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First edition and signed limited edition of D.H. Lawrence's most ambitious, significant, and explicit work on sex and romance. Octavo, original publisher's mulberry paper-covered boards with white paper spine label, central Phoenix motif to the front panel. One of one thousand copies signed by D.H. Lawrence on the limitation page. In very good condition, bookplate to the front pastedown. 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 enigma and complexity of sex. The story of the physical and emotional relationship between a working class man and an upper class woman, its explicit descriptions of sex soon led to routine confiscation and destruction of any copies police and customs officials could find in both England and the United States. An unexpurgated edition was not published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960, when it was the subject of a watershed obscenity trial against the publisher Penguin Books. Penguin won the case under the Obscene Publications Act 1959, and quickly sold 3 million copies. The book was also banned for obscenity in the United States, Canada, Australia, India, and Japan and was not available in the United States until Grove Press brought the matter to court in 1959, over 30 years after the publication of the first edition (Roberts, 42a).

"Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence. 1928 first limited edition, number 401 of 1,000 copies signed by the author, crushed red half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, small dent to lower cover, else fine, [Roberts A42a], sm.4to, Privately Printed by the Tipografia Giuntina. ? Lawrence's most famous work, subject of the notorious 1960 obscenity trial.

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

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, 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.