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Lot 94
Sale 6417 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Sep 10, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,920
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Lot Description
[Black Sun Press] Lawrence, D.H. The Escaped Cock
The H. Bradley Martin Copy
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. First edition, #30/50 copies on Japanese vellum, numbered and signed by Lawrence on half-title. The H. Bradley Martin copy, with his book-plate on inner front wrapper. 8vo. Title-page printed in black and in red. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and color head- and tail-piece by Lawrence. Publisher's stiff printed wrappers; in original glassine, loss along upper spine, smaller losses along edges; in original marbled paper-covered slip case. Minkoff A-27
A near-fine copy, one of only 50 printed on Japanese vellum and signed and numbered by Lawrence. This is the first appearance of the story later known as "The Man Who Died".


