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ORIOLI, Giuseppe (1884-1942, editor). The Lungarno Series . Florence: G. Orioli, 1929-[1937], 12 volumes, 8° and 4°. THE COMPLETE SERIES, comprising: Antonio Francesco GRAZZINI (1503-1585) and David Herbert LAWRENCE (1885-1930, translator). The Story of Doctor Manente . 1929. Monochrome frontispiece and 2 plates (margins lightly browned, occasional spotting). Original parchment boards, dustwrapper (partial browning, short tears). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1,200 COPIES, THIS NO. 679 OF 1,000. Roberts A45b (quoting Orioli's statement that 2,400 were printed) -- Sir Harold ACTON (1904-1994, translator). The Last of the Medici ... With an Introduction by Norman Douglas . 1930. Photogravure frontispiece and one plate. (Lightly browned, a few spots). Original purple boards gilt, gilt leather lettering-piece (spine faded). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 365 COPIES SIGNED BY ACTON AND DOUGLAS, THIS NO. 358 OF 350, PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by Acton. Woolf B5 -- Norman DOUGLAS (1868-1952). Capri . 1930. Frontispiece, 22 plates, 2 mounted illustrations. Original cloth-backed boards, gilt leather lettering-piece (partially faded). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 525 SIGNED COPIES, THIS NO. 44 OF 500. Woolf A33 -- D.H. LAWRENCE. The Virgin and the Gipsy . 1930. Original boards, printed paper spine-label, dustwrapper (dustwrapper a little faded and chipped). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 810 COPIES, THIS NO. 57 OF 800. Roberts A54 -- N. DOUGLAS. Paneros . 1930. Original gold cloth, gilt leather lettering-piece on spine (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION, NO. 165 OF 250 SIGNED COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to A.J.A. Symons by Douglas. Woolf A34a -- D.H. LAWRENCE. Apocalypse . 1931. Photogravure portrait frontispiece. Original red boards, gilt leather lettering-piece on spine (spine a little faded). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, THIS NO. 499 OF 700. Roberts A57 -- Richard ALDINGTON (1892-1962). Stepping Heavenward . 1931. (Fore-edges lightly browned.) Original cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, dustwrapper (dustwrapper faded on spine and lightly spotted). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 808 SIGNED COPIES, THIS NO. 476 OF 800; with a loosely-inserted series prospectus -- Ada LAWRENCE and C. Stuart GELDER. Young Lorenzo . 1931. Frontispiece and 9 plates. Original parchment boards, dustwrapper (dustwrapper slightly marked and faded). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 740 COPIES, THIS UNNUMBERED. Roberts B34 -- William Somerset MAUGHAM (1874-1965). The Book Bag . 1932. Photogravure frontispiece. Original cloth-backed boards, dustwrapper (dustwrapper lightly marked, spine faded and chipped). FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED TO 725 SIGNED COPIES, THIS NO. 616 OF 700. Stott A43b -- D.H. LAWRENCE. Last Poems , edited by Richard Aldington and Giuseppe Orioli. 1932. Colour-printed frontispiece after Lawrence. Original printed boards, printed paper lettering-piece on spine (spine faded, extremities chipped, joints splitting). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, THIS NO. 165 OF 700. Roberts A62 -- 'Richard MACGILLIVRAY' [Richard MacGillivray DAWKINS]. Norman Douglas . 1933. Original cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, dustwrapper (dustwrapper a little rubbed and marked, short tears). FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 450 COPIES, THIS UNNUMBERED; with a loosely inserted prospectus -- G. ORIOLI. Adventures of a Bookseller . [1937]. Original printed wrappers (spine slightly faded). FIRST EDITION, NO. 213 OF 300 SIGNED COPIES; with a loosely inserted prospectus. (12)