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This is a rebound limited edition copy, #37 of 1000 copies. Signed by Lawrence to limitation page. Professionally rebound in full leather with gilt. Slight signs of handling to pages. Uncut edges. A tight, square unmarked copy. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author

LAWRENCE, David Herbert (1885-1930) Lettre autographe signée « DH Lawrence » à George Conway Hôtel Beau Rivage, Bandol, 29 décembre 1928, 2 p. in-8, en anglais, enveloppe autographe jointe Quelques infimes décharges d encre, toute petite tache sans atteinte au texte, ancienne trace de trombone Remarquable lettre de DH Lawrence au sujet de son livre scandaleux L Amant de Lady Chatterley. Le romancier s inquiète que son correspondant n ait pas encore reçu ses exemplaires et finit sa missive par une brève analyse de la réception critique de son uvre. [Traduction de l anglais] « Cher Conway, je suis affligé d apprendre que vos exemplaires de l Amant de Lady Chatterley ne vous soient pas parvenus. Ils ont été envoyés par courrier recommandé il y a longtemps et le gouvernement mexicain ne les confisquerait sûrement pas, comme le font les douanes américaines ! Je vais demander à Orioli de vous envoyer le bordereau d enregistrement, pour voir si vous pouvez les retracer. Si ce n est pas le cas, vous devez en avoir d autres, s il en reste. Orioli en a très peu me semble-t-il ils peuvent tous être commandés. Mais un au moins je vous en garderai un. Il faut savoir ce que les autres sont devenus. Le livre se vend à $ 50 aux États-Unis et £ 5. ici en Europe vous voyez donc que c est une perte. Votre carte de Noël m est parvenue ce matin aussi et comme elle est jolie ! J ai aussi un petit livre de vous que j ai trouvé charmant. Nous avons abandonné la Villa Mirenda, et sommes un peu désemparés, on se demande où aller et où vivre ensuite. Je pense que dans une quinzaine de jours, nous irons en Espagne et nous essaierons cela. Mais nous pourrions aller au Nouveau-Mexique pour l été, donc si jamais vous y allez, assurez-vous d abord de savoir si nous y sommes. J étais malade l année dernière, mais je vais beaucoup mieux maintenant et je redeviens moi-même. Certaines personnes ont été très scandalisées par Lady C., mais beaucoup l ont pris dans le bon esprit et me restent fidèles. J espère vraiment que vous obtiendrez vos exemplaires, que vous les lirez et que vous ne serez pas choqué Mme Conway également. Nous avons vécu trop longtemps pour être choqués par les mots. Comment allez-vous tous les deux ? Je pense souvent à vous, et je tremble parfois pour vous, en voyant les nouvelles mexicaines. Mais vous continuerez pour toujours, je pense, à faire fonctionner ces tramways et à déchiffrer les messages en espagnol. Très nombreuses salutations de notre part à tous les deux. D.H. Lawrence » - Roman scandaleux à plus d un égard, L Amant de Lady Chatterley est publié à Florence en 1928. Ce n est qu en 1960, longtemps après la mort de l auteur (1930), que l ouvrage sort au Royaume-Uni. La publication du livre provoque un scandale en raison des scènes explicites de rapports sexuels, de son vocabulaire considéré comme grossier et du fait que les amants dont il est question soient un homme de la classe ouvrière et une aristocrate. George Robert Graham Conway et sa femme, Anne Elizabeth, font partie des amis anglais de D.H. Lawrence, qu ils rencontrent au Nouveau-Mexique en 1925. Conway est ingénieur spécialisé dans l industrie du transport ferroviaire et grand collectionneur de documents coloniaux espagnols. The Letters of D.H. Lawrence, Keith Sagar & James T. Boulton, vol. VII p. 108

Florence: Privately Printed by the Tipografia Giuntina, 1928. 4to 2 p.l., 365, [1] pp., [1] leaf (blank). FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 1,000 COPIES, SIGNED BY LAWRENCE. Original publisher's mulberry-colored paper boards, edges untrimmed, note chips to spine, else quite lovely. Roberts A-42a. This is simply a good tpo very gppd copy of one of the major works of British literature in the 20th century. Although poetical in the general treatment of its subject, this book is a landmark in the history of the English novel in that it depicts for the first time in a studied and unabashedly direct way the concrete sexual experience, accompanied by the uninhibited language of real life. The book was first published in Italy because of obstacles erected by the censor in Britain, where it did not circulate in unexpurgated form until 1960.

First edition, limited issue, number 302 of 1000 copies, signed by the author; large 8vo (23 x 17 cm); one or two minor marginal spots, else unmarked internally; publisher's mulberry coloured boards, Lawrence's phoenix device to upper board in black, white paper title label to spine printed in black, untrimmed, slight chipping to corners and foot of spine, spine ends slightly bumped, minor split to lower front joint but sound; preserved in brown cloth chemise within brown morocco gilt slip-case. This novel shines as an example of Lawrence's finite skill in conveying the nature of relationships and his use of characters to communicate his personal philosophy. His depiction of love-making (seen as shocking at the time) and the intimacy and sense of touch derives from his wish to restore an emphasis on the body and balance it with what he perceived to be Western civilisation's over-emphasis on the mind. Lawrence's writing and opinions earned him many enemies, censorship and misrepresentation of his creativity, which was his reflection on the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation, while also exploring issues such as emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. To avoid British censorship and certain prosecution, this edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover was published privately in Florence therefore not only is it the first edition but the first unexpurgated edition, which would not be seen in the U. K. until 1960. Even then, the publisher, Penguin stood trial under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959, in which one of the objections was to the frequent use of the word 'fuck'. The prosecution was ridiculed for being out of touch with changing social opinions, particularly when the Chief Prosecutor, Mervyn Griffith-Jones asked if it were the kind of book 'you would wish your wife or servants to read.' The jury was less prudish and acquitted Penguin on all charges.

Full Description: LAWRENCE, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover. [Florence]: Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina], 1928. First edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, signed by the author. This being number 773. Octavo (9 x 6 1/4 inches; 227 x 157 mm). [4], 365, [3, blank] pp. Original brown paper boards with printed paper spine label. Front cover printed in black with the Lawrence phoenix. Unopened. A fine copy. Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell case . Available by subscription only in this private Florence printing and banned in England and America for obscenity, Lady Chatterley's Lover was Lawrence's most ambitious attempt to present his vision of the mystery and wonder of sex. Lawrence described the book as "beautiful and tender and frail as the naked self," but in England and the United States police and customs officials routinely confiscated and destroyed any copies they could find and prosecuted the booksellers. Lady Chatterley's Lover was not available in the U.S. until Grove Press brought the matter to court in 1959, over 30 years after the publication of the first edition. Roberts A42a. HBS 69119. $12,500.

First edition, limited to 1,000 numbered copies signed by D. H. Lawrence, privately printed and available by subscription only. Bound in original brown paper-covered boards with upper board stamped with black phoenix design and paper title label to spine. Near Fine with rubbing to corners and light wear to covers, pages toned and lightly foxed heavier at prelims and terminals. A controversial novel for its time, this was banned in both England and America, and not published in the later until 1959. Housed in a custom morocco-backed chemise slipcase.

First edition, first impression, number 596 of 1,000 copies signed and numbered by the author, here retaining the scarce plain paper dust jacket, well-preserved in a contemporary glassine wrapper possibly issued by the publisher. This copy is offered together with an unpublished autograph postcard from the author to his mother-in-law, Anna Freiin von Richthofen (1879-1930). The postcard - located and dated "Santa Fe. 18 Okt", and franked the same day - was sent by Lawrence in 1924 to "Frau Baronin von Richthofen", the title shared by Lawrence's wife Frieda, her sister Else, and their mother Anna, with whom Lawrence maintained a close correspondence. Written in German, it reads: "reisen morgen nach El Paso - ich schiche dir heute Photographien von Ranch" ["Travelling tomorrow to El Paso - I am sending you the Ranch photographs today"]. The "Ranch" refers to Lawrence's New Mexico residence, where he lived between 1922 and 1924, and where he was interred after his death. Lawrence's novel was printed in Florence by a small avant-garde publisher to circumvent British obscenity laws. "Lady Chatterley's Lover - written in the astonishing time of just five weeks, in one of Lawrence's last great bursts of creative energy - also sustained him, as he overcame the difficulties lying in the way of an individual publishing and distributing his own book. With the help of the Florentine bookseller Pino Orioli, the handsome volume was printed in and distributed from Florence, and made Lawrence more money than he had ever imagined" (ODNB). Roberts & Poplawski A42a (not mentioning the existence of paper or glassine jackets). Octavo. Original pinkish-brown paper-covered boards, paper spine label, Lawrence's phoenix device blocked in black on front cover, edges untrimmed. With original plain cream dust jacket and contemporary glassine. Housed in a custom black half morocco solander box. Minute splits to spine ends, spot of foxing to label, contents crisp, fresh, and largely unopened; hint of rubbing and toning to jacket, a few faint damp stains to spine, extremities lightly chipped with some very minor loss to spine: a near-fine copy in near-fine dust jacket.

First edition. Number 19 in a limited edition of 1000 copies privately printed for the author in Florence. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Original mulberry card backed boards with the Lawrencian phoenix in black on the upper cover and title label on the spine, in scarce publisher's unprinted yellow dustwrapper. A fine copy, crisp and clean with just a little foxing to the title label in a fine dustwrapper with a trace of wear to the spine ends and a tiny puncture to the rear panel. Internally uncut and unopened. An exceptional copy. Lawrence's most famous work but also one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century. It was rejected by both British and American publishers on the grounds of obscenity, forcing Lawrence to seek the help of Florentine bookseller Giuseppe Orioli, who arranged for the book to be set by hand by Italian printers and issued on subscription in an edition of 1000 copies. Despite being banned in Britain and America, with several illicit consignments seized in police raids, the edition sold out within six months. It was subsequently pirated and translated, expurgated and bowdlerised, condemned and confiscated until Penguin's unexpurgated publication and subsequent acquittal for obscenity in 1960 marked a significant advance for the freedom of the written word.