Chapter II: Introduction (1)

This book, a record of the published writings of Mr. D. H. Lawrence, follows the general plan of the _Centaur Bibliographies_ which have preceded it. The opening section contains collations of the first issues of Mr. Lawrence’s books, twenty-seven in all. Among these collations is that of _Movements in European History_, a book written by Mr. Lawrence, published under the _nom de plume_ Lawrence H. Davison, and never heretofore openly attributed to him. Many of the collations are accompanied by notes. Some of these discuss bibliographical points which could not be adequately covered in the more technical descriptions of the books; others estimate the relative scarcity of the various items, or give information about interesting editions after the first; a few are critical.

Since ten of Mr. Lawrence’s books were first published in America, some consistent method had to be found for ranking the American “firsts” of an English author. The plan adopted for this work was to list the first publication of each book, regardless of place of publication, as the real first edition of that book. It was difficult to escape the logic and common-sense of this solution of a vexing problem. But because the whimseys, prejudices, and sentiments of book-collectors are often notoriously free from logical or sensible restraints, all of the first English editions of Mr. Lawrence are fully described, even though some of them appeared months after the corresponding American editions.

Preceding each collation, the year, the month, and, in important instances, the day of publication are given. This information, for the American books, was supplied especially by Mr. B. W. Huebsch and Mr. Thomas Seltzer. Similar information about the English books was received from Mr. Lawrence’s London publishers, but only in part; in the main, the year and the month of publication were taken from the _English Catalogue of Books_. Information from this source does not always agree absolutely with publishers’ records; but it was usually accepted as sufficiently accurate, since the month of publication at least is oftener a nice refinement in a bibliography than a significant fact. So much for the first section of this study.

The other sections are: Translation; Contributions to Books; Contributions to Periodicals; Studies and Reviews. All but the first of these require some special comment.

In cataloguing Mr. Lawrence’s writings every reasonable effort was made (with what success cannot now be told) to insure a complete record of his numerous and varied contributions to books. In this business it is plainly impossible to be sure that some items have not been overlooked. Without in the least attempting to disarm criticism, one may properly call attention to the great difficulty of running down anthologies of modern poetry and prose, to the making of which there seems, indeed, to be no end. Added to this is the even greater difficulty of ascertaining what these anthologies contain, without examining each one separately. There simply isn’t an index of modern collections of poetry. And indices of the short story leave much to be discovered elsewhere.

Nevertheless, under Contributions to Books are listed some thirty volumes with Lawrence material. They are treated in two ways: the books which contain Lawrence “first printings between boards” are fully described and annotated; those which include reprintings only are not described, but the extent and the source of Mr. Lawrence’s contributions to them are noted. The former are genuine Lawrence items and should be in a comprehensive collection of his writings.

In the fourth section of this study will be found an approximately complete record of Mr. Lawrence’s contributions to periodicals. These contributions are not, everything considered, numerous. There are reasons for this. It has not been Mr. Lawrence’s custom to publish novels serially. He is not a voluminous writer of short stories, contenting himself, evidently, with being a great one. He has never been much given to reviewing, or to any other sort of hack-writing. Plainly, these are not Mr. Lawrence’s ways of keeping the pot boiling.

But numerous or not, the contributions to periodicals are often of great interest—even for reasons unrelated to technical bibliography. For example, many American reviewers of _Studies in Classic American Literature_, published August, 1923, were bewildered by what they considered a surprise attack along our Parnassian front. Others, less alarmed but scarcely more informed, found a direct connection between the book and Mr. Lawrence’s visits to our shores in 1922 and 1923. “Obviously,” they seemed to reason, “the author of this volume came to _These States_ for a first-hand view of our literary shrines, and here is the critical account of his pilgrimage.” All very interesting, if true. In point of fact, long before 1923 many of the studies, in their first forms, lay quietly inurned, but recoverable, in the files of the _English Review_. The earliest study goes back to November, 1918, and most of the others followed hard upon the first.

There is, too, something for the collector among the contributions to periodicals. Items of particular interest to him are commented upon. In this connection, a special effort was made to list the Lawrence material in out-of-the-way magazines. Some of this sort to which Mr. Lawrence contributed were, alas, not long for this hard world. _The Blue Review_, _The Signature_, and _The Seven Arts_ are typical examples of such ephemera.

Although perhaps a majority of Mr. Lawrence’s contributions to periodicals were subsequently used in certain of his works, many remain uncollected. The notes which follow the separate items will usually enable the curious to distinguish the collected from the uncollected. They will also show that Mr. Lawrence often altered the titles of poems and stories before including them in his books. But there the notes stop. No consistent effort was made to deal with the larger phase of Mr. Lawrence’s textual revisions. That lies outside the scope of this volume. However, a comparison, say, of the stories in _The Prussian Officer_ with their first published forms will show that Mr. Lawrence’s revisions go much beyond titles.

Regarding the chronological lists of Studies and Reviews little need be said—except perhaps in apology. They do not, strictly, belong in a volume of this sort, but were finally included for whatever value they might have as an index to the critical comment on Mr. Lawrence’s writings since the publication of _The White Peacock_. The lists make no claim to completeness. Nevertheless, they are probably more inclusive than they should be. Along with much that is fine, they contain much that is pointless and futile. But this is not surprising: the average critic sitting in judgment of Mr. Lawrence is quickly _au bout de son latin_.

Such, then, is the general plan of this bibliographical study. Designed primarily to meet the needs of Lawrence collectors, it will also be serviceable to students of what is now the most brilliant and challenging career in really contemporary English literature. And it may have a further use. Although Mr. Lawrence is quite without the sort of pride in authorship that busies itself with shapes of books or records of publications, he may nevertheless find in this glorified card-index some usefulness. If so, I shall be repaid for the making of it.

And now a word of thanks for help on this book must go especially to Mr. Lawrence, to Mr. Harold T. Mason, to Mr. David Jester, Jr., and to Mr. Carroll Frey. Mr. Lawrence first told me about _Movements in European History_, and he has generously forwarded my work in other ways. The intrepid publishers of this volume made it possible for me to examine duplicates of the various Lawrence items, and Mr. Mason’s knowledge of the investiture of the books herein described was frequently drawn upon. Mr. Frey helped with the typography—which in a book like the present is no small matter. I am also indebted to a number of people, both in England and America, for replies to many sorts of questions.

An appropriate conclusion to this introduction would be, I have no doubt, a solemn recital of the General Confession. But there’s no good here prating of things done or left undone. There simply isn’t. Bibliolatry has its virtues, but sweet charity is not among them. Indeed she’s not. All this by way of letting the users of this book know that reports of my sins of omission and commission will be received with true stoical fortitude.

EDWARD D. MCDONALD

_Philadelphia_
_October 15, 1924_

FIRST EDITIONS

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THE WHITE PEACOCK

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 of
_New 6s. Novels_—eleven items—in upper left of verso), pp. (i,
ii); title-page, as above (with _Copyright, London, 1911, by
William Heinemann, and Washington, U.S.A._, / _by Duffield and
Company_ at foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); fly-leaf, with _Part
I_ and signature _1_ on 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, that _The White Peacock_ was 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 English _White 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 of _The White Peacock_ are 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 comparatively recent 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 Heinemann _White Peacock_ is as scarce as the Methuen _Rainbow_, universally regarded as the rarest Lawrence item. Certain it is that I have seen more copies of _The Rainbow_ in fine condition than I have seen of _The White Peacock_ in 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.

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THE WHITE PEACOCK

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 (with _Copyright, 1910, by_ / _Duffield & Company_ / (a
line) / _The Trow Press, New York_ on verso), pp. (v, vi);
table of _Contents_ (verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); fly-leaf,
with _Part I_ on 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_ / _Duffield_ Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

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THE TRESPASSER

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 (with _All 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, Guildford_
At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated,
catalogue of _A 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 call _The Trespasser_ a “hard” book. It _is_ scarce, but the dealers protest too much. Surely they are not correct in assuming, as they frequently do, that _The Trespasser_ is as scarce as the Heinemann _White Peacock_, even if good copies of it are difficult to come by—as they certainly are.

Although the above is the genuine first issue of _The 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—except _Duckworth_, 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 of _The Trespasser_ in 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 for page, identical with the above. One other copy has been reported to me, by Mr. Arthur Rogers, an English dealer.

The publishers (their file copies of _The Trespasser_ having 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 of _The Trespasser_ was published, from the Duckworth sheets, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1912.

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LOVE POEMS AND OTHERS

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 (with _Several of these Poems have_ / _appeared in the
“English_ / _Review,” the “Nation,” and_ / _the “Westminster
Gazette.”_ in center of verso), pp. (3, 4); table of
_Contents_, 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. Lawrence_ Backbone 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 Others_ was 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 counting _Bay_, a private press volume) by Mr. Lawrence, I am inclined to rank _Love Poems_ third in scarcity. I suspect that both _Amores_ (first issue, with the catalogue) and _Look! We Have Come Through!_ are scarcer than this item. Be that as it may, _Love Poems_ is 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 of _Love Poems and Others_ was published, from the Duckworth sheets, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1913.

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SONS AND LOVERS

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 (with _All rights
reserved_ in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); dedication,
_To_ / _Edward Garnett_ (verso blank), pp. (v, vi); table of
_Contents_ (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, Guildford_ P. (424)
blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated,
catalogue of _A 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 significance of 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 an _editio princeps_ of _Sons and Lovers_ in 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; for _Sons and Lovers_ is 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 of _Sons and Lovers_ was published, from new plates, by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, 1913.

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THE WIDOWING OF MRS. HOLROYD

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 Björkman_ at head,
and _The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd_ / _D. H. Lawrence_ at foot
of recto (verso blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above
(with _Copyright 1914 by_ / _Mitchell Kennerley_ / _The_
(dot) _Plimpton_ (dot) _Press_ / _Norwood_ (dot) _Mass_ (dot)
_U_ (dot) _S_ (dot) _A_ on verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of
_Contents_ (verso blank), pp. (v, vi); _Introduction_, by
Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list
of _Persons_ on 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 Björkman_ Backbone 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 of _The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd_ preceded 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 of _The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd_ was 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.

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THE WIDOWING OF MRS. HOLROYD

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 (with _Copyright 1914 by_ /
_Mitchell Kennerley_ / _The_ (dot) _Plimpton_ (dot) _Press_ /
_Norwood_ (dot) _Mass_ (dot) _U_ (dot) _S_ (dot) _A_ on verso),
pp. (iii, iv); table of _Contents_ (verso blank), pp. (v, vi);
_Introduction_, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional
half-title (with list of _Persons_ on verso), pp. (1, 2);
text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank. At end of volume there is
20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue of _A Selection from_
/ _Duckworth & Co.’s_ / _List of Publications_

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has 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. Holroyd_ Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

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THE PRUSSIAN OFFICER AND OTHER STORIES

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 books _By the Same Author_,
enclosed in one-line box, in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv);
title-page, as above (with _Published December 1914_ in center
of verso), pp. (v, vi); table of _Contents_ (verso blank), pp.
(vii, viii); text, pp. (1)-310. Printers’ imprint at foot of p.
310 as follows: _William Brendon and Son, Ltd._ / _Printers,
Plymouth_ Pp. (311, 312) are occupied by advertisements of four
books _By D. H. Lawrence_. At end of volume there is 16-page,
numbered but undated, catalogue of _A 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 Stained Glass; 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 Officer_ was 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 had the 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 in _Sons and Lovers_ (1913), and that in the collation above appears in _Amores_ (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 of _The Prussian Officer_ must, 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 of _The Prussian Officer_ was published, from the Duckworth sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916.

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THE RAINBOW

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 (with _First
Published in 1915_ in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv);
dedication, _To Else_ (verso blank), pp. v, (vi); table of
_Contents_ (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, dated _Autumn,
1915_, of _Methuen’s Popular Novels_ Pp. (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. Lawrence_ Backbone 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) / _Methuen_ Back 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 to _The 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 that _The Rainbow_ was in circulation just six weeks before action for its suppression was successfully carried on November 13, 1915. The curious may consult a communication by G. W. de Tunzelmann, published in the _Athenæum_, 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 York _Tribune_, 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 of _The Rainbow_ after November 13, 1915.

In his preface above Mr. Lawrence mentions the protests of Mr. Arnold Bennett and Miss May Sinclair against the suppression of _The 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 that the suppression of this book was a crime, the murder of a beautiful thing.”

The first American edition of _The Rainbow_ was 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 Methuen _Rainbow_ is, I need hardly say, a very scarce book. Whether or not it is scarcer than the Heinemann _White Peacock_ must remain a matter of opinion.

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TWILIGHT IN ITALY

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 six _Works by D. H. Lawrence_ at head of verso), pp.
(i, ii); title-page, as above (with _First published 1916_ in
center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines
(verso blank), pp. v, (vi); table of _Contents_ (verso blank),
pp. vii, (viii); divisional fly-leaf, with _The Crucifix across
the_ / _Mountains_ on 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 contains _Messrs. Duckworth & Co.’s_ / _Spring_ /
_Announcements_ / _1916_ The 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 Italy_ was 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. I have 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 Italy_ is worth having in any condition. It should be more widely read. Like _Sea and Sardinia_, it is too often merely a name, even to admirers of Mr. Lawrence’s other work.

The first American edition of _Twilight in Italy_ was published, from the Duckworth sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916.

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AMORES

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 of _Contents_, 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 Press_ Pp. (139, 140) blank. At end of
volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue of _A
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 of _Amores_ was 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.”

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LOOK! WE HAVE COME THROUGH!

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 (with _Some 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 of _Contents_, 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._ / _Lawrence_ Top 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 of _Birds, Beasts and Flowers_, his most notably original contribution to modern poetry. The relative scarcity of copies of the first edition of _Look! We Have Come Through!_ is discussed in the note on _Love Poems_, and nothing more on that point need be said here.

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

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NEW POEMS

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 of _Poems by the Same Author_ at 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 Lowell_ at head; and
printers’ imprint, _Printed in England by the Westminster
Press_ / _411a, Harrow Road, London_ at foot of verso), pp. (3,
4); table of _Contents_, 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_) / _xvii Buckingham Street_ / _Adelphi_ Top and fore edges cut; bottom edges untrimmed.

The first edition of _New Poems_ was 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 of _New Poems_ was 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 to _Look! 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 in _The Playboy_, Numbers 4-5 (not dated), under the title “The Poetry of the Present.”

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BAY: A BOOK OF POEMS

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 of _Contents_, 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 dedication _To Cynthia Asquith_ on 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 of _Bay_ are fully described in the collation above, except as to the following points: (1) the copies 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, for _Bay_ contains some of Mr. Lawrence’s finest short poems.

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TOUCH AND GO

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 Go_ in center of recto (with _Copyright 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 three _Plays 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 of _Characters_
on 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 Go_ is one of the easier Lawrence items. It is not difficult to get, but it _is_ quite worth having. The play is interesting; the preface is extremely uproarious.

The first American edition of _Touch and Go_ was published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1920.

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WOMEN IN LOVE

(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 (with
_Copyright, 1920, by_ / _D. H. Lawrence_ / (a line) / _All
rights reserved_ in 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 ornamental raised 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, blue _Women 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 of _Women in Love_ were 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 of _Women in Love_ described below as item 14B.

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WOMEN IN LOVE

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 (with _London: Martin
Secker (Ltd.), 1921_ at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table
of _Contents_ (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, Edinburgh_ Pp. (509-512) are occupied respectively by
_Some Press Opinions of_ / _The Lost Girl_; _The Tales of_ /
_Henry James_; _The Novels of_ / _Compton Mackenzie_; and an
advertisement of _New 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 with _The Lost Girl_.

The first English edition of _Women 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.

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WOMEN IN LOVE

(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 (with _Copyright,
1920, by_ / _D. H. Lawrence_ / (a line) / _All rights reserved_
in 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 of _Women in Love_ was 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 of _Women in Love_ are uniform with the Secker format of Mr. Lawrence’s novels, beginning with _The Lost Girl_ and followed by the ordinary _Women in Love_ described 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 mention this 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 of _Women 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 of _Women in Love_; (2) this is one of the two books which Mr. Lawrence has thus far signed—and the only novel.

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THE LOST GIRL

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 (with _London: Martin
Secker (Ltd.), 1920_ at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table
of _Contents_ (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) / _The Lost_ / _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 of _The Lost Girl_ exists 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 of _The Lost Girl_ after 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 in _The Lost Girl_ is 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.”