D.H. Lawrence | Lady Chatterley's Lover, Florence, 1928, one of 1,000 copies signed by the author

D.H. Lawrence

Lady Chatterley's Lover. Florence: privately printed by the Tipografia Giuntina, 1928

FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 448 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, 8vo, original mulberry-coloured paper boards, black Phoenix design on upper cover, paper label to spine, leaves uncut, housed in a modern black cloth both by Zaehnsdorf, small chip at upper joint, small stain to lower board

Remarkably, given its subsequent central importance in the history of publishing and censorship, Lady Chatterley's Lover was written in the astonishing time of just five weeks, in "one of Lawrence's last great bursts of creative energy... With the help of the Florentine bookseller Pino Orioli, the handsome volume was printed in and distributed from Florence, and made Lawrence more money than he had ever imagined" (John Worthen, ODNB).

LITERATURE:

Connolly 57; Roberts A42a