TORTOISES l983, by D. H. Lawrence. Six poems, which originally appeared in the l930 edition of Birds, Beasts & Flowers, are newly illustrated with eight woodengravings depicting the life cycle and family relationships of the Tortoise by Alan James Robinson with an Introduction by Jefferson Hunter. Printed on T. Edmonds Creme an obsolete mould made English paper, with quarter vellum binding by Gray Parrot.
28.5 x 2l cm 64 pp

Regular edition 200 copies $400

Deluxe edition 90 copies $625
Printed on Fabriano Perusia with an etching portrait of the poet, D. H. Lawrence, as a frontispiece. Eight woodengravings and the etching portrait are laid in a chemise, all protected in a quarter vellum tray-case.