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The first printing consisted of 2500 copies, of which the majority were destroyed as a result of the court action against the book.
![LAWRENCE, David Herbert. The Rainbow, London: Methuen, 1915, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original dark green cloth, pictorial dust-jacket by Frank Wright (a few short tears with slight loss at corners and at head and foot of backstrip). [Fabes p. 49; Roberts A7]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1998/CSK/1998_CSK_07998_0121_000(104853).jpg?w=1)
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LAWRENCE, David Herbert. The Rainbow, London: Methuen, 1915, 8°, FIRST EDITION, original dark green cloth, pictorial dust-jacket by Frank Wright (a few short tears with slight loss at corners and at head and foot of backstrip). [Fabes p. 49; Roberts A7]