Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional First hardcover US Edition of The Captain’s Doll by D. H. Lawrence with no dust jacket. First Edition unstated, April 1923, Thomas Seltzer, New York, 1923. Second printing, May 1923 stated.
The book is in Very Good condition with lightly faded blue-gray cloth-covered boards with marks, and front title in faded gilt and sheen still present. Spine is darkened from sun and missing the gilt, but the title/author and publisher are still legible up close. Covers rubbed and the spine ends are worn and rounded. Binding is tight and straight and no cracks on either end paper. Previous owner’s bookplate on the front paste down and an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Pages are lightly toned and clean throughout.
No dust jacket.
Perhaps no other of the world’s great writers lived and wrote with the passionate intensity of D. H. Lawrence. And perhaps no other of his books so explores the mysteries between men and women–both sensual and intellectual–as Women in Love. Written in the years before and during World War I in a heat of great energy, and criticized for its exploration of human sexuality, the book is filled with symbolism and poetry.
Ships promptly in a secure mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and bubble wrap.
