Lawrence (D.H.) The Ship of Death
£50
and other poems
London, Faber & Faber, 1941.
First Faber edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red boards. Blue dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
This Faber & Faber anthology collects twenty-eight poems from the last years of Lawrence’s life, reflecting the author’s preoccupation with mortality: written when he was dying of tuberculosis, it urges readers to prepare a symbolic ship to carry their souls and portrays death as an unexpected voyage.
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A very good copy; jacket with a little marking but overall very good.
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