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8vo., First Edition thus, with a plate; buff printed wrappers, a fine copy. First published in 1941; reissued by the HWS to celebrate the centenary of Lawrence's birth. O'Brien E146 (recording the first edition).
8vo., Second Impression; orange cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned at backstrip. Published a month after the first impression. 'The 'Shallonford' error of the first edition remains uncorrected. Gretton 28 (first edition); Matthews A29 (1941b); O'Brien E146 (first edition).
8vo., Second Impression; cloth, gilt back, covers a little faded, corner bruised else a very good, clean copy. Published a month after the first edition. 'The 'Shallonford' error of the first edition remains uncorrected. Gretton 28 (first edition); Matthews A29 (1941b)
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border stopped with roundels at corners, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a crisp, elegant set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914 (1958); Vol. II: 1914-1926 (1961). SCARCE.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; terracotta cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers very lightly chipped at extremities. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1926. COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and plates; terracotta cloth, gilt backs, a bright working set. The set comprises Vol.I: 1889-1914; Vol. II: 1914-1926. First volume with small personal bookplate on front paste-down, annotations in pencil on front free endpaper, ink annnotations on rear free endpaper verso; Second volume is ex-Foreign and Commonwealth Office Library with press mark on backstrip, label on front free endpaper, small stamp on title, accession stamp on title verso.
Biography of the Arabian explorer. Over twenty illustrations. With Index. Black cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Light browning on page edges.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 26 plates on 23 and 4 maps in red and black, free endpapers mildly browned; original terracotta cloth, gilt back, coves mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION. Higginson A26a; O'Brien E030.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 26 plates on 23 and 4 maps in red and black, neat contemporary signature on half-title; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Higginson A26a; O'Brien E030.
Single folded sheet, printed on three pages; extremities very lightly browned else a very good, clean copy. Leaflet giving the terms of the appeal for funds for the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial. The list of committee members includes Allenby, Herbert Baker, Churchill, Lionel Curtis, Augustus John, Bernard Shaw and Evelyn Wrench. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. O'Brien E068.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and full-page map in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in darker blue, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, beige endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in ivory linen boards, blue Niger morocco back by SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, back with raised bands, compartments lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in the publisher's fragile card slip-case, the latter mildly worn at extremities. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. Collects five essays by Lawrence, including reviews of works by D.H. Lawrence, Wells and Flecker, his Criticism of Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter and A Review of the Works of Walter Savage Landor. O'Brien A229.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 6 large folding panoramas in sepia-toned collotype, 16 full-page maps in red and black and 2 full-page diagrams in the text, and front and rear endpaper maps, most original tissue guards present; original red cloth, gilt back, case a little shaken (but binding entirely sound) else a very good, bright, clean copy. THIS COPY FORMED PART OF THE BRACKENBURY BEQUEST TO THE STAFF COLLEGE, CAMBERLEY. It bears the fine engraved armorial Brackenbury bookplate on front paste-down, the Camberley stamp (cancelled) together with several date stamps on half-title, and 'not to be retained' label on front board. Published in the official series 'History of the Great War', based on official documents by direction of the historical section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. This first (of two) volumes covers the commands of Maxwell and Murray, and deals with the defence of Suez, the advance across Sinai into Southern Palestine and First and Second Gaza. It also includes the campaign against the Senussi, minor operations in the Sudan and against the Sultan of Darfur, and the outbreak of the Arab Revolt (aided by Lawrence). Co-compiler Cyril Falls is the author of the standard WWI bibliography 'War Books' (1930). The separate portfolio of maps is not present with this copy. Scarce in this original edition. Enser, p.250; Falls, p.53.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, title-vignette, 15 plates by Kennington, John, Roberts and others, folding map coloured in outline and pictorial endpapers, title lightly spotted; pale rose cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in black, brown top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with minor loss at edges and with one or two short closed tears. Later impression without Doran colophon on title verso. O'Brien A107.
Roy. 8vo., Third Impression, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 15 plates by Kennington, John, Roberts and others, and a large folding map coloured in outline; original tan buckram, gilt back, brown top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Published in the same month as the first edition.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates, sketches in the text and endpaper maps; sand pictorial cloth, covers blocked in black, gilt back, brown top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Surprisingly , this is only the second English edition, following original publication in 1927. O'Brien A104.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 15 plates by Kennington, John, Roberts and others, and large folding map (original tissue interleave present), some mild offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original tan buckram, gilt back, brown top, uncut, a very good, bright, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip, chafed at head of backstrip and with one short closed tear. Bright, crisp copy of the original edition. This famous abridgement of 'Seven Pillars' predates the larger work by nine years. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. O'Brien A102.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 47 plates by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts and others, 6 illustrations in the text and 4 folding maps, endpapers faintly spotted; original decorative brown buckram gilt, gilt back, uncut, brown top, backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy. The first publicly available edition of this literary classic, following private publication in 1926 and the limited edition of 1935. Winston Churchill believed that it 'ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. The work also formed the basis of David Lean's multiple Oscar-winning feature film 'Lawrence of Arabia' starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Enser, p.191; O'Brien A042.
Roy. 8vo., First US Trade Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 47 plates by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts and others, 6 illustrations in the text and 4 folding maps coloured in outline; handsomely bound in red full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, pictorial gilt from original board preserved and mounted on new leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The first publicly available US edition of this literary classic, following private publication in 1926 and the limited edition of 1935. Winston Churchill believed that it 'ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. The work forms the basis of David Lean's multiple Oscar-winning feature film 'Lawrence of Arabia' (1962) starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Enser, p.191; O'Brien A42.
8vo., First Edition thus, with fine portrait frontispiece, numerous plates, 3 full-page maps in the text, and endpaper maps on yellow stock; yellow pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and black, yellow top, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case
8vo., First Edition, with a sepia-toned portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 44 sepia-toned plates on 37 and numerous illustrations and plans in the text; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt bright and legible), a very good, clean copy. Collects the letters of TE, WG and FH Lawrence. Includes introduction to the letters of TEL by Churchill (together with a reprinting of his allocution of 1937); foreword to the letters of WGL by Sir Ernest Barker; foreword to the letters of FHL by Rev. E.W. Cox. Scarce. Cohen B145; O'Brien A246; Woods B53.
8vo., First Edition, with sepia-toned portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 44 sepia-toned plates on 37 and numerous illustrations and plans in the text; original navy blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip. Collects the letters of TE, WG and FH Lawrence. Includes introduction to the letters of TEL by Churchill (together with a reprinting of his allocution of 1937); foreword to the letters of WGL by Sir Ernest Barker; foreword to the letters of FHL by Rev. E.W. Cox. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Cohen B145; O'Brien A246; Woods B53.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, 15 plates and 4 maps (2 folding and 2 full-page), tiny neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some very light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original tan buckram, gilt back, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper An important contribution to the literature of TEL. Includes a cross-referenced index of recipients and some valuable photographs. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. O'Brien A202 (second state).
8vo., First Edition, small neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
