Published April 1914
The Widowing of / Mrs. Holroyd / A Drama in Three Acts / By / D. H. Lawrence / London / Duckworth & Co. / 3, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W. C. / 1914
Collation:—pp. x + 94 (preceded by one blank leaf not reckoned in pagination, followed by two), consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); title-page, as above (with Copyright 1914 by / Mitchell Kennerley / The (dot) Plimpton (dot) Press / Norwood (dot) Mass (dot) U (dot) S (dot) A on verso), pp. (iii, iv); table of Contents (verso blank), pp. (v, vi); Introduction, by Edwin Björkman, pp. (vii)-x; divisional half-title (with list of Persons on verso), pp. (1, 2); text, pp. (3)-93; p. (94) blank. At end of volume there is 20-page, numbered but undated, catalogue of A Selection from / Duckworth & Co.’s / List of Publications
Crown 8vo, 7⅜ × 5; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows: The Widowing / of Mrs. Holroyd / (two dots) D. H. Lawrence (two dots). Lettered up the backbone in gilt: The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.
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THE PRUSSIAN OFFICER AND OTHER STORIES
Published December 1914
The / Prussian Officer / and Other Stories / By / D. H. Lawrence / (publishers’ device) / London / Duckworth & Co. / 3 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden
Collation:—pp. viii + 312, consisting of blank leaf, pp. (i, ii); half-title (with list of four books By the Same Author, enclosed in one-line box, in center of verso), pp. (iii, iv); title-page, as above (with Published December 1914 in center of verso), pp. (v, vi); table of Contents (verso blank), pp. (vii, viii); text, pp. (1)-310. Printers’ imprint at foot of p. 310 as follows: William Brendon and Son, Ltd. / Printers, Plymouth Pp. (311, 312) are occupied by advertisements of four books By D. H. Lawrence. At end of volume there is 16-page, numbered but undated, catalogue of A List of the Libraries / and Series of Copyright / Books Published by / Duckworth & Co.
Contents: The Prussian Officer; The Thorn in the Flesh; Daughters of the Vicar; A Fragment of Stained Glass; The Shades of Spring; Second Best; The Shadow in the Rose Garden; Goose Fair; The White Stocking; A Sick Collier; The Christening; Odour of Chrysanthemums.
Crown 8vo, 7⁵⁄₁₆ × 4⅞; issued in dark blue cloth; front cover has two-line border in blind, and is lettered and ornamented in gilt as follows: The Prussian Officer / (three dots) D. H. Lawrence (three dots). Backbone ornamented and lettered across in gilt: (two lines at top) / The / Prussian / Officer / D. H. / Lawrence / Duckworth / (two lines at bottom). Back cover has in lower left corner blind stamp of publishers’ device, but is otherwise blank. All edges cut. End-papers white.