SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND WITH AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER
The Rainbow
Methuen, 1915.
First edition, first issue. Signed in black ink by the author to the title-page. Original teal cloth, lettered in blind on the upper cover, gilt-decoration and lettering on the spine. Housed in a green French levant solander case with gilt title and decoration on the spine, and wine-coloured watered-silk protecting wrappers. Accompanied by a hand-written, signed two sided letter, to his literary agent J. B. Pinker dated 14th December 1915. It discusses the title of Twilight in Italy and the publication of The Rainbow. A fine and bright copy, with the lower fore corners slightly bumped. Circular library stamp neatly washed from imprint on title page.
Lawrence's great early novel of which only 1250 copies of the first edition were printed, and about a third of which were destroyed following the book's prosecution for obscenity.
J.B. Pinker was D.H. Lawrence's literary agent during the First World War, and oversaw publications including The Rainbow, while Lawrence battled his work facing censorship and personal financially instability.
Stock ID: 46682
£17,500.00
