Lot 196
Lawrence, D. H., Joseph Conrad, Norman Douglas and others
Collection of works
£875
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
comprising:
Lawrence, D.H. Pansies. London: P. R. Stephensen, 1929. 'Definitive edition' (Roberts), one of 500 copies signed by the author, 8vo, original wrappers, glassine dust jacket (slightly chipped at spine ends) [Roberts A47c];
Idem. The Story of Doctor Manente, being the Tenth and Last Story from the Suppers of A. F. Grazzini called Il Lasca. Translation and Introduction by D. H. Lawrence, Florence: G. Orioli, 1912. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 200 'special copies ... on Binda hand-made paper' signed by the author, 8vo, original simulated vellum with matching slipcase, slipcase slightly distressed [Roberts A45a];
Idem. Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence: privately printed [verso of title: by the Tipografia Giuntina], 1928. 'Second edition, limited to 200 copies' (i.e. first edition, cheap-paper issue), square 8vo, contemporary black cloth, [4] 365 pp., original wrappers bound in, browning (stronger in margins), pencilled marginalia and underlining, a few closed marginal tears, pp. 207/8 loose [Roberts A42b];
Conrad, Joseph. The Secret Agent. A Drama in Three Acts. London: privately printed for subscribers only by T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1923. First edition thus, one of 1000 copies signed by the author, 8vo, original blue boards, white paper backstrip, dust jacket, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, largely unopened, duplicate spine-label tipped to rear blank;
Idem. Three Plays. Laughing Anne, One Day More and The Secret Agent. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1934. First edition thus, 8vo, original red cloth, dust jacket, inscribed 'To Harold and Ada, affectionately from their friend Jessie Conrad, 1934' on the front free endpaper, spotting to edges and outer leaves;
Douglas, Norman. How About Europe? Some Footnotes on East and West. Florence: privately printed, 1929. First edition, one of 550 copies numbered and signed by the author, 8vo, original patterned boards, inscribed 'To my great ... generous and dearly loved friend Frank (Frank Holliday), from ... K (Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji), June 10 MCMLIII, Corfu [...]' on the front free endpaper;
and 6 others, comprising: Joseph Conrad, The Rover, 1923 (first edition, later blue calf gilt by Bayntun); Norman Douglas, Together, 1923 (large-paper issue, one of 250 copies signed by Douglas); idem, Summer Islands, 1931 (one of 550 copies signed by Douglas); W. Somerset Maugham, The Vagrant Mood, 1952 (one of 500 copies, signed); T. E. Lawrence, The Mint, 1955 (one of 2000 copies, 4to, original quarter morocco, slipcase); and a gelatin silver print photograph of Jo Davidson's bust of D. H. Lawrence inscribed on verso of mount 'This photograph belongs to Martin Secker' (12)
Footnote
Note: Harold Goodburn (1891-1966), recipient of this copy of Conrad's Three Plays, was tutor to Conrad's son John (1906-1982) at the King's School, Canterbury.
