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D. H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. Duckworth & Co., London, 1914.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Octavo. Lawrence's fourth book. dark blue cloth boardswith black titling. No jacket. Shaken, wear to extremities, spots to back cover, split along rear hinge.
Seller: Bryn Mawr Bookstore, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Lawrence D. H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. Duckworth 1914, 1914.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Description: Internally VG clean copy in faded cloth with tears either side of spine. 310pp + 2p Lawrence Adverts + 20p Duckworth Publications Catalogue. Offered as a Binding copy.
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom
Lawrence. D. H.. The Prussian Officer. Duckworth 1914 (1st UK), 1914.
Price: US$61.57 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, first impression with 20p. publishers catalog at end. The pages are uniformly age-toned. 5 small numbers on front pastedown. Well read but still an acceptable example. Good (no d/w)
Seller: CHRIS MARTIN MODERN FIRST EDITIONS, Pleasley, United Kingdom
D. H. Lawrence.. The Prussian Officer and other stories.. Duckworth, London 1914, 1914.
Price: US$64.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardback. Octavo. 310pp. Original blue cloth with black titles. Light wear to covers with slight crease and mark to front, inner front hinge very slightly pulled, small stain to lower edge of first few pages, otherwise very good. No jacket.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. Duckworth, London, 1914.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo, blue cloth. London: Duckworth, (1914). First Edition. First issue, with 20p. publishers catalog at end. The pages are uniformly age-toned. The binding has a light water-stain on the corners of the front & back covers; bookplate. Nevertheless, a good, sound copy.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D.H.. THE PRUSSIAN OFFICER And Other Stories. Duckworth & Co.: London, 1914.
Price: US$97.75 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 7.5 x 5", gilt-lettered blue cloth, 310pp + 20pp ads, covers heavily worn, extremities bumped and worn, pp toned, ink inscription (dated 1915) from former owner on front fly, another former owner has left his ink name on half-title page; a good used copy of the FIRST EDITION.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE D.H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories.. , 1914.
Price: US$99.48 + shipping
Description: London: Duckworth & Co. 1914. Thick 8vo. Orig. dark blue cloth slightly rubbed. vi 310 20pp. With title-vign. First edition first issue.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Lawrence, D.H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. Duckworth & Co., London, 1914.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First issue, with 20p. publisher's catalog at end. Boards show minor wear with one small and very shallow dampstain at front base. Very light foxing through Contents page. Very light foxing at few rear pages at ads. Again very light foxing at side of pages. Hinges tight. A clean and sound copy. Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International Priority Air Mail shipping available for this item.
Seller: Alphaville Books, Inc., Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D. H.. The Prussian Officer. Duckworth, 1914.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The bookplate of author and Bronte biographer Edith Kingsley. A nice copy with just a bit of wear to edges. The first British edition, published by Duckworth in 1914. Bound in cloth.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
D.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer. Duckworth and Co., Covent Garden, London, 1914.
Price: US$154.93 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: On the whole a very decent clean copy although not without a few flaws. The blue cloth boards are clean and the title lettering on the front board and spine remain clear (albeit the spine slightly less so.) There is a little wear and fraying at to the extremities and two small splits on the outer front hinge. The end papers and page block edge are somewhat toned, as can be expected. No inscriptions and clean pages throughout. Pages 177/8 and 191/2 are loosely inserted, having become detached. These could be stuck back in or left to the buyer to decide. In all a collectable copy of a scarce first edition.
Seller: M RICHARDSON RARE BOOKS (PBFA Member), Ashby cum Fenby, NE Lincolnshire, LINCS, United Kingdom
D.H.LAWRENCE.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories.. Duckworth & Co., London, 1914.
Price: US$160.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, first state. 8vo. 310pp + [ii] + xx publisher's catalogue at the rear. Navy blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board and with a double-blind rule. The binding cocked and just a little tender. Some light wear to the head of the upper gutter, and a touch of light miscellaneous soiling to the cloth. Some spotting to preliminary and concluding leaves. A good copy, lacking the fugutive dust wrapper. Twelve stories, the author's first collection of short fiction. Roberts A6(1).
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Lawrence, D. H.. The Prussian Officer / D. H. Lawrence. London : Duckworth & Co, 1914.
Price: US$164.84 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and worn as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 310 p 19 cm. Contents; --The Prussian officer.--The thorn in the flesh.--Daughters of the vicar.--A fragment of stained glass.--The shades of spring.--Second best.--The shadow in the rose garden.--Goose fair.--The white stocking.--A sick collier.--The christening.--Odour of chrysanthemums. Subjects; Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885-1930. Prussian officer, and other stories. Fiction. Penguin books (series). England Social life and customs 20th century ; Fiction. Fiction in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Lawrence, D. H.. The Prussian Officer / D. H. Lawrence. London : Duckworth & Co, 1914.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and worn as with age. Internally, bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 310 p 19 cm. Contents; --The Prussian officer.--The thorn in the flesh.--Daughters of the vicar.--A fragment of stained glass.--The shades of spring.--Second best.--The shadow in the rose garden.--Goose fair.--The white stocking.--A sick collier.--The christening.--Odour of chrysanthemums. Subjects; Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) 1885-1930. Prussian officer, and other stories. Fiction. Penguin books (series). England Social life and customs 20th century ; Fiction. Fiction in English 1900-1945 Texts. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Prussian Officer. Duckworth, London, 1914.
Price: US$192.40 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 310, 2pp. Lawrence titles and 20pp. publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Blue boards, lettered in gilt to front panel and spine, blind-stamped device to rear board. Very slightly cocked, boards and gilt to spine a little faded and corners bumped, some faint mottling to boards. Pencilled ownership signature dated 1948 to front free endpaper. Lacking the very scarce dustwrapper. First edition, first issue, with the publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Lawrence's early collection of twelve short stories, all published previously elsewhere. Roberts A6.1
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$199.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First or Second Issue (bibliographers disagree, but note MacDonald: "A [third or] later issue], in somewhat lighter blue cloth, lettered in black, must not be confused with either [first or second issues]). Crown 8vo: 310,[2],20(publisher's catalog)pp. Publisher's navy blue cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt; attractive bespoke book plate to front paste-down. Roberts records three variants, of which this is the first issue (20pp publisher's catalog); MacDonald gives priority to the issue with 16-page catalog. We have both in Fine condition on offer, so the choice is yours, but, in the absence of corroborating evidence, we frankly believe that determining an edition's issue by undated publisher's catalogs alone is a dicey business, at best. Fine, square, tight, with undiminished gilt. MacDonald B16. Roberts A6. NCBEL IV, 482. Lawrence's first collection of stories, twelve pieces previously published in various literary magazines (English Review, Smart Set, Pearsons, and Forum, among others). The stories are: "The Prussian Officer," "The Thorn in the Flesh," "Daughters of the Vicar," "A Fragment of Stained Glass," "The Shades of Spring," "Second Best," "The Shadow in the Rose Garden," "Goose Fair," "The White Stocking," "A Sick Collier," "The Christening," and "Odour of Chrysanthemums." In the title story, a classic tale of sexual repression and tension that, when released, explodes into maddened violence, Lawrence examines the psychology of two men, a captain and his orderly, both German soldiers. 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.
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
D.H.LAWRENCE.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories.. Duckworth & Co., London, 1914.
Price: US$256.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition (first printing), in Roberts' primary binding state. 8vo. 310pp + [ii] + xx publisher's catalogue at the rear. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board with blind- and gilt-stamped rules and borders. Top edge lightly dust soiled, and with just a little spotting to the edges, preliminary and concluding leaves, and to occasional margins. A touch of light bruising to the backstrip ends. Former owner name inked to the front pastedown (with a little offsetting to the adjacent free endpaper), below which is a small embossed plate displaying just the letter 'A'). A very good copy. No dust wrapper. Twelve stories, the author's first collection of short fiction. Roberts A6(1).
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
Lawrence, D. H.. The Prussian Officer: And Other Stories. Duckworth & Co. 1914, London, 1914.
Price: US$256.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [v], 310, [16] pp., Bound in blue gilt lettered cloth. The boards are clean and bright with minimal rubbing to the foot of the spine. Minor occasional spotting including to the front endpapers. A bright copy with a firm binding. This publication was D. H. Lawrence's first collection of short fiction with stories such as: The Prussian Officer, The Thorn in the Flesh, Daughters of the Vicar, A Fragment of Stained Glass, The Shades of Spring, Second Best, The Shadow in the Rose Garden, Goose Fair, The White Stocking, A Sick Collier, The Christening, Odour of Chrysanthemums. 8vo.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Prussian Officer and other stories.. Duckworth, London., 1914.
Price: US$320.67 + shipping
Description: First edition. First issue with twenty pages of publishers' adverts at rear. Octavo. pp [vi], 310, [2] adverts. Twelve stories.Endpapers faintly tanned. Almost unnoticeable repair to front inner hinge. Edges lightly spotted. Some spotting to catalogue at rear. Small (tea?) stain to top margin of last page of text. Corners of front cover slightly bumped. Very good. No dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories.. London: Duckworth (1914)., 1914.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 310 pp. Very near fine in full blue cloth with gild lettering. Sixteen pp of publisher's ads at the rear. Lacks dust jacket. Roberts A6, variant 2. Young 2255*.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D. H.. The Prussian Officer. Duckworth, London, 1914.
Price: US$403.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue. Lawrence's first book of short stories. Bound in blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A hint of fading to spine and minor edgewear, mainly at head and tail of spine, else a very good copy. Bookplate from the Beaufoy Library to front paste-down. (Roberts A6.1).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$412.10 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blind-bordered dark blue cloth stamped in gold. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Blind-tooled stamp to rear board. Additional scans upon request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages; Physical desc.: 310 p. 19 cm. Subject: England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction. Short stories in English, 1900-1945 - Texts. Summary: His first published collection, these twelve stories were written between 1907 and 1914, during a crucial period of development for Lawrence from which he emerged a leading figure of the modernist movement. Reaching new levels of feeling and experience, these stories range from the tale of a Prussian officer who drives his orderly towards a bloody reckoning, to the strangely exotic elements of 'A Fragment of Stained Glass', and the divisions within society and conflicts of the heart that form the central themes of 'Daughters of a Vicar'. Interweaving individual lives, their happiness, failures and defeats, with the profound forces of nature, Lawrence has created stories of remarkable power and sensitivity. Notes: A rare copy of the 1st edition - 1st issue December 1914. Dark blue cloth with 15 pages of publisher's adverts at rear. Referenced by NCBEL iv, 382 Roberts A6 state 1. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$460.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked blind-bordered dark blue cloth stamped in gold. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Blind-tooled stamp to rear board. Additional scans upon request. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages; Physical desc.: 310 p. 19 cm. Subject: England -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction. Short stories in English, 1900-1945 - Texts. Summary: His first published collection, these twelve stories were written between 1907 and 1914, during a crucial period of development for Lawrence from which he emerged a leading figure of the modernist movement. Reaching new levels of feeling and experience, these stories range from the tale of a Prussian officer who drives his orderly towards a bloody reckoning, to the strangely exotic elements of 'A Fragment of Stained Glass', and the divisions within society and conflicts of the heart that form the central themes of 'Daughters of a Vicar'. Interweaving individual lives, their happiness, failures and defeats, with the profound forces of nature, Lawrence has created stories of remarkable power and sensitivity. Notes: A rare copy of the 1st edition - 1st issue December 1914. Dark blue cloth with 15 pages of publisher's adverts at rear. Referenced by NCBEL iv, 382 Roberts A6 state 1. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, D. H.. The Prussian Officer. Duckworth [1914], London, 1914.
Price: US$715.00 + shipping
Description: First printing. Octavo (19cm). Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt on front and spine; plain endpapers, lacking front free endpaper; [vi],310,[2],[20]pp; 22pp of ads at rear. Stamp of Herbert Biberman to flyleaf; old pencil notes to flyleaf. A straight copy, spine lightly sunned, edges gently rubbed, f.f.e.p. lacking, mild toning: Very Good. The first issue, with the twenty-page Duckworth catalogue at rear: "Although McDonald gives priority to the copies with the sixteen-page catalogue, the library of the University of Texas has a copy with the twenty-page catalogue which has the publisher's review stamp giving the date of publication as 26 November 1914; hence it may be assumed that the copies with the twenty-page catalogue are earlier" (Roberts p.18). With the ownership stamp of Hollywood director Herbert Biberman, one of the Hollywood Ten and director of the 1954 film Salt of the Earth. ROBERTS A6 Variant 1.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D.H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. Duckworth & Co, London, 1914.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition with 20 pages of ads at the back and cover stamped in gold. 310, [2], 20, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Fine copy, bookplate Donald S. Strahlem. In 3/4 brown morocco slipcase and chemise 310, [2], 20, ads] pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition with 20 pages of ads at the back and cover stamped in gold.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. Duckworth & Co, London, 1914.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Octavo. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. A fine copy with the binding fresh and bright, without dust jacket. *Roberts* A6.1, first variant with no priority established. A lovely copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
D.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. Duckworth, London, 1914.
Price: US$1122.34 + shipping
Description: An excellent first edition of D.H. Lawrence's celebrated collection of short stories, in a half morocco binding. The first edition, first impression of this collection of short stories from the English modernist novelist, whose best known works include 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', and 'Sons and Lovers'.Roberts A6, first state, with the earlier twenty pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. MacDonald terms this a second issue, a subject on which bibliographers disagree, though the majority side with Roberts.A wonderful collection of twelve short stories, including 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' and 'The Thorn in the Flesh', alongside the celebrated titular tale of an army Captain and his orderly.Retaining the original half title.A lovely first edition from the English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter, who endured official persecution, censorship and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life. Rebound in half morocco, with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Minor fading to back strip, otherwise externally fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned, with light spotting to first and last few leaves, and the odd further spot throughout. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Prussian Officer and Other Stories. London Duckworth 1914, 1914.
Price: US$5500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Roberts A6, State 1. Some foxing to the outside edges, else a fine bright copy in original blue cloth with the gilt-stamping still gleaming, in a very good dust jacket with some darkening at the spine and with some expert restoration by a paper conservationist. Very rare in jacket. Enclosed in a handsome morocco and cloth clamshell box.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, D.H.. THE PRUSSIAN OFFICER and Other Stories. Duckworth, 1914.
Price: US$5772.03 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt, in rare dustwrapper printed in dark blue. A fine copy in a good dustwrapper, which has some small chips to the spine ends and corners with a couple of closed tears to the back panel and a split down the edge of the rear flap. There is also a stain to the base of the spine, but the faults notwithstanding this is an attractive copy of a rarely seen dustwrapper, entirely unrestored.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom