Amores, Mr. Lawrence’s second volume of poems, is a troublesome item. The first edition exists in two states. The first has the 16-page catalogue; the second does not. At no place in either issue is there a date. Copies with the catalogue would seem to be rare. At least I have so concluded after a sustained investigation. Copies without the catalogue are “easy,” and these are commonly sold—perhaps naturally enough—as of the first issue, which they are not.
The first American edition of Amores was published, from new plates, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916. At least two differences between it and the above ought to be noted. First, in the American edition the dedication is extended, and reads: To / Ottoline Morrell / in tribute / to her noble / and independent sympathy / and her generous understanding / these poems / are gratefully dedicated / . Second, the poem called “Disagreeable Advice” in the above, appears in the American edition under the happier title “Irony.”
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LOOK! WE HAVE COME THROUGH!
Published December 1917
Look! We Have / Come Through! / By / D. H. Lawrence / Published by Chatto & Windus / London MCMXVII
Collation:—pp. 168, consisting of half-title (verso blank), pp. (1, 2); title-page, as above (with Some of these poems have appeared in / the “English Review” and in “Poetry,” / also in the “Georgian Anthology” and / the “Imagist Anthology” above center of verso), pp. (3, 4); Foreword—eleven lines (verso blank), pp. (5, 6); table of Contents, pp. (7-9); Argument—eleven lines, p. (10); text, pp. 11-(163). Printers’ imprint above center of p. (164) as follows: Printed at / the Complete Press / West Norwood / London. Pp. (165-167) are occupied by advertisements, chiefly of volumes of poetry published by Chatto and Windus. P. (168) blank. Title-and-name label, similar to that described below, tipped-in at lower right corner of p. (164).
Foolscap 4to, 8½ × 6¾; issued in bright red cloth; front and back covers blank; backbone has white paper title-and-name label lettered across in red as follows: Look! / We Have / Come / Through! / D. H. / Lawrence Top edges cut; fore edges cut, but in part unopened; bottom edges untrimmed. End-papers white.
Look! We Have Come Through! was Mr. Lawrence’s third volume of verse. It is, with the doubtful exception of Birds, Beasts and Flowers, his most notably original contribution to modern poetry. The relative scarcity of copies of the first edition of Look! We Have Come Through! is discussed in the note on Love Poems, and nothing more on that point need be said here.
The first American edition of Look! We Have Come Through! was published, from the Chatto and Windus sheets, by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1918.