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Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: Translation and Introduction by D. H. Lawrence. 119 [1] pp. 12mo, publisher's flexible boards in lettered wrapper. A very good copy with some bowing of boards, some darkening to edges of leaves, and chipping and darkening of dust wrapper.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards. Spine slightly worn at foot; dustwrapper chipped, and with some loss at spine. Edition limited to 1200 numbered copies, this copy from the library of Victor Rothschild, third Baron Rothschild, a keen Lawrence collector, with his "R" shield book-label (some very faint offsetting).
Seller: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 20 x 14 cm. 119 pp. Thin paper jacket (not pictured) has a short closed tear to spine corner and some general toning. Book is a stiff card cover production: crisp corners, some toning to extremes. Offset pages, some uncut: entirely clean throughout. Some curvature due to original construction. A limited edition of 1000 on Lombardy paper, this one unnumbered.
Seller: Undercover Books, Norwich, NFK, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.75 + shipping
Description: Illus., 7.75 x 5.5", pict boards, 119pp, cover rubbed and darkened, hinges loose, ink name of former owner on ffep, pp browned and brittle, in a badly browned, edge-chipped dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1,000 NUMBERED COPIES "ON LOMBARDY PAPER."
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. xxiv, 119, [3] pp., frontis, plates. Limited edition, numbered 380 of 1000 copies from the complete edition of 1200 copies. In printed paper vellum over flexible boards with printed dust jacket. All 3 plates including frontispiece are present as called for by Roberts and Poplawski. Bottom corners are a trifle bumped; spine very lightly sunned; occasional light foxing, mostly on and near the plates, one plate is more conspicuously affected than the others; dust jacket is quite fresh. This copy from the library of American collector Albert A. Howard with his small booklabel at the rear. Roberts and Poplawski A45a.
Seller: Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA, Conshohocken, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: Regular Issue, one of 1000 numbered copies (this one unnumbered). Octavo (20cm); paper vellum boards, with titling and decorations printed in black on spine and front cover; xxvi,119,[1]pp. Mild toning to extremities, hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine, with the leaves uncut. Lacking the fragile dustjacket. Despite the printed limitation, 2400 copies were printed, with the majority of the regular issue lacking numeration on the colophon. ROBERTS A45a.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, D. H.. The Story of Dottor Manente. G. Orioli, Florence, 1929.
Price: US$66.12 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, a clean unmarked copy in the dust wrapper, limited to 1200 copies.
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 1000 copies, this copy is unnumbered. The flexible boards have a stain on the rear panel and overall uneven toning. The pages, many unopened, are lightly toned. The very fragile dust jacket (it is like tissue paper) is remarkably complete with very shallow nicks at the corners and spine ends. There is some light waviness and uneven toning. The jacket, with "Doctor" misspelled as "Dottor", is now sleeved in mylar.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A novella by an Italian Renaissance writer, Lasca, translated and introduced by D.H. Lawerence. xxiv + 119 pp. This copy is number 377 of 1200. Previous owners pencil notation on ffep says Roberts A 45 a 1st edition. Cover decoration and spine lettering in black. Book is very good with no marks or inscriptions. DJ is fair with chips and loss to spine area. PayPal accepted please inquire.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$83.25 + shipping
Description: 12mo. pp. xxiv, 119. few b/w plates. parchment bds (previous owners inscription on front free endpaper, covers bowed & slightly chipped). Limited edition to 1000, this being copy 236, printed on Lombardy paper.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$83.25 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp. xxiv, 119, [1 leaf]. 2 portrait plates (incl. frontis.). title vignette. Uncut in parchment bds. (tear in parchment on rear cover, ownership entry on front flyleaf, light spotting to portraits). First Edition of the English Translation by D.H.Lawrence, Ltd. to 1200 numbered copies, this one of 1000 on Lombardy paper.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$98.50 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Paper-covered boards, toned, with device on front. One small dark imperfection in paper cover on front and back boards. Pages lightly toned.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Parchment-covered flexible hardcovers. Limited edition, one of 1200 copies, this one unnumbered. The parchment cover of the front board has split along the top edge, and is toned. Light scattered foxing and toned pages. Unmarked, with sound hinges. The plain printed DJ is toned and slightly foxed, with minimal edgewear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
D. H. Lawrence. Lascas Story of Dottor Manente. G. Orioli, 1929.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A near fine copy of this limited edition in a VG+ dustjacket that has two very small tears that have been taped closed. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.
Seller: Green Apple Books and Music, san francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. A near fine copy of this limited edition, of only 1200 copies produced. Green Apple Books and Music, Publisher Weekly's Bookstore of the Year 2014, has been San Francisco's favorite independent bookseller since 1967! Shipping costs on oversize / international orders will reflect actual shipping charges and may be more than quoted by ABE. We will need to contact you with true shipping costs and ask for authorization before adjusting cost.
Seller: Green Apple Books and Music, san francisco, CA, U.S.A.
D H Lawrence, Giovanni Verga. The Story of Dottor Manente. G Orioli, UK, 1929.
Price: US$102.66 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition 1929. Translated by D H Lawrence. Of an edition limited to 1,200 copies, this is an unnumbered out-of-series copy. Pages uncut and unopened. Bound in vellum-covered boards which are very good++ and in a near fine printed tissue dust jacket with only minor wear. More images can be taken upon request. Ref9365 ###011701
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Description: 8vo., xxiv, 119pp., half-title, vignette printed title, portrait frontispiece of Anton Francesco Grazzini, one other b/w plate, orig. cream coloured boards, spine lettered in gilt with circular design to centre of upper cover. A fine clean copy in a scarce near fine bright dustwrapper. This is a Limited Numbered Edition of 1,000 copies printed on Lombardy paper and is one of the Lungarno Series.
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$112.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition, 240/1200 on Lombardy Paper. 119pp. Octavo. Beige paper vellum boards with black illustration on front and black lettering on spine. Some discolouration to boards (mainly around edges). B/W frontis with one other B/W plate as well. Clean, tight text block with light foxing to outer edge. Outer edges are untrimmed and many (nearly all of the pages) are still attached at the top edge). In light brown dust wrapper with black lettering on front. Wrapper has some fading and is darker around edges and at spine. Some very light wear and mild chipping to edges. A lovely copy. very good David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 ?2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, and instinct.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Price: US$112.74 + shipping
Description: First edition. 1 of 1000 copies. Name on e/paper, covers warped as ususal o/w very good.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$117.11 + shipping
Description: Florence: G. Orioli 1929. 8vo. Orig. illust. boards with black lettered title along spine. In chipped & partly defective dustjacket. xxiv 122pp. With frontisp. title-vignette and 1 full-page plate. Edition lim. to 1000 numbered copies. Uncut and unopened. Fine.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
D H Lawrence. Lasca's Story of Dottor Manente. Orioli, Florence, 1929.
Price: US$121.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: G Orioli, Florence, 1929. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited to 1200 numbered copies, this being 754. A Very Good ++ copy in a bright unfaded wrapper, showing light toning at the spine and the panel edges. The book is clean and bright, no foxing but small stain to endpapers. No inscriptions. Vellum board are - as usual - toned. Uncut and unopened pages are lightly toned with age
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Of an edition limited to 1,200 copies, this is an unnumbered out-of-series copy. Pages uncut and unopened. Bound in vellum-covered boards which are slightly mottled and stained in a near fine printed tissue dust jacket with only minor wear.
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$133.84 + shipping
Description: Florence: G. Orioli 1929. 8vo. Orig. illust. boards with black lettered title along spine. Dustjacket. xxiv 122pp. With frontisp. title-vignette and 1 full-page plate. Edition lim. to 1000 numbered copies. Uncut and unopened. Fine.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Lawrence, D H. Lasca's Story of Dottor Manente. G Orioli, Florence, 1929.
Price: US$147.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 1200 numbered copies, this being an unnumbered copy. A Very Good ++ copy in a bright unfaded wrapper, showing light toning at the spine and the panel edges. The book is clean and bright, no foxing or blemishes. No inscriptions. Vellum board are - as usual - toned. Uncut and unopened pages are lightly toned with age. The front board hinge is cracked. A decent copy. Paypal accepted.
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$165.31 + shipping
Description: In-8° (mm 195x130), pagine XXIV (antiporta con ritratto del Lasca e frontespizio figurato), 1 tavola fuori testo con ritratto di Lorenzo de Medici entro medaglione, pagine 119 (dopo la pagina n. 108 segue tavola fuori testo con mappa del Pratomagno), mancante dell'ultima carta con le indicazioni tipografiche ("Printed by Tipografia L. Franceschini 3, via della Spada Florence"). Legatura in pergamena editoriale con sovraccoperta con titolo nero. Primo esemplare della collana "Lungarno Series" di cui furono stampate 200 copie firmate su carta Binda (diverse per dimensioni-mm 130x180-e per il colore rosso delle scritte in copertina e sovracopertina) e 1000 copie numerate su carta Lombardia. Questo esemplare appartiene alla tiratura maggiore e non è numerato. Antiporta con ritratto del Lasca e front. fig.può aggiungere che il successo commerciale del volume fu assai modesto: Orioli non ottenne il guadagno sperato, perché Lawrence, sull'onda del favore incontrato da Lady Chatterly's Lover, che era stato esaurito in pochi mesi, aveva voluto far stampare un numero di copie piuttosto elevato, di gran lunga superiore a quello che Orioli riuscì a vendere in tutta la sua carriera di librario e di editore. A questo proposito scriveva nell'autobiografico Adventures of a Bookseller (.) In realtà, il numero delle copie che è dichiarato sul volume stesso è 1.200, ma le previsioni di Lawrence si rivelarono ottimistiche in ogni caso, perché centinaia di copie rimasero nel magazzino di Orioli per anni e, ancora oggi, la libreria antiquaria Gonnelli e figli di Firenze, che ha rilevato molto del materiale di Orioli dopo la sua morte, ne possiede alcune copie intonse." (Cfr. O.De Zordo, Una proposta anglofiorentina degli anni trenta The Lungarno Series, Firenze, Olschki, 1981, p.46). W.Roberts, A bibliography of D.H.Lawrence, London, 1963, p.107. Edizione divenuta molto rara, tirata in splendidi caratteri tipografici. Esemplare intonso, in ottime condizioni.
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Gonnelli, Firenze, FI, Italy
Price: US$165.31 + shipping
Description: In-8° (mm 198x135), pagine XXIV (antiporta con ritratto del Lasca e frontespizio figurato), 1 tavola fuori testo con ritratto di Lorenzo de Medici entro medaglione, pagine 119 (dopo la pagina n. 108 segue tavola fuori testo con mappa del Pratomagno), mancante dell'ultima carta con le indicazioni tipografiche ("Printed by Tipografia L. Franceschini 3, via della Spada Florence"). Legatura in pergamena editoriale con sovraccoperta con titolo nero. Primo esemplare della collana "Lungarno Series" di cui furono stampate 200 copie firmate su carta Binda (diverse per dimensioni-mm 130x180-e per il colore rosso delle scritte in copertina e sovracopertina) e 1000 copie numerate su carta Lombardia. Questo esemplare appartiene alla tiratura maggiore e non è numerato. Antiporta con ritratto del Lasca e front. fig.può aggiungere che il successo commerciale del volume fu assai modesto: Orioli non ottenne il guadagno sperato, perché Lawrence, sull'onda del favore incontrato da Lady Chatterly's Lover, che era stato esaurito in pochi mesi, aveva voluto far stampare un numero di copie piuttosto elevato, di gran lunga superiore a quello che Orioli riuscì a vendere in tutta la sua carriera di librario e di editore. A questo proposito scriveva nell'autobiografico Adventures of a Bookseller (.) In realtà, il numero delle copie che è dichiarato sul volume stesso è 1.200, ma le previsioni di Lawrence si rivelarono ottimistiche in ogni caso, perché centinaia di copie rimasero nel magazzino di Orioli per anni e, ancora oggi, la libreria antiquaria Gonnelli e figli di Firenze, che ha rilevato molto del materiale di Orioli dopo la sua morte, ne possiede alcune copie intonse." (Cfr. O.De Zordo, Una proposta anglofiorentina degli anni trenta The Lungarno Series, Firenze, Olschki, 1981, p.46). W.Roberts, A bibliography of D.H.Lawrence, London, 1963, p.107. Edizione divenuta molto rara, tirata in splendidi caratteri tipografici. Esemplare intonso, in ottime condizioni.
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Gonnelli, Firenze, FI, Italy
D. H. Lawrence. Lascas Story of Dottor Manente. G. Orioli, 1929.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Book is somewhat bowed at the lower edge from improper storage. Pages are heavily tanned. This is an unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 1200. Price reflects condition.
Seller: Half Moon Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$245.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo (8" x 5 3/4"), thin tan boards with black lettering on spine and a fleur-de-lis stamped in an oval on the front cover, translation and introduction by D. H. Lawrence, illustrated with a B&W frontispiece of Lasca, title page engraving, a medalion depicting Laurentius Medici, and map, xxiv, [xxv: photographic frontispiece of "Magnif. Laurentius Medici"] + 117 pages. Antonio Francesco Grazzini (March 22, 1503 - February 18, 1584) was a temperamental Florentine author. His training was probably as an apothecary, and he bore the nicknames of "II Lasca" and "Leuciscus." Lasca ranks as one of the great masters of Tuscan prose. David Herbert Lawrence (1885 - 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic, translator, and painter. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Some of the issues Lawrence explores are sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. Lawrence is best known for his novels Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover, which was banned for a number of years because of its explicit sexual content. The author also translated authors he admired; in particular during the Twenties, he translated and published several works by Italian Renaissance authors. In particular, Lawrence published works he had translated by Sicilian author, Giovanni Verga, whom he much admired, as Little Novels of Sicily (1925), and Cavalleria Rusticana and other stories (1928). Lawrence's also translated the Florentine author LASCA'S STORY OF DOTTOR MANENTE that had been written by Anton Francesco Grazzini. This SCARCE and FRAGILE title by Lawrence was published in the same year as the author's A Propos of Lady Chatterley's Lover (1929). , EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION for this rather fugitive edition, which--when found--often lacks the dj, has battered boards, and is otherwise in tatters. This copy has a number of unopened pages and is nearly as fresh as when it was published. Lungamo Series, no. 1: The Story of Doctor Manente / Lasca, The Third Supper / 1 of 1000 copies on Lombardi paper [not numbered].
Seller: Borg Antiquarian, Lake Forest, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.52 + shipping
Description: Firenze, G. Orioli Editore, 1929, Tiratura di 1200 copie numerate. Cfr. Warren - Poplawski, A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence, A45a. in 8°, cartonato editoriale con sovracoperta, pp. XXIV 119 (3). cartonato editoriale con sovracoperta,
Seller: Libreria Antiquaria Pontremoli SRL, Milano, MI, Italy
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 200 copies, this is #87, SIGNED by D. H. Lawrence on the limitation page. A D.H. Lawrence bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. The volume is rubbed on the spine crown, has a darkened spine, and is lightly perimeter toned. One page has short tear on the fore-edge and the volume has been over opened in a couple of places. Three plates bound in.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Number 132 of 200 special copies & signed by D. H. Lawrence on the limitation page. Also contains Lawrence's bookplate mounted on the 1st pastedown. This book is one of the Lugarno Series. B&W plates. Octavo in paper-covered boards. Condition: the paper covering of the boards is heavily tanned; the paper covering is torn in several places; previous owner's bookplate on 1st free endpaper; else very good condition. 119 pages.
Seller: Betterbks/ COSMOPOLITAN BOOK SHOP, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence D.H. The Story of Doctor Manente. G. Orioli, Florence, 1929.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A novella by an Italian Renaissance writer, Lasca, translated and introduced by D.H. Lawerence. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Lawerence. Bookplate front pastedown. The brittle tissue covering the boards is cracking slightly at corners.
Seller: Green Mountain Books & Prints, Lyndonville, VT, U.S.A.