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The White Peacock
by Lawrence, D.H. (T.E. Lawrence initials)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1911. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a first edition of White Peacock, D.H. Lawrence's first published novel. It is in the original dark blue decorative cloth with white title to front board. Some marking to boards. Originally published on the 20th January 1911, the first UK edition. What makes this copy special is the pencil "TEL" on the fep. The evidence suggests this is the copy featured in the catalogue of the Clouds Hill libray in "Friends", where it matches the description. It lacks the posthumous Clouds Hill bookplate and may have been one of the books retained by A.W. Lawrence that do not bear the bookplate. It can be seen on the shelf in the 1930s photographs of the interior of Clouds Hill. Please ask for further information..
Synopsis
The son of a miner, the prolific novelist, poet, and travel writer David Herbert Lawrence was born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, in 1885. He attended Nottingham University and found employment as a schoolteacher. His first novel, The White Peacock , was published in 1911, the same year his beloved mother died and he quit teaching after contracting pneumonia. The next year Lawrence published Sons and Lovers and ran off to Germany with Frieda Weekley, his former tutor’s wife. His masterpieces The Rainbow and Women in Love were completed in quick succession, but the first was suppressed as indecent and the second was not published until 1920. Lawrence’s lyrical writings challenged convention, promoting a return to an ideal of nature where sex is seen as a sacrament. In 1928 Lawrence’s final novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover , was banned in England and the United States for indecency. He died of tuberculosis in 1930 in Venice.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 057903
- Title
- The White Peacock
- Author
- Lawrence, D.H. (T.E. Lawrence initials)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1911
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TE Lawrence Clouds Hill DH Fiction Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- T E Lawrence; Bibliography;
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About the Seller
Rickaro Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2018
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
About Rickaro Books Ltd
At Rickaro Books, we have over 30 years experience in bookselling and customer care. We specialise in T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) but also carry a wide range of other titles across the fields of military, local history and first edition fiction. if you are seeking for a particular title, we are happy to assist and are always interested in purchasing good, collectable books.
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