A sequence of poems about nature and the non-human world - plants, animals, and elemental life.
First illustrated edition, in quarter vellum over marbled boards, corners & edges rubbed.
a few marks, gilt tooling.
Spine, gilt titles & tooling.
Internally, half title, limitation to verso, frontis, title in red & black inks, [8], [4], 5-194 pp, [1], [1] printers details, 13 B&W wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton (11 full page + 2 within text), t.
e.
g.
, remainder uncut, some faint edge browning.
An edition limited to 500 numbered copies on mould-made paper.
(340*218 mm).
The collection is one of Lawrence's boldest experiments in free verse and ecological consciousness, presenting nature as powerful, alien, and spiritually significant.