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Lawrence, D.H.. Amores. Poems.. Duckworth and Company, London, 1916.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second Issue, without adverts at end of text. Very Good in dark blue cloth, all edges trimmed, spine gilt dulled, oxidation and bubbling around spine, lacking the dustwrapper. 138pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Q15357
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence,D.H.. Amores. Poems.. London: Duckworth and Company,, 1916.
Price: US$87.93 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: n.d. (1916). Printed by T.and A.Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press. First edition, variant state without publisher's ads at the end. vii,(1),137,(1)pp. Bound in dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Wholly wormed. Boards sl.sunned, stained and corners sl.worn. Spine sunned and worn at edges. Edges foxing. E.ps.and pages foxing and sl.stained. A small bookshop label pasted on front e.p. 19x13.3cm. [f0857-170949]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
LAWRENCE, D[avid]. H[erbert], 1885-1930. Amores [First State]. Duckworth, London, 1916.
Price: US$124.00 + shipping
Description: First Issue (with 16-page publisher's catalog at the end) of Lawrence's second collection of poems. Crown 8vo: viii,140,16pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed (variant 1. Roberts speculates that advance copies were not trimmed on all edges). Near Fine or better (end sheets offset, few faint splash marks to cloth), square, tight, and clean throughout. Roberts A9a. MacDonald 9. Fabes & Foyle (second series), p. 49. According to Macdonald, "Copies with the catalogue would seem to be rare. . . . Copies without the catalogue are 'easy' . . . " "Because of its position in Lawrence's oeuvre, Amores (1916) has not received as much critical attention as the volume that followed, Look! We Have Come Through (1917). Grouped with the 'Rhyming Poems,' Amores predates the more experimental, Whitmanesque free verse through which Lawrence has exerted his enduring influence. But while Amores is more formally conventional than the later work, it uses a rich and complex symbolic matrix to explore issues that would remain at the center of Lawrence's work for the rest of his career." (Modernism Lab) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE D. H.-. Amores. Poems.. London, Duckworth and Company, s. d. (1916)., 1916.
Price: US$131.77 + shipping
Description: In 16mo, tela blu edit. con tit. in oro (manca la sovraccop.); pp. VII, (1 b.), 137, (1). Prima edizione, variante senza le 16 pagine di catalogo editoriale, poste in fine nella prima tiratura.
Seller: Libreria Docet di Rabiti Loris, Bologna, BO, Italy
D.H. Lawrence. Amores: Poems. Duckworth and Company, London, 1916.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Duckworth and Company, [1916]. First Edition with 16 pages of publisher's catalog at rear. Roberts variant 1 with fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Octavo. 138 p. + 16 p. advertisements. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Lawrence's second book of poems published a year after The Rainbow. Boards show light edgewear and some very faint scuffing. Binding is sound. Edges of text block spotted. Toning to endpapers and brief pencil annotation to title page but interior otherwise clean and unmarked. [Roberts A9a].
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D H.. Amores Poems.. London; Duckworth and Company [1916], 1916.
Price: US$152.89 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. vii, [1], 137, [1], 16. With 16 pages of publishers' adverts at end. Bound in the original midnight blue publishers' cloth with blind publishers' device to lower board, and gilt titles to spine. Lightly rubbed to joints and spine-tips, with clean cloth and bright gilt. Some toning to endpapers and light scattered foxing throughout. A tight, secure, square, clean copy free from annotations or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. First edition of D. H. Lawrence's second collection of poetry, published in an edition of 900 copies, around half of which were left unsold and remaindered. Opening with the overtly salacious "Tease" and including "Mystic Blue", and "Snap-Dragon" many of the poems have embryonic themes addressed in Lawrence's later more experimental poetry, with poet and critic Helen Sword noting that "despite their seeming sedateness of form, give voice to the demon of erotic violence lurking within so much of Lawrence's most powerful writing."
Seller: Keel Row Bookshop Ltd - ABA, ILAB & PBFA, Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
Lawrence, D.H.. Amores (1st state). Duckworth and Company, London, 1916.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 1st state with 16 pages of publisher's advertisements at the end. 12mo. size, 138 pp. Midnight blue boards with gilt spine titles. The 1st British edition, 1st state of D.H. Lawrence's 2nd book of poetry, evocative, youthful and effusive. There is a slight shelf crimp to the spine head, the corners are slightly bowed, and there is a small patch of abrasion to the back cover. The front and rear free endpapers are toned, and a neat original bookseller's label on the rear pastedown. Otherwise, the text block and text are clean, with near-imperceptible foxing to the side text block and through page 9, and only very widely scattered faint marks or stains. All in all, a very presentable copy.
Seller: Aesthete's Eye Books, West Jordan, UT, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D. H.. Amores: Poems. Duckworth and Company, London, 1916.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 138 pages. First English edition, first printing. First issue with 16 page advertisement at the end of the book. Near fine book with very light foxing to the first few pages and very slight wear to the corners. No dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D.H.. Amores. Duckworth, 1916.
Price: US$286.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue cloth. Bookplate. Nice copy. nd [1916]. One of 900 copies.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Lawrence, D. H.. Amores: Poems. Duckworth and Company, London, 1916.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 138 pages. First English edition, second printing. This state is the later one with NO ads at the end of the book. His second collection of poetry. Near fine book in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of chipping to the edges and some wear to the top of spine. A very nice copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.