Lawrence, D.H. (1885-1930). A group of 9 titles, most first editions, comprising:

The White Peacock. London: William Heinemann, 1911. Original dark blue cloth (rubbing); slipcase. Provenance: Maggie Burges, former girlfriend of DH Lawrence (provenance letters from Claude Cox, Philip Titcombe). FIRST EDITION. -- Sons and Lovers. London: Duckworth & Co., 1913. Original dark blue cloth; folding case. Provenance: George Dudley Seymour (1859-1945), American historian, antiquarian, and author (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, variant 1. -- The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories. London: Martin Secker, 1928. Original brown cloth (rubbing). Provenance: Geoffrey Marks (ownership signature). FIRST EDITION. -- Pornography and Obscenity. London: Faber & Faber, 1929. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. -- My Skirmish with Jolly Roger. New York: Random House, 1929. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 264 of 600 copies. -- A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover. London: Mandrake Press, 1930. Original blue cloth (rubbing). FIRST EDITION. -- The Escaped Cock. Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. Original printed wrappers; glassine dustjacket (some loss to spine); publisher's slipcase (cover detached, rubbing, edgewear). Provenance: Ralph D. Hartman (bookplate affixed to slipcase). FIRST EDITION. -- The Virgin and the Gypsy. London: Martin Secker, 1931. Original red cloth (some darkening to spine). Provenance: Edith R. Lewis (ownership signature). Third edition. -- The Man Who Died. London: Martin Secker, 1931. Original olive cloth gilt. LIMITED EDITION, one of 2,000 copies.

Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, all 8vo. Condition generally fine.

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Lawrence, D.H. (1885-1930). A group of 9 titles, most first editions, comprising:

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