Prussian Officer and Other Stories, The – D. H. Lawrence
VG First US Printing 1916

For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First US edition, first printing hardcover copy of The Prussian Officer and Other Stories by D. H. Lawrence with no dust jacket. 1916 B.W. Huebsch, New York. First Printing with no subsequent printing and 1916 on title page.

The book is in Very Good condition with clean, bright boards, and strong title ink on a straight spine and on the front, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Very Good condition with an erased price on the first free end paper and the next to last rear end paper is torn out. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.

No dust jacket.

The Prussian Officer and Other Stories is a unique collection of 12 stories written between 1907 and 1914. The namesake narrative tells the story of a military captain and his orderly. The captain wasted much of his youth and has remained single, though he has taken on mistresses throughout his life. His young orderly is involved with a woman, and the captain, being jealous, prevents the orderly from having this relationship by taking up the orderly’s time. The captain abuses the orderly until he rebels and murders the captain in the forest.