D.H. Lawrence | Bay, London, 1919, first edition, one of 120 copies on hand-made paper, signed by author and illustrator

D.H. Lawrence (author)—Anne Estelle Rice (illustrator)

Bay. A Book of Poems. London: Beaumont Press, 1919

FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 21 OF 30 COPIES PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM, SIGNED BY LAWRENCE AND RICE, 8vo, wood-engraved illustrations by Rice, original boards, dust-jacket not called for

One of 120 numbered copies on hand-made paper, of a total edition of 200. Lawrence complained repeatedly to correspondents about the publisher ("that miserable little Beaumont" or "that bewildered chicken" and that "17 months he's been at it" and "hasn't done a thing I want him to") and the illustrations but grudgingly acknowledged "the beautiful paper and print". An excellent copy.