Assorted articles / by D.H. Lawrence
1930, First Edition. London: Martin Secker. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.Provenance; the critic and poetry activist Charles Tomlinson’s copy; signed by him. Item #372792
Physical description: 215, [1] pages; 21 cm. Contents:
The "jeune fille" wants to know -- Laura Philippine -- Sex versus loveliness -- Insouciance -- Give her a pattern -- Do women change? -- Ownership -- Master in his own house -- Matriarchy -- Cocksure women and hensure men -- Is England still a man's country? -- Dull London -- Red trousers -- The state of funk -- The Risen Lord -- Enslaved by civilisation -- Men must work and women as well -- Autobiographical sketch -- Hymns in a man's life -- Making pictures -- Pictures on the walls -- On being a man -- On human destiny. Subjects: English prose literature 20th century. English essays 20th century.
Price: €48.00