Lawrence T E Selected (6 results)

Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Frontispiece (illustrator). First Edition. London, UK: Jonathan Cape. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1951). First Edition. Cloth. second impression . Sm 8vo., 328 pp., cover rubbed, shelfwear, page toning .

Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. Frontispiece (illustrator). First Edition. London, UK: Jonathan Cape. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1951). First Edition. Cloth. Sm 8vo., 328 pp., Gently cracked with faded spine and bumped corners and foxing of end papers .

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine condition in pictorial Dustjacket. DJ spine & upper edges slightly discoloured. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made clear archival plastic sleeve. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxxi, 568 pages. This new selection is a major addition to Lawrenciana. It includes some re-published letters, but the editor's access to additional material (Bodleian Library included) has revealed many letters of historic value that were embargoed until 1960 and so unavailable to early biographers. Two black & white maps. Index of Recipients and also General Index.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Thus. First thus, first printing. 328pp, monochrome portrait plate frontispiece. Crimson cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Top edge sprayed red. 8vo. Cloth a little discoloured around edges and joints, gently rounded on spine tips and corners. Hint of spotting on fore and lower text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original paper dust wrapper, darkened and marked, sunned over spine rubbed around edges, some small mild stains on verso, shelf worn. More than a selection of the writings of T E Lawrence (1888-1935), perhaps better known as Lawrence of Arabia, this is an attempt to present his life as a whole in his own words, and the extracts have been chosen the development of the gifted schoolboy into the genius of warfare and then the recluse who sought respite from the legend he had created. David Garnett contributes a preface which places T E Lawrence in the context of those who knew him best.

First U. S. Edition: Red cloth, gold titles, 200 x 135 mm., 600grms., 328 pp., with index, photographic frontis, no dw., VG copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First edition in Penguin Books, 335 pp., stiff paper wrappers. Age toning, wear at wrappers, good copy. 18 x 11 cm.