'The Mint' and Later Writings about Service Life. Edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson.

29/50 COPIES (from an edition of 277 copies), tipped-in sepia frontispiece portrait from a drawing by Augustus John, Parts 1 and 2 of the diary printed on grey paper, all of the preliminaries and the remainder of the text on white paper, pp. xiv, 340, 8 [additional material], royal 8vo, original full goatskin, backstrip lettered in gilt with five raised bands, a.e.g., grey endpapers reprint a seaplane design, pale grey cotton-marker, blue cloth slipcase, fine. 'Some Uxbridge Notes' and the four contemporary notes about Cranwell at the rear are exclusive to this issue. Lawrence's 1928 text of 'The Mint' was initially published in 1928 in order to secure copyright in America. This edition has been transcribed and checked from that 1928 manuscript (constituting here pages 5-174) and is accompanied by a selection from Lawrence's later writings about service life printed on pages 175-340. Bound and in a format to complement the press's 1997 edition of 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'.