Author: Lawrence, D.H.

Publisher: Paris: Deux-Rives.

Format: French bound [looseleaf] letterpress book on wool chiffon paper, colour lithograph cover with glassine dust jacket, cream chemise with red velvet spine and matching velvet slipcase, numbered 450 of 950 copies, previous owner’s dedication in ink on chemise, 322pp, 28 x 23cm.

Text in French. Each chapter head has a single colour lithograph by “Schem.” Preface by Frieda Lawrence (wife of D.H. Lawrence), critique by Esther Forbes. Unfortunately this copy is missing the additional lithograph that was issued with the book.

Stains to covers of chemise, scuffing, and a split to the seam. Edgewear and repaired seam to slipcase. Book has some offsetting from the lithography, otherwise very good.