Eccles Collection of D.H. Lawrence’s Works
This collection was built on a foundational collection of approximately 150 books—largely first editions—assembled by British parliamentarian Lord David McAdam Eccles (1904–1999), and purchased by the university in 1961. In On Collecting (1968), Eccles explains why he decided to sell only the D.H. Lawrence portion of his extensive library with a bold assertion: “Author collections are strongly self-indulgent; one is only pleasing oneself; whereas in forming a historical collection there is always the hope of gathering knowledge which may be useful to others” (96). Eccles may have underestimated the interest that others would have in this particular author collection. Over decades, librarians and donors have added to his core collection, thereby building an impressive collection of approximately 500 books by and about D.H. Lawrence, including numerous translations.
Listen to Frieda Lawrence reading her husband’s poems:
- Ship of Death, Part 1
- Ship of Death, Part 2
- Red Wolf
- Bavarian Gentians
- Autumn in Taos Invocation to the Moon
Collection Formats: 20th Century, 21st Century, Books -- click to see other collections with this format
Cover of Danish translation of Lawrence's Love Among the Haystacks (PR 6023 A96 L9 D2 1952).
Cover of Spanish translation of Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover (PR 6023 A96 L1 S7 1939).
Cover of D.H. Lawrence's The Rainbow (PR 6023 A96 R1 1915).
Cover of D.H. Lawrence's Mornings in Mexico (PR 6023 A96 M8).
Dust-jacket for 1930 edition of Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover (PR 6023 A96 L1 1930b).