Fallbrook, CA: The Weather Bird Press, 1978.
Pamphlet. 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches. [iv], 12, [4] pp. Half title, frontispiece portrait of Lawrence in red, short biography of Eliot Fay at the end of the text; text clean, unmarked. Red cloth over flexible boards, printed paper front cover label; binding square and tight, small bump on lower corner of text block, small bump at head of rear board. 782-241-001. Very Good.
LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. These letters belonged to Eliot Fay (1902-1954), was a professor of Romance languages at Cornell University. In preparation to write his book about D. H. Lawrence, Lorenzo in Search of the Sun (1953), Fay corresponded with these three women who were close to D. H. Lawrence in his later years. Eliot Fay's wife was Vance Gerry's Aunt. Vance Gerry writes: "An aunt offered these letters concerning Lorenzo in Search of the Sun, her late husband Eliot Fay's book. The press, apprised that there can never be enough Lorenziana, published the letters. Be they of marginal interest the project was, nevertheless, fulfilling. Printed on the Miele Vertical." Twenty-five Years. Dorothy Brett was an Anglo-American painter. She was born into an aristocratic British family, and studied at the Slide School of Art, where she associated with the Bloomsbury group, including D. H. Lawrence. Lawrence invited Brett to Taos New Mexico, where she moved in 1924. She remained there for the rest of her life, becoming an American citizen in 1938. Emma Maria Frieda Johanna Frelin, Baroness von Richtofen was the wife of D. H. Lawrence who was also a writer, and translator of German-language literature into English. Beginning in 1930, Frieda moved to New Mexico where she lived on a ranch with her third husband, Angelo Ravagli. Mabel Dodge Luhan was a wealthy American patron of the arts, who was particularly associated with the Taos art colony.
REFERENCES: Butcher, "Checklist," in Vance Gerry and the Weather Bird Press, No. 45; Gerry, Twenty-five Years of the Weather Bird Press, No. 36.
Title: Some Letters Concerning D. H. Lawrence, From Mabel Dodge Luhan, Dorothy Brett, and Frieda Lawrence to Eliot Fay
Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies
Created: 1978
Country of Origin: United States
Illustrator: Vance Gerry (1929-2005)
Location Published: Fallbrook, CA, Weather Bird Press: 1978
Binding: Red cloth over flexible boards, printed paper fron
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None, as issued
Size: Pamphlet. 8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches
Type: Book
Categories: History, Books, Fine Press
Seller ID: 782-241-001
Keywords: d. h. lawrence, dorothy eugenie brett, eliot fay, fine press, frieda lawrence, limited edition, mabel dodge luhan, vance gerry, weather bird press