Not I, But The Wind...

Santa Fe, NM: Privately Printed by the Rydal Press, 1934. First edition. Limited Edition, numcer 251 of 1000. Hardcover. Fair. No dust jacket.. 311. [1] pages. Includes illustrations. Number and Signed on page facing title page. Signed by author. Spine torn and chipped. Label has faded lettering. Some pages uncut. Frieda Lawrence (August 11, 1879 August 11, 1956), born Frieda von Richthofen, was a German literary figure mainly known for her marriage to the British novelist D. H. Lawrence. She was a distant relation of Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron". 1912, she met D. H. Lawrence, a former student of her husband. She soon fell in love with him and the pair eloped to Germany, Frieda leaving her children behind. During their stay, Lawrence was arrested for spying and, after the intervention of Frieda's father, the couple walked south, over the Alps to Italy. Frieda and Lawrence married in 1914. They intended to return to the continent, but the outbreak of war kept them in England, where they endured official harassment and censorship. They also struggled with limited resources and D.H. Lawrence's already frail health. Leaving post-war England at the earliest opportunity, they traveled widely, eventually settling at the Kiowa Ranch (now D. H. Lawrence Ranch) near Taos, New Mexico.