Tortoises. Woodengravings by Alan James Robinson. Introduction by Jefferson Hunter de Cheloniidae Press. Lawrence, D.H - 1983

Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1983. One of 10 deluxe copies bound in full vellum, with an extra suite, original pencil drawing of "Tortoise Shout," all on Fabriano Perusia, from a total issue of 310, signed by the artist, Alan James Robinson, on the colophon page of the book and on the original etch portrait of D.H. Lawrence as well as on each of the seven individual woodengravings in the extra suite and the drawing. Page size: 11 x 8 inches. Six poems by Lawrence are accompanied by seven woodengravings by Robinson and one etching. This edition was designed by Art Larson and Alan Robinson. The text was set by Winifred and Michael Bixler in Centaur and Arrighi with some additional hand composition by Art Larson and printed by Harold McGrath. Bound by Gray Parrot: full vellum, housed in tan cloth clamshell box with vellum spine, extra suite of the wood engravings and drawing in portfolio laid in to clamshell box with book, fine. Mr. Robinson's always beautiful animal portraits (never sentimentalized) perfectly complement the erotically charged verse of Lawrence whose exploration of sexuality changed the way the 20th century wrote and thought about this very basic of impulses.