D. H. Lawrence / A Prelude / Limited First Edition in orig. Glassine DJ / 1949

  

Title: A Prelude Publication: Thames Ditton, Surrey: The Merle Press, 1949. Description: Very Good / Very Good. Thames Ditton, Surrey: The Merle Press, 1949.

Limited First Edition, numbered 148 of 160 copies on limitation notice at front. Original glassine dust jacket over rust-colored cloth with brown leather spine and gilt lettering.

Glassine jacket shows some creasing at top corner near spine, but is clean and crisp overall. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. First book reprint of the first piece of Lawrence's fiction to appear in print - "The Prelude" - which appeared in the Nottinghamshire Guardian on December 7th, 1907 having won the paper's annual Christmas literary competition.

One stipulation of the contest was that the story be submitted under a pseudonym, and thus it was published under the name Jessie Chambers. Wadsworth's foreword details his rediscovery of Lawrence's authorship. Subject: England / English Writers, Fiction, First Editions.

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