The Virgin and The Gipsy [Gypsy].

LAWRENCE, D.H. (1885-1930).

London: Martin Secker, 1930. [Modern Literature]. FIRST EDITION, with a nice literary association. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. In publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. No ink inscriptions, bookplate and pencil ownership of George R. Barnes. Moderate handling and wear to covers. A novella, the author's final work, in which the gipsy represents male sexuality as well as individual freedom. Throughout his work Lawrence was concerned with the nature of relationships, and his writings confront issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, sexuality, and instinctive behaviour. From the library of [Sir] George Reginald Barnes (1904-1960), controller of BBC Radio and Television. In the '30s he produced four talks with poet W.B. Yeats and was the only person to record the voice of author Virginia Woolf. Item #75778

Price: £65.00