D. H. Lawrence; M. L. Skinner — The Boy in the Bush

New York, Thomas Seltzer, 1924. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition of this novel from D. H. Lawrence, set in Western Australia and inspired by a manuscript given by Mollie Skinner. Complete with the publisher's dust wrapper. First edition.With the publisher's clipped dust wrapper.The Boy in the Bush is our protagonist Jack Grant, who arrives in Western Australian in 1882, having been expelled from his public school and sent down from an agricultural college. There, he experiences hunting, farming, gold mining, fights and his first love of women.The story is derived from a story in a manuscript given to Lawrence by Mollie Skinner, hence why both of them are given equal billing as its authors. Lawrence and his wife Frieda stayed with Skinner at her guesthouse in Darlington, Western Australian in 1922. In the original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with only minor shelf wear. Dust wrapper is smart, with a few chips to the edges and sunning to the spine. Handling marks to the wrap. Small closed tear to bottom of rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. With minor toning and the odd spot to the endpapers, otherwise bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good.