and-name label lettered across in black as follows: (a line) /Birds, Beasts/and Flowers/Poems/By/D. H. Lawrence/ (a line) /Secker/ (a line). Top edges black and cut; fore edges unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

(with M. L. Skinner)

Published August 1924

The/Boy in the Bush/ By / D. H. Lawrence / and / M. L. Skinner / London / Martin Secker / Number Five John Street Adelphi

Collation:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf with signatureaon recto, verso blank) + 376, consisting of half-title (with list of eleven booksBy D. H. Lawrenceon verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1924.at foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents, pp. v, vi; text, pp. 1-369. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 369 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/TheDunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (370-376) are occupied by advertisements which list respectivelyWorks bythe following: D. H. Lawrence, Compton Mackenzie, Norman Douglas, Arthur Machen, Lascelles Abercrombie, Henry James, Jane Austen.

Collation:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf with signatureaon recto, verso blank) + 376, consisting of half-title (with list of eleven booksBy D. H. Lawrenceon verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (withLondon: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1924.at foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); table ofContents, pp. v, vi; text, pp. 1-369. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin line, at foot of p. 369 as follows:Printed in Great Britain by/TheDunedin Press Limited, EdinburghPp. (370-376) are occupied by advertisements which list respectivelyWorks bythe following: D. H. Lawrence, Compton Mackenzie, Norman Douglas, Arthur Machen, Lascelles Abercrombie, Henry James, Jane Austen.

Crown 8vo, 7½ × 5; issued in straw colored cloth; front cover, unlettered, has in black two-line border, inside line thicker than outside; backbone ornamented and lettered across in black as follows: (one thin, one thick line at top) /The Boy/in the Bush/ (dot) /D. H. Lawrence/and/M. L. Skinner/Secker/ (one thick, one thin line at bottom). Top edges black and cut; fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

The first American edition ofThe Boy in the Bushwas published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1924.

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