The Man Who Died
By D. H. Lawrence
Martin Secker, London, 1931. 1st English Edition. 1st Impression. Hardback without dust jacket. Green cloth boards with bevelled edges, gold titles to the spine and a gold phoenix to the front. Gilt top edge and deckle cut side and bottom page edges. Approx 26cm H x 18cm W. 97pp. Limited edition of 2000 copies.
Book condition: Used. Very Good. Some fading to the spine and boards (see pic). Inside is clean, bright and tight with no marks within aside from browning of the free endpapers; Two preliminary pages uncut (before text); No tears or annotations.
The publisher’s note states ‘The original title of this story was The Escaped Cock. The present title was decided upon by the author shortly before his death’.
Overall Condition: Very Good