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[actually 1922]. First edition, British issue. One of 50 numbered copies signed by D. H. Lawrence. Martin Secker bought 50 sheets from the 1,250 of the first American edition, issuing them as a signed limited edition. This was the first signed limited edition, preceding the British first trade edition. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Very Good with light soiling and bubbling to cloth. Spine cloth worn at ends and small area rubbed through at rear joint. Offsetting to endsheets, foxing to preliminary and terminal pages. Hinge at title page slightly exposed. A beautiful copy, housed in a custom quarter morocco chemise case.

About Women in Love

Women in Love, a sequel to The Rainbow, explores the relationships of two sisters and their interactions with two men around themes of love and personal fulfillment.