[Pirated Edition]. Lawrence, D.H. Lady Chatterley's Lover. "Privately Printed, 1928". An early Paris edition of Lawrence's classic, this pirated edition includes Lawrence's bad signature on the limitation page, with the limitation noted as 56 of 500. According to Lawrence, this pirated version appeared in London, from New York, towards the end of 1928. "There is reason to believe that this piracy was published by the enigmatic New York poet Samuel Roth. Lawrence believed his signature to be forged by "the little boy of the piratical family," which was corroborated by gossip within the book-trade" (Getzman). 8vo. Original green boards, paper spine label. Remnants of the photo plate, as well as evidence of bad printing, can be observed. Gertzman 1.6. Roberts A42 p 99.Condition: Minor rubbing, chip loss to spine label.