D. H. Lawrence — The Man Who Died

London, Martin Secker, 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first English edition of this short novel by D. H. Lawrence, printed in a limited run of 2000 copies. The first English edition. This work had previously been published in Paris as a limited edition in 1929 under the title 'The Escaped Cock&apos. Publisher Martin Secker retitled the work prior to the publication of this edition, which was released the year following Lawrence's death.In the publisher's original green buckram. Limited to 2,000 unnumbered copies. In this book, D. H. Lawrence imagines an alternative aftermath of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In this scenario, the 'unnamed' man who has survived his crucifixion decides to embrace his bodily existence and sensuality, away from the pressures of religion. In a letter to a friend, Lawrence explained the work with: 'I wrote a story of the Resurrection, where Jesus gets up and feels very sick about everything, and can't stand the old crowd any more — so cuts out — and as he heals up, he begins to find what an astonishing place the phenomenal world is&apos. In the publisher's original green buckram. Externally, very good, with fading to the boards and spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .