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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 are extant. 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 of _The Lost Girl_ is 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 of _The Lost Girl_, which has the altered text, was published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1921.

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MOVEMENTS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY

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
of _Contents_ (with list of fourteen _Maps_ on 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_ / _Milford_ All edges cut. End-papers white.

_Movements in European History_, written by Mr. Lawrence and published under the _nom de plume_ Lawrence 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 that _Movements in European History_ is 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 the reprint, 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 reissue _Movements_ with 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 of _Movements in European History_ will probably be published next spring, with Mr. Lawrence’s authorship acknowledged, by Thomas Seltzer, New York.

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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS

(“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 (with
_Copyright, 1921, by_ / _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line)
/ _All rights reserved_ / _Printed in the United States of
America_ on verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_ (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. Lawrence_ Backbone lettered across in very dark blue: _Psycho-_ / _analysis_ / _and the_ / _Uncon-_ / _scious_ / (a line) / _D. H._ / _Lawrence_ / _Thomas_ / _Seltzer_ Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS

(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
(with _Copyright, 1921, by_ / _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a
line) / _All rights reserved_ / _Printed in the United States
of America_ on verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_ (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. Lawrence_ Backbone lettered across in dark blue: _Psycho-_ / _analysis_ / _and the_ / _Uncon-_ / _scious_ / (a line) / _D. H._ / _Lawrence_ / _Thomas_ / _Seltzer_ Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS

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 books _By the same Author_ on verso), pp. (1, 2);
title-page, as above (with _London: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923_
on verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_ (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 of _Psychoanalysis 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 of _Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious_ differ 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” of _Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious_ is 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 collations above 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 about _Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious_ and 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.

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TORTOISES

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 (with _Copyright, 1921, by_
/ _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line) / _All rights reserved_ /
_Printed in the United States of America_ on verso), pp. (3,
4); table of _Contents_ (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); fly-leaf,
with _Baby Tortoise_ on 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. Lawrence_ Backbone 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 of _Tortoises_, which book has never been published in single-volume form in England. Its first appearance there between boards was in _Birds, 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 list _Tortoises_ at a price considerably in advance of the American publication price. Naturally the book is less common in England than here.

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SEA AND SARDINIA

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; and _Map for Sea and
Sardinia_, by D. H. Lawrence), consisting of half-title (verso
blank), pp. (1, 2); frontispiece; title-page, as above (with
_Copyright, 1921, by_ / _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line)
/ _All rights reserved_ / _Printed in the United States of
America_ on verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_ (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 Sardinia_ was 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 of _Sea and Sardinia_ (and _Twilight 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 of _Sea and Sardinia_, both American and English, are still relatively easy to get.

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SEA AND SARDINIA

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 books _By the
same Author_ on verso), pp. (3, 4); frontispiece; title-page,
as above (with _London: Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923_ at foot
of verso), pp. (5, 6); table of _Contents_ (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 Norwich_ Pp. (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 same _Map 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 of _Sea and Sardinia_ is uniform with the Seeker format of Mr. Lawrence’s novels, beginning with _The Lost Girl_. It is a beautiful book. Indeed, taken merely as a book, this is perhaps the most beautiful Lawrence item.

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AARON’S ROD

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 (with _Copyright, 1922, by_
/ _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line) / _All rights reserved_ /
_Printed in the United States of America_ on verso), pp. (3,
4); table of _Contents_ (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 at _by_ of lettering, which is in black in upper right corner as follows: _Aaron’s_ / _Rod_ / _by_ / _D. H. Lawrence_ Backbone lettered across in black: _Aaron’s_ / _Rod_ / (a line) / _D. H. Lawrence_ / _Thomas_ / _Seltzer_ Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

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AARON’S ROD

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 (with _London: Martin
Secker (Ltd.), 1922_ at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table
of _Contents_ (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, Edinburgh_ At end of volume is unnumbered eight-page
announcement of _Martin_ / _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 with _The Lost Girl_.

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FANTASIA OF THE UNCONSCIOUS

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 (with _Copyright,
1922, by_ / _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line) / _All Rights
Reserved_ / _Printed in the United States of America_ on
verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of _Contents_ (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. Lawrence_ Backbone lettered across in gilt: _Fantasia_ / _of the_ / _Unconscious_ / (a line) / _D. H. Lawrence_ / _Thomas_ / _Seltzer_ Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

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FANTASIA OF THE UNCONSCIOUS

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 books _By the same Author_ at top of verso), pp. (1, 2);
title-page, as above (with _London: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1923_
at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_ (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 in Great 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.

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ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND

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 (with _Copyright,
1922, by_ / _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line) / _All Rights
Reserved_ / _Printed in the United States of America_ on
verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of _Contents_ (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 at _by_ of lettering, which is in gilt in upper right corner as follows: _England_ / _My_ / _England_ / _by_ / _D. H. Lawrence_ Backbone lettered across in gilt: _England_ / _My_ / _England_ / (a line) / _D. H. Lawrence_ / _Thomas_ / _Seltzer_ Back cover blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.

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ENGLAND, MY ENGLAND

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 signature _A_
(with list of eleven books _By the same Author_ on verso),
pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with _London: Martin Secker
(Ltd.), 1924_ on verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_ (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, Edinburgh_ At
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 with _The Lost Girl_.

_England, My England_ was Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of short stories. It came almost eight years after the first. However, the long interval between _The Prussian Officer_ and this second collection would seem to have less significance in his career as a writer of short stories than some reviewers of _England, My England_ tried to make out. At any rate, the title story of the latter volume appeared in the _English Review_ in 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 England_ is a Lawrence item of great importance. The book is still “easy” in either the American or the English first form.

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THE LADYBIRD

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 books _By the same Author_ at top of verso), pp. (1, 2);
title-page, as above (with _London: Martin Secker (Ltd.),
1923._ at foot of verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_
(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, Edinburgh_ P. (256)
is occupied by three excerpts from reviews of three novels _By_
/ _D. H. Lawrence_ There 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, 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 Ladybird_, beyond all question one of the most distinguished books of contemporary fiction, was published in America under the title _The 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.

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STUDIES IN CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE

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 books _By D. H. Lawrence_, surrounded by one-line
border, on verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (with
_Copyright, 1923, by_ / _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line)
/ _All Rights Reserved_ / _Printed in the United States of
America_ on verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of _Contents_ (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 Leatherstocking Novels; 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. Lawrence_ Backbone lettered across in gilt: _Studies_ / _in_ / _Classic_ / _American_ / _Literature_ / _D. H._ / _Lawrence_ / _Thomas_ / _Seltzer_ Back cover blank. Top edges blue and cut; fore and bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.

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STUDIES IN CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE

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 books _By the same Author_ on verso), pp. (1, 2);
title-page, as above (with _London: Martin Secker (Ltd.) 1924_
on verso), pp. (3, 4); table of _Contents_ (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 Literature_ is, so far, Mr. Lawrence’s only sustained work in literary criticism. Many of these essays first appeared serially in the _English Review_. The dates of their appearance in that journal are given under Contributions to Periodicals, where a paper on Whitman in the London _Nation_ is also noted. Before their publication in book form the essays were materially revised, and several new studies were added.

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KANGAROO

Published September 1923

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

COLLATION:—pp. vi (preceded by leaf, signature _a_ on
recto, verso blank) + 408, consisting of half-title (verso
blank), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (with _London:
Martin Secker (Ltd.), 1923._ at foot of verso), pp. (iii,
iv); table of _Contents_ (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, Edinburgh_ Pp. (403-408) are occupied
by advertisements which list respectively _Works by_ the
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 with _The Lost Girl_.

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

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BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERS

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 (with _Copyright, 1923, by_
/ _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line) / _All rights reserved_
/ _Printed in the United States of America_ on verso), pp.
(iii, iv); acknowledgement—three lines (verso blank), pp. (v,
vi); table of _Contents_, 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._ / _Lawrence_ Top edges cut; fore and bottom edges uncut. End-papers white.

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BIRDS, BEASTS AND FLOWERS

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 books _By the same Author_ at top of verso), pp. (1, 2);
title-page, as above (with _Printed in Great Britain_ / _by
the Riverside Press Limited_ / _Edinburgh_ / _London: Martin
Secker (Ltd.) 1923_ on verso), pp. (3, 4); acknowledgement—five
lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table of _Contents_, 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 of _Tortoises_, 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.

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THE BOY IN THE BUSH

(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 signature _a_ on
recto, verso blank) + 376, consisting of half-title (with list
of eleven books _By D. H. Lawrence_ on verso), pp. (i, ii);
title-page, as above (with _London: Martin Secker (Ltd.),
1924._ at foot of verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of _Contents_,
pp. v, vi; text, pp. 1-369. Printers’ imprint, beneath thin
line, at foot of p. 369 as follows: _Printed in Great Britain
by_ / _The Dunedin Press Limited, Edinburgh_ Pp. (370-376)
are occupied by advertisements which list respectively _Works
by_ the 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 of _The Boy in the Bush_ was published, from new plates, by Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1924.

NOTE. Since the first proof of this bibliography was corrected,
the following books, stories, and articles by Mr. Lawrence
have either been published or announced for early publication:
(1) _Little Novels of Sicily_ by Giovanni Verga, translated
by D. H. Lawrence, has been published in America by Thomas
Seltzer, and is announced for publication in England by Basil
Blackwell; (2) _Mastro-Don Gesualdo_ by Giovanni Verga,
translated by D. H. Lawrence, is announced for publication in
England by Jonathan Cape; (3) _St. Mawr_, containing two long
stories, “St. Mawr” and “The Princess,” has been announced for
publication in England by Martin Secker; (4) _The Black Swans_
by M. L. Skinner, with an introduction by D. H. Lawrence, has
been announced for publication in England by Jonathan Cape; (5)
_The New Decameron_, Volume IV, published in England by Basil
Blackwell, contains “The Last Laugh,” a new short story by Mr.
Lawrence; (6) the first installment of “The Princess” appeared
in the March number of _The Calendar of Modern Letters_ a new
English monthly.

TRANSLATION

MASTRO—DON GESUALDO

1923

MASTRO—DON GESUALDO / By / Giovanni Verga / Translated by / D. H. Lawrence / (_publisher’s device_) / New York / Thomas Seltzer / 1923

COLLATION:—pp. xii + 456, consisting of half-title (with a list
of fifteen books _By D. H. Lawrence_, surrounded by one-line
border, on verso), pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (with
_Copyright, 1923, by_ / _Thomas Seltzer, Inc._ / (a line)
/ _All Rights Reserved_ / _Printed in the United States of
America_ on verso), pp. (iii, iv); _Biographical Note_, pp.
v-vii; _Bibliography_, p. viii; _Principal Characters_, pp.
ix, (x); table of _Contents_ (verso blank), pp. (xi, xii);
fly-leaf, _First Part_ (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); text, pp.
3-454. Pp. (455, 456) blank. There is no printer’s imprint.
Fly-leaves precede the four parts of the work at pp. (1, 2),
(163, 164), (269, 270), (351, 352). Pp. (2), (164), (268),
(270), (352) blank.

Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in rough orange cloth; front cover has in blind one-line border, and is divided by vertical line in blind; horizontal line in blind, two inches from top, is broken by purple paper title-and-name label lettered in white as follows: _Mastro—_ / _Don_ / _Gesualdo_ / _by_ / _Giovanni_ / _Verga_ Backbone has at top purple title-and-name label lettered across in white: _Mastro—_ / _Don_ / _Gesualdo_ / (a line) / _Verga_ / (with _Thomas_ / _Seltzer_ stamped in black at bottom); back cover blank. Top edges orange; all edges cut. End-papers white.

Some copies of _Mastro—Don Gesualdo_ show a slight variation from the above. In these copies what is p. (i) is preceded by, and what is page (456) is followed by three blank leaves of very heavy paper, like the end-papers. This translation has not thus far been published in England.

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