D. H. Lawrence — Pansies

London, Privately Printed, 1929. Disbound. An incredibly scarce set of unbound sheets for the deluxe limited edition of D. H. Lawrence's Pansies, including two poems removed from the first trade edition for obscenity. A very scarce, complete set of the unbound sheets, originally printed for the deluxe issue of D. H. Lawrence's poetry collection. The deluxe issue of signed copies was limited to only 50, printed for subscribers. This is the unsigned, unnumbered and unbound sheets in nine gatherings, most likely surplus printer's stock. Gatherings enclosed in a repurposed portfolio wrap, originally created for The History Maps Volume VII. With a stamp of Ankh, the Ancient Egyptian symbol of the Key of Life, pasted to the front wrap. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author.  Strikingly, the privately printed edition contains the poems, 'The Noble Englishman' and 'Don't Look at Me', originally removed for obscenity from the heavily-censored first edition of Pansies, published by Martin Secker that same year. Lawrence published further limited editions of 250 and 500 copies, also in 1929.  Unbound in nine gatherings, enclosed in a repurposed wrap. Toning and light spotting to wrap. Elasticated ribbon strained and toned. Some loss to paper wrap, primarily at spine. Internally, unbound. Pages bright and clean with only a touch age toned. The occasional spot or small handling mark. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .