DOLD-SAMPLONIUS, Yvonne ; AQATUNLivre Rare Book
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197627923In english, with the arabic text 1 vol. in-8 br., Heidelberg, 1976, 94 pp.
1928PHO-1377London, Constable & Co ltd ,1928 , 8°, xiv-422pp. , original editor cover , one folding map and several illustrations .
192456436Par le Chef de Bataillon Beucler, VIe C.A., 12e D.I., 18e R.T.A., 1 brochure in-4 agrafée, Metz le 15 Novembre 1924, 41 pp.
19962-9810212879World Scientific Pub Co Inc 1996. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 490 pages. 9.00x6.75x1.25 inches. World Scientific Pub Co Inc paperback
1926144751926. CHEESMAN Robert Ernest. In Unknown Arabia of an expedition to an unexplored tract of Eastern Arabia: Bahrain Hufuf Jabrin OQair. London Macmillian & Co. 1926. With 67 photo illustrations 3 maps including one large folding map of Arabia 447 pages. <br /> <br /> First edition travel account of a previous unexplored tract of Eastern Arabia with large folding map of Arabia that illustrates Qatar and Trucial Oman. Major Robert Ernest Cheesman was a military officer explorer and ornithologist. In 1923 during a journey into the Arabian Peninsula Cheesman collected over 300 specimens from the Hasa oasis. He is credited with discovering Cheesman's Gerbil Gerbillus cheesmani that inhabits the Arabian Peninsula. Cheesman was the first man to map the Arabian coast from the Gulf of Salwa to Uqair. In 1924 he fixed the position of Hofuf and identified the site of ancient Gerrha. He presented his findings to Ibn Sa'ud at his court in Hofuf. Library binding copy with small sticker on front end-paperedges rubbed some light foxing pencil annotations 71 small tear to bottom edge of pp 40 42 2 inch seperation along centerfold of folding map near edge and margins. Otherwise book complete with large folding coloured map in good condition. unknown
1936PHO-940London: Jonathan Cape ,1936. 2 volumes ,4to.(260x200) , percale éditeur ,dos lisse avec auteur , titre et tomaisons , titre en noir et rouge , illustré de nombreuses gravures et de 2 cartes couleurs dépliantes in-fine , non rogné , manque sur le plat , coins usés , petit travail de vers sans atteinte , rousseurs.
199092135Copenhagen, Munksgaard 1990 In-folio. Reliure éditeur pleine toile vert pâle sous étui à l’identique, jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 413 pp., contient "Icones rerum naturalium" avec 43 planches en couleurs et environ 200 illustrations. Bon exemplaire.
1981053180Arabia: Al-Matawa Press. c. 1981 1981. No Binding. Very Good. Original folded color map. Oblong atlas folio. 60x91 cm. Bilingual in English and Arabic. Arabic map and texts with b/w photographs of some views from Saudi Arabia and English map and texts with b/w photos of Jeddah Riyadh and Dhahran airports with legends and "distances in kilometers". It shows a very detailed landscape of entire Arabian Peninsula including Saudi Arabia Aden Oman Muscat Qatar Trucial Coast Nafud Dahna Rub' Al-Khali Najran Asir Yemen Ramlat As Sab'atayn Dhofar Al Mahrah Hadhramaut Kuwait Neutral Zone and others. <br/> <br/> Al-Matawa Press., [c. 1981] unknown
192833452Oxford: Oxford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford 1928. First edition. With a frontispiece portrait from the Simson bronze medallion nine plates of portraits sketches letters etc. and a fold-out map. 4to in the publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine in the rare printed dustjacket. viii 4 216 pp. A very pleasing copy of this elusive work the text quite fine the cloth also in excellent condition with virtually none of the usual fading the rare dustjacket complete and with only minor rubbing to the extremities. An unusually fine survival. A SCARCE WORK OF INTEREST TO BOTH DOUGHTY AND T. E. LAWRENCE COLLECTORS. The author David G. Hogarth who died before the book came to publication was the noted archaeologist and scholar associated with both Lawrence and Doughty. He led the Carchemish archeological work in Syria where he employed Lawrence and was also professionally associated with Sir Mark Sykes. Professor Hogarth was appointed the acting director of the Arab Bureau for a time during 1916 when Sir Sykes went back to London. Close with T. E. Lawrence he worked with Lawrence to plan the great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks and Germans. Hogarth introduced Lawrence to Doughty and Lawrence wrote the famous introduction to the 1921 edition of Doughty's TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA.<br> T.E. Lawrence in his introduction to the 1921 edition describes this 'not like other books.a bible of its kind'. In referring to Doughty's own impressions of his effort Lawrence states: 'He calls his book the seeing of a hungry man the telling of a most weary man."<br> ARABIA DESERTA is one of the best-known classics of exploration and travel. Few writers of any genre have worked such magic or mischief on the English language as Doughty. He disapproved of Victorian prose style and mingled his own with Chaucerian and Elizabethan English and Arabic.<br> But whatever the style the result is perhaps the finest book on Arabia ever written. Another Arabist T.E. Lawrence speaks on Doughty: "I have talked the book over with many travellers and we are agreed that here you have all the desert its hills and plains the lava fields the villages the tents the men and animals. They are told of the life with words and phrases fitted to them so perfectly that one cannot dissociate them in memory. It is the true Arabia the land with its smells and dirt as well as its nobility and freedom. There is no sentiment nothing merely picturesque that most common failing of oriental travel-books. Doughty's completeness is devastating. There is nothing we would take away little we could add. He took all Arabia for his province and has left to his successors only the poor part of specialists. We may write books on parts of the desert or some of the history of it; but there can never be another picture of the whole in our time because here it is all said." - from the Introduction.<br> Hogarth's son William made the final revisions needed to his father's long-compiled manuscripts after the elder Hogarth passed in 1927. With the help of Mrs. Doughty Edward Garnett and Sydney Cockerell he was finally able to finish his father's labor of love and bring the work to publication. Oxford University Press. London: Humphrey Milford hardcover
1935059996London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford 1935. First British Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Vii 327 Pp. Blue Cloth Gilt Top Edge Gilt Foredge Deckled. The 28Th English Rendering Of The Odyssey First Published In A Limited Edition In Great Britain By Emery Walker And In A Limited Edition In The Us Both In 1932 This Is The First Uk Trade Edition 1935 Stated Lacking The Map Endpapers And Introduction By Findlay Present In The American Issue. Book Is Fine Bright Clean No Wear Or Marks. Dj Is Bright Clean Very Slight Spine Fading And Browning Shallow Chipping Across Top Of Spine 1/2" X 3/16" Triangular Chip At Center Of Bottom Edge Of Rear Panel 3/4" To 2' Closed Tears At Corners Of Front Panel Each With Internal Clear Tape Repairs. <br/> <br/> Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford hardcover
1935SevenPillarsTELawrence<p><strong>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</strong> T.E. Lawrence aka Lawrence of Arabia <u>Hardcover First Trade Edition - First Printing</u> London: Jonathan Cape 1935. 30s aka 30 shillings cover price present no indication of later printings on copyright page indicating a first printing with the exception of a private edition issued in 1926 mostly to friends associates and family. Contains numerous portraits some city and desert scenes a few caricatures and humorous images and three maps.</p><p>Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. A splendid copy notoriously difficult to find in nearly intact dust jacket. The book itself has typical again and a little hint of discoloration to the boards. The text-block edges are uneven which is common with this edition. Sometimes the pages/leaves were cut after the printing causing the text-block to be uneven on the right-hand side. The pages themselves are quite clean. The jacket is nearly all there with just a bit of fraying to the top spine common edge-wear and slits here and there but no major tears or chips. Quite nice.</p><p>NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.</p><p>ALSO: The pictures are of the actual item for sale. The pictures are NOT stock photos.</p> Jonathan Cape hardcover
1921512921 brochure in-8, Imprimerie d'Etudes Sociales et Politiques, s.d. [ 1921 ], 34 pp.
1935013130London: Jonathan Cape 1935 London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First British trade edition. 4to. Coffee brown cloth binding with crossed swords and quote" the sword also means clean-ness & death". Gold titles. Brown topstaining. Rough-cut pages. 672 pp. illustrated. With EPHEMERA: Lawrence of Arabia Memorial leaflet one page folded discussing the space for a memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral undersigned by F. M. Allenby Herbert Baker Winston Churchill Lionel Curtis Augustus John. George Bernard Shaw and Evelyn Wrench. Discoloration to boards a bit shaken a few dog-ears to pages. Ephemera in fine condition. Rare jacket is soiled with chipping to corners and top of spine 1" tear along side. in protective mylar cover. Good in good dustjacket protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. Jonathan Cape hardcover
198256847Saudi Arabia: Ministry/Defense & Aviation 1982. good. Quarto approx. 150 3-ring plastic binder with customized front and spine text 3-hole punched color illus. color figures. Slight wear and soiling to binder. In early 1981 the Saudi government requested American assistance in providing meteorological support to the Kingdom's military forces. This request was accepted. This document constitutes a visionary organizational arrangement for the Kingdom. Weather morale and logistics are three imponderables of warfare with morale and logistics significantly affected by weather. This plan considers the unique position of the Kingdom the sophisticated armaments in the region command and control requirements economy of force and responsiveness to external contingencies among other factors. The plan represents the then state of the art technology and equipment and required a military-civil mix of personnel to execute and to understand and respond to military needs. This plan was prepared by a joint Saudi and U.S. team comprised of highly-skilled professionals including a number from the U.S. Department of Defense and the military services. This plan was deemed to meet military requirements standardize the service emphasize safety and operations response and to aid in decisions affecting the rules of engagement. Ministry/Defense & Aviation unknown
1906ys3303L'Edition d'art H. Piazza Sélection Abraxas-libris Broché sous emboitage 1906 In-8 (17 x 23,4 cm), broché sous emboîtage, couverture rempliée, 222 pages, 1 de 348 exemplaires sur vélin, superbes compositions en couleurs de E. Dinet commentées par Sliman Ben Ibrahim Bamer ; légères pliures au dos, par ailleurs intérieur très frais, bel exemplaire. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
1925163169London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1925. The confidential nature of Clayton's successive offices necessarily obscured the importance of his achievements First appearance in print first impression of the English text of the Hadda and Bahra Agreements negotiated by Sir Gilbert Clayton and Ibn Saud. The printer's slug records that 1125 copies were printed in January 1926 one month after the agreements were presented to Parliament by Leo Amery the colonial secretary and the future political nemesis of Neville Chamberlain. As Ibn Saud continued to expand his power base in the early and mid-1920s "the turbulent events. precipitated British diplomatic intervention. this led to a series of missions to the Hejaz led by Sir Gilbert Clayton between 1925 and 1928" Leatherdale p. 138. The accords reached in 1925 established a tribunal to rule on frontier disputes and placed limitations on the movements of traditionally peripatetic tribes. On the part of Ibn Saud participation in the agreement was a deliberate diplomatic strategy designed to maintain British neutrality vis-à-vis his broader geopolitical goals. Concerning Clayton M. W. Daly observes that "while colleagues and subordinates such as T. E. Lawrence achieved worldwide fame the confidential nature of Clayton's successive offices necessarily obscured the importance of his achievements" ODNB. Octavo pamphlet pp. 16. Royal coat of arms of the UK on first page. Wire-stitched as issued. Recently pencil ownership signature of one "Mr Simon" on first page. Light toning and creasing rust marks at staples. A near-fine copy of this delicate publication. Clive Leatherdale Britain and Saudi Arabia 1925-1939 1983. hardcover
1951ABC_45233New York & London: The Arab Information Center 1951. 2 booklets a magazine and a menu all in original publishers wrappers. 8vo. Comprising:1 EL-KHATIB M. Fatallah foreword. Basic Documents of the Arab Unifications. New York Arab Information Center June 1958.2 OMRAN Abdel-Rahim. Public Health & Welfare in the Arab States: Past Present and Future. New York Arab Information Center November 1959. The booklet opens with a history of the Arab contributions to medicine followed by modern statistics.3 WRIGHT Esmond. The Arab World. Current Affairs no. 125. London Bureau of Current Affairs 3 February 1951.4 MENU. P&O menu. On board the S.S. Arcadia Sunday 25 March 1962. Set of four publications two of which by the Arab Information Center in New York. Together with other Arab information centers in various cities in the Americas Europe and Asia the New York office belonged to the Press and information department of the League of Arab states. As well as the monthly newspaper Arab World the office published numerous research reports on various aspects of the individual member states and the Arab world at large. Ad 1: The most important documents concerning the unification of Arab states. These documents include: the Proclamation of the United Arab Republic the Proclamation of the Arab Union the Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Republic the Charter of the United Arab States and the Constitution of the Arab Union.Ad 2: An overview of both the history of Arab medicine and the current state in 1958 of the demographics and healthcare in various states of the League.Ad 3: A short overview of the Arab world.Ad 4: Menu offered during a cruise in the Gulf on board the S.S. Arcadia.The staples in ad 1 somewhat rusted and ad 2 with an owners stamp. All in very good condition.l MacDonald The league of Arab states pp. 135-138. The Arab Information Center, unknown
1951L95CCFTRZTEWNew York & London 1951. 3 booklets and a menu. 1 EL-KHATIB M. Fatallah foreword. Basic documents of the Arab unifications.New York Arab Information Center June 1958. 8vo. 43 pp. includes: the Proclamation of the United Arab republic the Proclamation of the Arab Union the Provisional constitution of the United Arab republic the Charter of the United Arab States and the Constitution of the Arab Union.2 OMRAN Abdel-Rahim. Public health & welfare in the Arab states past- present and future.New York Arab Information Center November 1959. 8vo. 32 pp. The booklet opens with a history of the Arab contributions to medicine followed by modern statistics.3 WRIGHT Esmond. The Arab World. Current affairs number 125.London Bureau of current affairs 3 February 1951. 8vo. 19 1 pp. Short overview of the Arab World.4 MENU. P&O menu.On board the S.S. Arcadia Sunday 25 March 1962. 8vo. Menu with on front a coloured illustration of a Dhow in the Arabian Sea. Probably offered during a cruise in the Gulf. unknown
1960L95FL4P9FMHFSaudi Arabia 1960. Colour-printed folding map 48 x 69.5 cm of the Arabian peninsula scale: ca. 1: 5000000 with on the back a city map of Jeddah a plan of the main business quarter of Riyadh a city plan of Dammam a distance table and 8 photographic city views. Folding map of the main roads of Saudi Arabia but depicting the whole Arabian peninsula. On the left of the map text giving information on the climate Riyadh Jeddah Damman Taif the Akrama water dam Alkhobar the telephone system and the exchange rates. The reverse side of the map includes plans of Jeddah Riyadh Dammam and 8 photographic city views. Some minor tears at the folds front partly discoloured and browned but otherwise in good condition. unknown
193257680Par le Docteur Duguet, Médecin Général, Inspecteur général du Conseil sanitaire, maritime et quarantenaire d'Egypte, avec une préface de Justin Godart, exemplaire su tirage ordinaire, 1 vol. in-8 br., Les Editions Rieder, 1932, XII-337 pp. avec 8 planches hors texte (16 photos de pèlerins et de Médine, La Mecque, Mina et Arafat)
1930552451 album pleine toile verte, format 21,5 x 18 cm, avec 22 photos format 17 x 11 cm, circa 1918-1937, Vartan Derounian
1935895London: Jonathan Cape 1935. First Trade Edition. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere. Fine. LAWRENCE T. E<br /> Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph<br /> London. Jonathan Cape 1935. First trade edition.<br /> <p>Quarto. 672pp. With a photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust by Eric Kennington 53 plates four in colour and four folding maps. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere stamp-signed to front turn-in in contemporary gilt-tooled brown morocco A.E.G. marbled endpapers Housed in custom tan cloth slipcase. An immaculate copy.</p> <br /> <p>A handsomely bound copy of the first trade edition of Lawrence's magisterial account of the Arab Revolt during the First World War.</p> . Jonathan Cape unknown
1917192206Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing India 1917. With the loosely inserted index Second edition significantly expanded and revised from the first of 1915 including updated sections on Al Hasa and Nejd and the rule of the Saud dynasty as well as 22 additional route descriptions in the final section. The 20-page index tucked into the end band was issued only with a subset of copies. The first edition issued in March 1915 went through three small printings in a year but the outbreak of the Arab Revolt and the upswing in the Mesopotamian Campaign necessitated its revision. Chapters discuss history geography populations resources maritime issues and administration while also providing British intelligence on the Ottoman forces. On the "fighting qualities of local Arabs of Mesopotamia" the compilers observe that "for several years the Arabs have been very friendly towards the British and on several occasions prominent chiefs have come forward with suggestions of a British Protectorate" p. 90. The routes draw on a variety of sources including Lorimer reports by captains Shakespear and Leachman the Danish explorer Barclay Raunkiaer Lieutenant Arnold Wilson and recent intelligence supplied by Lieutenant-Colonel L. S. Newmarch Resident and Consul-General at Baghdad. In a reflection of the region's changing geopolitics the list of important personages is reduced from 25 in the first edition to only 11. Octavo. Folding heliozincographed map of Lower Mesopotamia in front pocket 3 folding tables errata slip tipped in facing p. 34; tables in text. With 20-page separate index loosely inserted in rear band. Original green diagonal-grain cloth wallet binding spine and front cover lettered in black. Title page with contemporary pencil ownership inscription of Lieutenant-Colonel Austin Romauld O'Flaherty officer commanding 33 British General Hospital Mesopotamia. General signs of use spine sunned small tidemarks internally short split along fold of map; index volume re-sewn: very good. hardcover
1916192452London: Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division May 1916. A detailed intelligence handbook the folding maps in excellent condition First edition of this regional survey for the armed services published for official use only and compiled by the Arab Bureau's David Hogarth following his recruitment to naval intelligence in 1915. The four folding maps present Arabia's settlements tribal distribution and orographic and land-surface features. After general physical and social surveys chapters cover Bedouin tribes the Hejaz Asir Yemen Aden and the Hadhramaut Oman the Gulf coast Nejd Jebel Shammar the northern Nefud and Dahanah belts and settled tribes. The appendices comprise a system of transliteration from Arabic to English and an extensive glossary of topographical terms. "The sources from which this work has been compiled include native information obtained for the purpose since the outbreak of the war. This applies in particular to the strength and distribution of the Bedouin tribes and to their political relationships. Recent information from native sources has also been used for parts of the Red Sea littoral such as the little-known region of Asir" preliminary note. Volume II published the following year was concerned with detailed routes. The work was reissued in 1920. Octavo. With 15 photographic half-tone plates 4 folding colour maps in end pocket. Original blue cloth flap case metal stud-fastener spine and front cover lettered in gilt. Annotated bookplate of Royal Artillery Institution Woolwich. Shadow from old label on spine fold of front flap splitting at ends and consequently a little fragile ring stain on outer face of folded map another map with small pinhole couple of small splash marks: a very good copy indeed. hardcover
19250088521925. Letter. This 7 September 1925 autograph letter from T. E. Lawrence "of Arabia" to John G. Wilson "the most famous English bookseller of his time" a critical supporter of the legendary 1926 Subscriber's edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and one of the select few to receive a complimentary copy from Lawrence. The letter is noteworthy not only for the association but for timing and content as Lawrence was struggling to fill subscriptions for his magnum opus. <br /> <br /> your free copy shall be distinguished somehow beyond the ordinary copies I owe you the very greatest thanks for your help <br /> <br />The letter is addressed and dated at the top right of the first panel "338171 AC II Shaw Hut 105 R.A.F. Cadet College Cranwell Lincs. 7. IX. 25". Following Lawrence's salutation "Dear Wilson" the letter reads: <br />"My "sample" has only choked off one subscriber to date. It can't be helped. I see you have put yourself down for a paying copy. But you must also lend me your bibliophilic experience so that your free copy shall be distinguished somehow beyond the ordinary copies. We can write in it or add or subtract something to make it quite peculiar. I owe you the very greatest thanks for your help when I was low in the list. One of your subscribers puzzles me. I have booked <br />F. R. Richmond Esq. <br />8A Kensington Palace Gardens <br />London W. 8. <br />and also <br />F. R. Richmond Esq. <br />Holm Foundry <br />Cathcart <br />Glasgow. <br />Are these two men or one There were two Richmonds you told me: but surely not to F. R.'s. That seems almost incredible. Lord Bute didn't get a copy: because Lady Bute is giving him one:" <br />Following his valediction "yours sincerely" and signature "T E Shaw." there is a postscript: "My move to the Air Force has broken the thread of my proof-correcting & thrown me back." <br /> <br />Condition <br /> <br />The letter is written in black ink on a single sheet of laid watermarked "ORIGINAL BLACKFRIARS MILL" paper measuring 8.875 x 6.9375 inches folded once to form four 4.375 x 6.9375 inches panels. Lawrence wrote on the first and third of these panels. Condition is very good. The paper is complete with no loss tears or appreciable wear other than an additional horizontal fold from original posting. The paper shows light overall soiling to the first and fourth outer panels and perhaps a faint hint of spotting to the lower front panel. Lawrence's ink remains clear and unfaded. The letter is protected within a clear removable archival sleeve housed within a rigid crimson cloth folder. <br /> <br />Lawrence of Arabia <br /> <br />During the First World War Thomas Edward T. E. Lawrence 1888-1935 experienced a transformative odyssey as instigator organizer hero and tragic figure of the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire which he began as an eccentric junior intelligence officer and ended as "Lawrence of Arabia. He spent the rest of his famously short life struggling to variously reconcile reject share and repress this indelible experience which was eventually recounted in his magnum opus Seven Pillars of Wisdom. <br /> <br />Hiding and writing in the R.A.F. <br /> <br />As part of his effort to evade his celebrity in August 1922 Lawrence enlisted in the Royal Air Force first under the name John Hume Ross and later Thomas Edward Shaw a name he used until his death. Hence from that time forward he seldom signed with his original surname. By December 1922 Lawrence had with a close circle of friends decided to produce 100 copies of the Seven Pillars at thirty guineas a copy if so many subscribers can be found. So September 1925 found Lawrence officially Aircraftsman Shaw residing in Hut 105 of the R. A. F. Cadet College at Cranwell trying to both duck and recount the events that had made him so uncomfortably famous. By the time Lawrence wrote this letter to Wilson in 9 September 1925 he was well into the elaborate preparation of and corresponding expenses for his famous Subscribers edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Subscribers were fewer than had been hoped and Wilson was to prove of material help. <br /> <br />John Gideon Wilson <br /> <br />John Gideon Wilson 1876-1963 was manager of Bumpus bookshop "the most famous English bookseller of his time" and a significant even critical supporter of the famous 1926 Subscriber's edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. "Described as 'massively wise and unassumedly learned' this lovable man was endowed with a rare simplicity. In his shop Wilson might be found conversing with the poet laureate or wrapping up the purchase of a schoolboy. His assessment of authors and their books was quick and sure and his advice always valid was freely given to authors publishers and his fellow booksellers." Given his literate and approachable character and his commercial stature it seems no surprise that he and Lawrence found opportunity to collaborate. <br /> <br />More than just a friend and subscriber <br /> <br />Today when Subscriber's editions of Lawrence's magnum opus routinely command $six-figure sums it is almost prohibitively difficult to imagine any challenge in securing subscribers for the mere 202 copies eventually issued. But at the time Lawrence's expenses in producing the edition to his exacting and lavish specifications were extravagant and for much of 1925 he was genuinely concerned by a lack of anticipated subscriber commitments. It was to Wilson that Lawrence had turned earlier in the year when facing the prospect "that the plans for a thirty-guinea subscription edition had been over optimistic. By mid-March three months after the start of the project only twenty-six subscribers had been found" while estimated costs to produce the edition were proving higher than anticipated. Lawrence wrote to Wilson who was both manager of Bumpus bookshop in London and bookseller to the King asking if Wilson "would like to place twenty copies at the thirty guineas price." Six worrisome months later prospects had improved - due in no small part to Wilson. "By the middle of September" a week after Lawrence wrote this letter to him "Wilson had added a block of subscriptions and the total suddenly jumped to eighty." <br /> <br />Bookseller to the King <br /> <br />Indeed when completed by the binders in November 1926 Lawrence sent "the very first of these" to the Royal Library at Windsor which "had taken out a subscription" having placed the order through J. G. Wilson. For this copy Lawrence returned the advance cheque writing in advance explanation to Wilson ".it seems improper that Kings should buy and sell among their subjects." <br /> <br />Wilson was clearly a trusted figure; in 1928 when Lawrence was collaborating with Bruce Rogers on their famous rendering of Homer's Odyssey Wilson was one of the few trusted early with the knowledge that Lawrence was to be the translator. Following Lawrence's death in 1935 Wilson had a hand in the disposal of Lawrence's personal library from his beloved Clouds Hill cottage. <br /> <br />A doubly privileged recipient <br /> <br />Ultimately there were only 211 copies of the Subscriber's Edition of which 170 were complete copies 32 incomplete and 9 spoils. No two copies are identical. In addition to various differences in inclusion and placement of the many illustrations each copy was bound differently. Wilson would have a hand in selling an appreciable percentage of the 170 available for sale to subscribers. Speaking to his importance to the edition and as substantiated by this letter Wilson would personally receive not only one of the 32 incomplete copies that Lawrence gifted to friends and comrades from the Arab Revolt but also one of the 170 complete copies. <br /> <br />References: Wilson Lawrence of Arabia; ODNB; Richard Knowles Rickaro Books <br/><br/> unknown
