# Is "Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship" by Dorothy Brett a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship by Dorothy Brett (Lippincott, 1933) is identified by: First edition, 1933; a Taos art-colony memoir of Dorothy Brett's friendship with D. Published in 1933 in both a US Lippincott (Philadelphia) and a UK Martin Secker (London) issue; sources do not cleanly establish month-level precedence between the two, so identify by publisher imprint and confirm the intended issue.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition, 1933; a Taos art-colony memoir of Dorothy Brett's friendship with D. H. Lawrence in New Mexico
- The book appeared in two 1933 issues: the US J. B. Lippincott edition (Philadelphia), octavo, about xii + 301 pages with illustrations, and a UK Martin Secker edition (London) bound in fawn cloth with gilt spine lettering and carrying a colored frontispiece and black-and-white plates
- A first issue in either binding should retain any dust jacket with its printed price present
- Publisher imprint reads Lippincott
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Dorothy Brett |
| Publisher | Lippincott |
| Year | 1933 |
| True first | US edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition, 1933; a Taos art-colony memoir of Dorothy Brett's friendship with D. H. Lawrence in New Mexico |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First edition, 1933; a Taos art-colony memoir of Dorothy Brett's friendship with D. H. Lawrence in New Mexico. The book appeared in two 1933 issues: the US J. B. Lippincott edition (Philadelphia), octavo, about xii + 301 pages with illustrations, and a UK Martin Secker edition (London) bound in fawn cloth with gilt spine lettering and carrying a colored frontispiece and black-and-white plates. A first issue in either binding should retain any dust jacket with its printed price present.

## Is this the true first?
Published in 1933 in both a US Lippincott (Philadelphia) and a UK Martin Secker (London) issue; sources do not cleanly establish month-level precedence between the two, so identify by publisher imprint and confirm the intended issue.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Book-club editions and later printings reprint the text but are not the first edition and are far less collectible. Use the points above to be certain — see book-club edition vs. first edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Lawrence and Brett: A Friendship* by Dorothy Brett a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/lawrence-and-brett-a-friendship
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.