The Virgin and the Gipsy. LAWRENCE (D. H.)

Phoenix device on the title.

First Edition. 8vo. [221 x 150 x 25 mm]. 216, [2] pp. Bound in the original white paper boards, with an orange phoenix on the front cover, white printed spine label, plain endleaves, uncut edges. (Label a little faded).
Florence: G. Orioli, 1930.

No. 570 of 810 copies printed on Binda hand-made paper. It is a very good copy with a spare label tipped inside the rear cover.

It is number 4 of the Lungarno Series printed for Orioli by The Tipografia Giuntina in Florence. The colophon states: "This work lacks the author's final revision, and has been printed from the manuscript exactly as it stands". There are in fact some differences between the holograph manuscript and the Orioli text. It is dedicated to Frieda and the opening sentence recalls her elopement with Lawrence in 1912.

Stock no. ebc8126