D. H. LAWRENCE: The Man and His Work - The Formative Years: 1885 - 1919, by Emile Delavenay, translated from the French by M. Delavenay - 1972

William Heinemann Ltd, Mayfair, London - first edition in English 1972 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", lacking jacket Ours is an ex Monash University library copy, possibly rebound, with usual stamps, stickers and rear pocket. Pencil underlingings and a few marginal marks to text. Book in GOOD condition Twenty-nine b&w photographs, extensive Notes, Biographical Note and Index. This work began as a Sorbonne doctoral thesis and was not completed for thirty-six years - World War Two and DHL's increased literary status having intervened. It traces Lawrence's childhood, adolescence and junior manhood in Part One, with a chronological approach to his subsequent works to 1919 and comparison with the works of his contemporaries, and the development of his 'philosopy' taking the greater part of this volume. As packed book weighs 1½kgs, expect slightly higher-than-usual shipping costs (we'll gladly quote you first).