D. H. Lawrence — Sea and Sardinia

New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1921 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of D. H. Lawrence's travel books, illustrated with colour plates and retaining the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first issue of this work, with line 3 of page 127 printed upside down.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with eight colour plates by Jan Juta, and with a further map plate. Collated, complete. Lawrence offers a description of an excursion he undertook with his wife in 1921, from Taormina in Sicily to the interior of Sardinia.Despite the brevity of the visit, Lawrence has been praised for accurately distilling the essence of the island in his writing. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, with significant spotting to text block fore edge. Significant spotting to dust wrapper. Small loss to back strip tail, with further loss to head. Small loss to tail of rear wrap, with a closed tear to the wrap head. Small closed tears to head and tail of front wrap. Significant closed tear towards the lower front wrap, repaired with tape to the reverse. Four further tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with significant spotting to first and last few leaves, plates, and pages facing plates. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Jan Juta. Very Good Indeed/Good.