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LAWRENCE, D. H. & LACY, GERALD M. (ed). The Escaped Cock (AKA The Man Who Died). Black Sparrow Press 1973, 1973.

Price: US$7.67 + shipping

Description: Super octavo, softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand

Lawrence, D. H. The escaped cock. Black Sparrow Press, 1973.

Price: US$16.55 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: One of the Black Sparrow Press titles by D.H. Lawrence. It includes the novel on the title plus a plethora of "extras" like letters referencing the work and an original short story version of the novel. Editor Gerald M. Lacy also provides 40+ pages of commentary. This copy shows aging on the outside but is clean on the inside pages. Cover painting is a reproduction of one by Lawrence himself.

Seller: Brodsky Bookshop, Taos, NM, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Escaped Cock. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1973.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Reissue, wrappered issue. Edited and with a commentary by Gerald M. Lacy. Wrappers with light soil, near fine. First published in 1928.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D. H.. The Escaped Cock. Black Sparrow Press CA, 1973.

Price: US$20.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Attractive copy. Pictorial watercolor cover. 750 copies printed. Text is revised from the original.

Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.

D.H. Lawrence. The Escaped Cock. Black Sparrow, Los Angeles, 1973.

Price: US$22.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo pp.170

Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Lawrence, D. H.. The Escaped Cock. Black Sparrow Press, San Francisco, 1973.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Description: 170 pgs. Paperbound issued with corrected text and much background material, in a Private Press edition, limitation on the paper copies is not stated. Interior of book is fine, wrappers are a little soiled and there is trace evidence of an old fold/crease, front cover, but this barely shows. Very good condition (no dust jacket).

Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Escaped Cock.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1973.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: 170 pp. Near fine in wrappers and integral printed dust jacket with tanning to spine and along top edges. One of 20 copies stamped "Advance Review Copy" across the front cover in red. Edited, with a commentary by Gerald M. Lacy. See Morrow & Cooney 156.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D.H.. The Escaped Cock. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1973.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: 170 pgs., 8vo. Stated as one of 750 copies (there were 126 numbered special copies also). This was to have had a Lawrence watercolor on the cover, which apparently was not obtainable. Printed wrappers only. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Like-new condition. First thus, a fine press reprinting with new scholarly commentary by Gerald M. Lacy. Limited ed. 750 hardcover.

Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.

Lacy, Gerald M., Editor (D. H. Lawrence). The Escaped Cock (Inscribed by Gerald M. Lacy). VBlack Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1973.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Dark green cloth spine over paper-covered boards. A fine copy in very good acetate wrapper. 170 pp. Edited and with commentary by Gerald M. Lacy who has INSCRIBED this copy. Stated second printing of the Black Sparrow edition.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Escaped Cock.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1973.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: 170 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed paper dust jacket. One of 750 copies. Edited, with a commentary by Gerald M. Lacy. Roberts A50g.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Lawrence, D. H.. The Escaped Cock. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1973.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Limited edition of the first complete unexpurgated text of this notable short fiction, presented with an appendix of 28 previously unpublished letters by Lawrence. Edited and with a commentary on the evolution of the text by Gerald M. Lacy. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Number 5 of 126 numbered copies printed on blue paper (there were also 750 unnumbered hardcover copies). Octavo, 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 in. 170pp. Cream boards backed with gold cloth; front board with full-color reproduction of a watercolor painting by Lawrence; paper spine label; in dust jacket. Mild toning to fore-edge of textblock. Toning and some warping to paper spine label. Else fine in a very good (+) jacket with moderate toning to spine and panel/flap edges.

Seller: Dividing Line Books, Ridgewood, NY, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Escaped Cock.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1973.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: 170 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine printed dust jacket that is toned along the spine and top edges. One of 100 numbered copies. Edited, with a commentary by Gerald M. Lacy.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. The escaped cock. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1973.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Cream boards with mustard cloth spine, dustjacket in lovely condition, pages printed on blue paper; a clean and crisp copy.

Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

LAWRENCE, D.H.. The Escaped Cock.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1973.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: 170 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with leather spine and printed spine label. Very good plus dust jacket that is lightly foxed. One of 26 lettered copies. Edited, with a commentary by Gerald M. Lacy.

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.