D. H. Lawrence — The Trespasser
London, Duckworth & Co, 1912 . Cloth. A fine example of the second impression of D. H. Lawrence's tragic novel about a married man and his adulterous affair. The first edition, second impression, published two months after the first impression.The work drew upon the experiences of a friend of Lawrence, writer and teacher Helen Corke, and her adulterous relationship with a married man that ended with his suicide. Lawrence worked from Corke's diary, but also urged her to publish it. She did so in 1933 as Neutral Ground.With a publisher's catalogue to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, exceptional, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. The odd spot to the text block fore edge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .
