A first edition of Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1933) signed on the title page by the author, Dorothy Brett, to Ruth Swaine, "To Ruth, in token of friendship, from Brett" and later signed on the front endpaper to author William Goyen, Doris Roberts' second husband, with a lengthy inscription: "Talk about carrying coals to Newcastle! But you might happen not to have a copy around and it would be so popular with guests, especially the hanky-panks! Someday [illegible] you'll explain to Brett that H.P. was your guest, not ours. I’ve always cringed, recalling our descent upon her – or rather ascent – that afternoon. Let’s hope she’s forgoten us entirely. Jim did his best, but still I’m afraid if she recalls us at all it is as a trio – a horrible trio!” The front endpaper also bears a library stamp from Swaine’s guest ranch that reads “Ex Libris, La Cumbre, Rancho de Taos, New Mexico.” Together with a later edition of Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence (New York, Modern Library) inscribed to the front endpaper “Not a voice crying in the wilderness, this book, not for Joe Glasco, this book, I did not give it to him, I wish I had! Summer 53, Frieda Lawrence”; a tattered paperback edition of Aaron’s Rod by D.H Lawrence (London, Guild Books, 1947) signed by Goyen and labelled “Frieda’s Copy”; and a first edition of Not I, But the Wind… by Frieda Lawrence (Santa Fe, New Mexico, Rydel Press, 1934) signed by Goyen and inscribed by Frieda to the front endpaper “Frieda Lawrence, finally, after sitting on the piano for months, this book goes to Walter – Bill, Xmas 46.”
PROVENANCE From the Estate of Doris Roberts
Largest, 6 3/4 by 9 3/4 inches