Group of First and Limited Edition Books by D. H. Lawrence and Aldous Huxley

To include:

D. H. Lawrence. RAWDON'S ROOF. London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1928. Limited edition, no. 242 of 500 numbered for sale copies (additional 30 for presentation). Woburn Books series no. 7. Original grey paper-covered boards with design and lettering in blue. Thin 8vo; 32pp. Signed by Lawrence on limitation page. In removable mylar jacket. (Boards with browning, especially at spine and edges, light wear at spine ends and corners, and small imperfection on upper board; split along entire front joint revealing binding with partial cracking at rear; light wear at endpapers including minor corner loss and a closed tear; some leaves with closed or small edge tear, many unopened at top edge; occasional gutter cracking, toning and light grime at edges with strips of toning on pgs. 24 and 25; an about good copy/lacking jacket.)

Aldous Huxley. CROME YELLOW. London: Chatto & Windus, 1921. First edition. Yellow cloth-covered boards with paper label on the spine, top edge green. Small 8vo; 325pp. (A few marks and areas of bubbling to cloth, corners bumped, spine sunned and wear to ends with small chips and a few closed tears to cloth, label lightly rubbed with peeling and corner loss; bookstore sticker on rear paste-down; gutter cracking and separation from text block; half title and title partially detached; interior lightly toned with occasional offsetting, light scattered foxing and grime, and frequent pencil writing/marks; a few closed tears with a 1 1/4-in. tear on p. 91/92 slightly impacting text and a large tear in the outer margin of p. 203/4 not impacting text; an about good copy/lacking scarce jacket.)

Aldous Huxley. ON THE MARGIN. London: Chatto & Windus, 1923. First edition. Cloth-covered boards with paper label on the spine, top edge stained, in printed jacket. Small 8vo; [vi], 229, [1]pp. In removable mylar jacket. (Boards tanned and spotted, light wear to spine ends, and slight separation from text block at head; second label used and near fine with one crease; endpapers with tanning, mottling, slight chipping, and typical offsetting; light toning, occasional minor foxing, edge wear/tear and light gutter cracking, frequent underlining and marginalia in pencil; pgs. 91 and 92 with long tear and taped repairs at inner margin; jacket toned and foxed with some edge wear and split in two at the spine; a well-read, good minus copy in a fair to good jacket.)

Aldous Huxley; Mrs. Frances Sheridan. THE DISCOVERY: A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS. London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. Limited edition, no. 133 of 200 numbered for sale copies (additional 10 not for sale). Quarter cloth over patterned black paper-covered boards with paper label on the spine. Small 8vo; vii, [5], [1]-121pp. With Rockwell Kent-designed bookplate of publisher Alfred A. Knopf on front paste-down. In removable mylar jacket. (Edgewear (heavy on lower board), minor scuffing, corners rubbed, fraying and tiny losses at spine ends with separation from text block at head, second label used and near fine; interior with edge toning and foxing at endpapers; good to very good/lacking jacket.)

Aldous Huxley. THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1945. Stated first edition. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt and black, top edge stained yellow, in red plain printed dust jacket. 8vo; xi, [3], 312pp. In removable mylar jacket. (Light marks to upper board, wear to extremities; hinge cracking starting at tail of hinge with tears at paste-down and upper board slightly loose; interior with staining and light foxing at endpapers, corner stain impacting paste-down through title, minor edge stain, and occasional pencil mark and light corner crease, overall pages clean and unmarked; jacket toned with light foxing, grime, and edgewear, spine with chipping at ends and staining here and along lower edge; a good to very good copy in good, unclipped jacket.)

Aldous Huxley (intro.). THEY STILL DRAW PICTURES! A COLLECTION OF 60 DRAWINGS MADE BY SPANISH CHILDREN DURING THE WAR. New York: The Spanish Child Welfare Association of America, 1938. Spiral bound, red and blue illustrated card covers. 8vo; 71pp. (Light scuffing, creasing, and edgewear to covers; small hole in leaves starting at p. 57, light foxing at endpapers, offsetting, and occasional small stain and corner crease; about very good.)

D. H. Lawrence; Aldous Huxley, ed. THE LETTERS OF D. H. LAWRENCE. New York: The Viking Press, 1932. First edition. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt, top edge stained red, in black, red, and gold jacket. 8vo; xxxiv, [2], [1]-893pp. In removable mylar jacket. (Minor edge wear, slight separation at head; offsetting and toning at endpapers with foxing concentrated at edges and endpapers, minor corner stain, one leaf with closed tears, frequent staining at gutter; jacket with toning, foxing, edge wear, and a minor stain at the spine; good in good unclipped jacket.)

Largest 9 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.; smallest 7 5/8 x 5 in.

Private Collection, North Carolina