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Lawrence, D. H.. THE PLUMED SERPENT Quetzalcoatl. Alfred A. Knopf, New york, 1926.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This book is in Good only condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The spine of the book has some fading and noticeable rubbing to the spine lettering. The text pages are clean and bright. The inner hinges have some beginning cracking and are somewhat loose. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "The Plumed Serpent is a 1926 political novel by D. H. Lawrence; Lawrence conceived the idea for the novel while visiting Mexico in 1923, and its themes reflect his experiences there. The novel was first published by Martin Secker's firm in the United Kingdom and Alfred A. Knopf in the United States; an early draft was published as Quetzalcoatl by Black Swan Books in 1995. The novel's plot concerns Kate Leslie, an Irish tourist who visits Mexico after the Mexican Revolution. She encounters Don Cipriano, a Mexican general who supports a religious movement, the Men of Quetzalcoatl, founded by his friend Don Ramón Carrasco. Within this movement, Cipriano is identified with Huitzilopochtli and Ramón with Quetzalcoatl. Kate eventually agrees to marry Cipriano, while the Men of Quetzalcoatl, with the help of a new President, bring about an end to Christianity in Mexico, replacing it with Quetzalcoatl worship. " (from Wikipedia)
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
D. H. Lawrence. THE PLUMED SERPENT (Quetzalcoatl). Martin Secker, 1926.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Published in 1926, this is the First Edition of this novel by Lawrence set in Mexico, light rubbing to covers, internally foxing and noticeable light browning to endpapers and half title page, else in nice general condition.
Seller: Andrew Cox PBFA, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Lawrence, D.H. THE PLUMED SERPENT. MARTIN SECKER LONDON 1926, LONDON, 1926.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good + Bright tight condition hardback
Seller: Abracadabra Books 50% Off Sale!, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
D.H. Lawrence. The Plumed Serpent (Quetzalcoatl). Martin Secker, London, 1926.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Martin Secker, [1926]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's brown blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 476pp. General light shelf wear, most notably at spine ends, text block slightly toned at margins, else Very Good and sound, albeit lacking the uncommon dust jacket. Novel based on the author's own experiences visiting Mexico in the wake of the Revolution, in 1923.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
D. H. Lawrence. The Plumed Serpent. Martin Secker, London, 1926.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Fine copy in the original gilt brown cloth . First Edition. First printing, octavo size, 480 pp. David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist and poet, best known for his books "Women in Love", "Sons and Lovers", and "Lady Chatterley's Lover", and The Rainbow. "The Plumed Serpent" is a novel set in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution, told through the eyes of a group of visiting British tourists. This volume is the first edition, printed in 1926. ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown cloth, blind-embossed ruled borders on the front and back board, gilt lettering and ruled borders on the spine (7.75" by 5.25"), pagination: [1-4] 5 [6] 7-476 [477-480 lacks the rare dust wrapper.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
D. H. Lawrence. The Plumed Serpent (quetzalcoatl). Martin Secker, London, 1926.
Price: US$429.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1926 hardcover in very good to near fine condition. clean, square and tight. prev owners label on inside cover, small numbers on title page bootom corners a bit bumped, otherwise a near fine book The dust jacket is in very good condition. clean and bright. the spine is faded/tanned with water spashes. chipped and bumped to extremities. see photos.
Seller: edward syndercombe, Pretoria, GAUTE, South Africa
Lawrence, D.H.. THE PLUMED SERPENT (Quetzalcoatl). , 1926.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: London: Martin Secker, (1926). 4 pp undated ads. Original chocolate brown cloth, with dust jacket. First Edition of this 476-page novel sited in Mexico. Lawrence began it in 1923 when he and Frieda lived on Lake Chapala near Guadalajara; they returned to Oaxaca in 1924-1925 so that he could complete it. It is a tale of political upheaval in Mexico (but featuring an Irish tourist named Kate) -- in which a local armed religious sect manages to overthrow Christianity and replace it with the worship of Quetzalcoatl. Although when he completed it Lawrence considered this to be his most important book, it was NOT well-received: it was condemned as being fascist, anti-Christian, and also racist (generating fear about the decline of the white race). This volume is in fine condition; the dust jacket is very good-plus (spine faded and with a few small holes, other minor wear at the spine ends and the folds). This extremely fragile jacket is quite uncommon. Roberts A33. Housed in a clamshell case with brown leather spine and black leather label.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.