LAWRENCE, David Herbert (1885-1930). Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence: Privately Printed by the Tipografia Giuntina, 1928.
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
$1,500
Sold for $2,375
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Lot Description
LAWRENCE, David Herbert (1885-1930). Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence: Privately Printed by the Tipografia Giuntina, 1928.
8vo. Rebound in modern gilt-ruled red morocco, by Studio Ars Libri (spine very slightly faded); matching morocco-edged board slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 954 of 1000 copies signed by Lawrence. Lawrence commissioned the Tipografia Guintina in Florence to print Lady Chatterley's Lover in the spring of 1928 after it was rejected by several English publishers. He planned to sell the one thousand numbered copies for £2 each and sent order forms to friends in America and Europe who acted as agents in distributing copies. By December 1928, Lawrence had nearly sold all one thousand copies despite the fact that the novel was about to be suppressed in London and was stopped from entering the United States. Roberts A42a.
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