Lawrence T E Shaw T E (35 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. First paperback printing. Sticker remnant on back corner. 1992 Trade Paperback. 564 pp. Profiles the enigmatic soldier, statesman, and man of letters, offering a wealth of letters that shed light on his role in the Arab revolt and his retreat into obscurity. Two maps, index of recipients, and extensive index follow text.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

3rd printing. Record of an unusual literary friendship from when they first met in 1922 when Shaw was 66, Lawrence 34, until Lawrence's death in 1935. 302 pg, index, references. Good in worn dust jacket. (book- edge wear, corners bumped, dj- edge waer, slightly faded).

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Trade Edition. First trade edition. Lacks jacket. Spine and edges toned, hinges just beginning to weaken. 1935 Hard Cover. 672 pp. 9 3/8 x 7 1/8. 8vo. Full page portraits throughout, as well as four maps. Original beige cloth, gilt titles, red top page ridge. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia'), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. A fine new copy of this delightful little volume of the T.E. Lawrence translation of The Odyssey. aeg. 408pp.

Condition: Very Good. 7 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 15 x 23 cms. Category: Saturday Books; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Trade Edition. First trade edition, preceding the more common 1938 'De Luxe' edition. Lacks jacket. Spine toned, edges rubbed and corners slightly exposed. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1935 Hard Cover. 672 pp. 9 3/8 x 7 1/8. 8vo. Full page portraits throughout, as well as four maps. Original beige cloth, gilt titles, red top page ridge. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia'), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine as new copy of this first volume in the definitive edition of these letters from T.E. Lawrence to Charlotte Shaw. 227pp. One of 45 copies bound in quarter brown goatskin. in card slipcase as issued A handsome edition of what is an invaluable source for the student of T.E.L.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British Edition. (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. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. Original grey printed wrappers, stapled as issued but with staple removed to prevent further rusting. 28 pp., including advertisements, plus 2 photographic plates. Size: 11.2 × 14.4 cm. Catalogue for the Leicester Galleries exhibition held 5-21 February 1927, listing 61 works by Eric Kennington, Augustus John, William Roberts, Paul Nash, Henry Lamb, Colin Gill and others relating to Lawrence, the Arab Revolt and Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Includes prefaces by Bernard Shaw and T. E. Lawrence, and a full-page Jonathan Cape advertisement for Revolt in the Desert. Very good overall; wrappers lightly toned and handled, minor edge wear and rust dsmage, contents clean and complete. Uncommon Lawrence exhibition catalogue. Institutional copies recorded; first issue cited by O'Brien A098.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [A beautiful edition, designed by Bruce Rogers in the Hesperides Series] 1940 printing. Housed in custom made cloth slip case with linen boards. Bound in publisher's cloth. Top edge gilt. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Blind stamp on half title page. 442 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. This publication is one of the finest creations of legendary American printer, typographer, and book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who had read Seven Pillars and believed that Lawrence was the man who "could make Homer live again".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase. First Edition. A fine copy of this splendid edition of T.E. Lawrence's translation of Homer's Odyssey. Bound in full black leather by W. H. Smith & Son Bindery who bound for the Ashendene Press. The binding is in fine condition and the volume is contained in the original card slipcase that too is in near fine condition. Printed in Rogers' Centaur type on light grey Barcham Green paper, watermarked with a Greek galley and printed with aromatic ink that still holds the spicy aroma. The title page and each chapter heading has a gold leaf roundel depicting a Greek vase design, the printing of these took seven separate impressions and along with the typography is a wonderful feature of the book. In Joseph Blumenthal's "Bruce Rogers. A Life in Letters", Blumenthal describes this volume: "I believe the Bruce Rogers Odyssey is indisputably amongst the most beautiful books ever produced. It is difficult to describe a work of genius. In the Odyssey without tricks or accessory decoration, with a classic austerity akin to the timeless proportions of the Parthenon, with only type and paper and ink, with consummate skill, Rogers created a masterpiece". Here indeed is a fine copy of this master work, without doubt one of the most handsome volumes in the Lawrence canon. As an added bonus the Lawrence translation is still most readable, so the volume offered combines printing excellence with a practical and readable text. Limited to 530 copies. An exceptional copy of this fine landmark volume. More information available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition Thus. One Of The Most Famously Well Produced Books Of The 20Th Century. Unpaginated, One Of 530 Copies Only. Bound In Full Black Niger Morocco With Top Edges Gilts And Gilt Spine Lettering, Deckled Edges. Printed On Special Paper Made By J. Barcham Greem & Son In 16-Point Monotype Centaur. There Are 26 Decorations Of Homeric Figures From Greek Vase-Paintings That Are Printed In Black On Roundels Of Gold Leaf That At The Head Of Each Book And On The Title Page. Several Of The Original Loose Tissue Guards Are Present. Lacking The Slipcase. Slight Usage To Covers. Endpapers Darkened In Half-Inch Strips Along Edges (From Turns), As Usual.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Special Edition. Full leather bound edition. Raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. Gilt page edges and cover design. Ribbon page marker. Marble design endpapers. Book is new and sealed in publishers shrinkwrap. Book.

Wraps. Condition: Fair. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 4.5 inches. 384 pages, plus covers. Illustrations. Introduction by John Finley. Cover is worn, torn, soiled, creased, and cover partially reglued to spine. This is the complete book--not a digest. The prose translation by T. E. Shaw (known to hundreds of thousands as Lawrence of Arabia( of Homer's great Greek epic poem was first published in 1932. At Shaw's instance, it appeared without any mentioned of the translator's name. Hailed by the Book-of-the-Month Club News as :one of the notable books of our time: and by the New York Herald Tribune as 'perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," it immediately became a best seller. Not until the tragic death of Shaw in 1935 were the publishers permitted to reveal that Lawrence of Arabia was responsible for this outstanding translation, a translation which the eminent critic, Dr. Henry Seidel Canby, has heartily recommended 'for everybody over twelve." In all editions of the book subsequent to his death, Shaw's name has appeared as translator. This special edition of The Odyssey of Homer has been made available to the Armed Forces of the United States through an arrangement with the original publisher, Oxford University Press, New York. Overseas edition for the Armed Forces. Distributed by the Special Services division, A.S.F. for the Army, and by the Bureau of Naval Personnel for the Navy. U.S. Government Property. Not for sale. Published by Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., a non-profit organization established by the Council on Books in Wartime. This overseas edition/Armed Services Edition is among the rarest, if not the rarest, of the posthumously published work of T. E. Lawrence/T. E. Shaw. As can be imagined, although there were a large number of copies printed, relatively few have survived the ravages of combat, the other ravages of time, the ephemeral nature of these softcover wartime editions, and both intentional and inadvertent destruction. This 'fair condition' copy has literally been through the wars. It's survival over nearly eight decades rivals, in some ways, the survival through the oral tradition of the Odyssey of Homer until such time as it's majestic words could be captured in written form. Not only is this work of inestimable value to the serious Lawrence of Arabia collector, but it is equally significant to the classical scholar and those who appreciate a rowdy good tale. Edith Hamilton, whose reputation as a scholar of the ancient Greeks has no equal, wrote: Homer's poetry turned to prose. "I did not know that it was possible for a translation to reproduce so closely the beauty and delightfulness of Homer. I feel that Colonel Lawrence (T.E. Shaw) has given the poem back to the world that has ceased to read Greek. The Translator [Shaw/Lawrence] wrote: "For years we were digging up a city of roughly the Odysseus period. I have handled the weapons, armour, utensils of those times, explored their houses, planned their cities. I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions, sailed the Aegean (and sailed ships), bent bows, lived with pastoral peoples, woven textiles, built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand the Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Armed Services Edition; Overseas Edition.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Gilt brown buckram cloth hardcover in the original format with scimitar vignette to front board. Top edge stained brown, others uncut. Some mild spotting/staining and rubbing to covers. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat. Internally bright and fine. Illustrated. Index. 672p. "Lawrence of Arabia Memorial" leaflet, c. 1936, laid in. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. …

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 4th Printing. Hardcover 327 pp. Blue cloth. Clean.

Single leaf, folded. Somewhat creased and soiled with slight, closed tears at head, otherwise a very good copy. Scarce.

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Brown cloth gilt. Page edges toned. Dustwrapper price-clipped, slightly faded on spine, with small chips around top spine, but protected in removable clear plastic sleeve. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. First UK trade edition: Lawrence's translation was first published in 1932, in a limited edition by Emery Walker. The first trade edition was published in the US the same year (along with a limited edition), with a US 'popular' edition published in 1934. This 1935 UK edition was compiled from the sheets of first US trade edition, and released after Lawrence's death. The translation was undertaken from 1928-32, while Lawrence was serving as a mechanic in the RAF under the assumed name of Shaw; it was completed by Lawrence 'in the sparse leisure of his service, at Karachi, at Hythe and at Plymouth', where 'the life from which he had just emerged ensured an appreciation and understanding of the spirit of the poem which no pure scholar can hope to possess' (dw). Indeed, Lawrence's assessment of the author of The Odyssey - 'driven by his age to legend, where he found men living untrammelled under the God-possessed skies' - echoes his own deep engagement with medieval chivalry and his self-fashioning as Lawrence of Arabia. In his prose translation, he sought to produce a 'straightforward' and vivid rendering - 'wherever choice offered between a poor and a rich word richness had it' - of a book he calls 'neat, close-knit, artful, and various; as nearly word-perfect as midnight oil and pumice can effect'. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition, 1st impression. Old owner's signature. Size: viii, 327pp; 23 x 15cm, maps to endpapers. Old owner's signature.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. This listing comprises 3 items. A first edition, first printing of The Odyssey of Homer translated by T. E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia) bound in full calf by Riviere. The book was designed by the noted book designer Bruce Rogers. The second item is The Letters from T. E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers, this is one of 200 copies privately printed in 1933. It is signed and inscribed by Bruce Rogers to Sydney C Cockerell. Sir Sydney was the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and was knighted in 1934. The Fitzwilliam is the Art & Antiquities Museum of Cambridge and Cockerell was there from 1908 to 1937 building up their collection of private press books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, and paintings. The third item is More Letters from T. E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers and is one of 300 copies privately printed in 1936. It is also signed and inscribed by Rogers to Cockerell. Letters and More Letters are bound in flexible cloth covered boards and come in a shared slipcase. Letters and More Letters contain Lawrence's thoughts and opinions about The Odyssey project and the friendship between Lawrence and Rogers. The Odyssey is bound in full tree calf by Riviere with marbled endpapers, gilded page edges, decorative borders, and red and green spine labels. It has a previous owner gift inscription on the first free endpaper dated Christmas, 1933. The front pastedown has the bookplate of John R Payne - retired professor at the University of Texas at Austin, T. E. Lawrence specialist, and perhaps the best rare book appraiser in Texas during his career. Very light wear to spine, otherwise Fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover. One of 500 copies offered for sale of 530 copies of this monumental edition of Homer's Odyssey. The book was printed at the works of Emery Walker, Ltd., under the supervision of Bruce Rogers. Walker and Rogers were two of the most influential figures in the world of books, design, and printing in the late 19th and early 20th century. Emery Walker (1851-1933) was an English engraver, photographer and printer. Walker took an active role in many organizations that were at the heart of the Arts and Crafts movement, including the Art Workers Guild, the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. He also was a key figure in the world of design, typography and printing, in the teaching and dissemination of those crafts, and in the cultural landscape of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. Bruce Rogers (1870 - 1957) was an American typographer and type designer, acclaimed by some as among the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. Rogers was known for his "allusive" typography, rejecting modernism, seldom using asymmetrical arrangements, rarely using sans serif type faces, often favoring faces such as Bell (at the time known only as Brimmer), Caslon, his own Montaigne, a Jensonian precursor to his masterpiece of type design Centaur. His books can fetch high sums at auction. [Wikipedia] In his book, "Paragraphs on Printing" on pages 148-160, Rogers recounted the four year creation of the Odyssey, from his asking Lawrence to translate the work, to creating the perfect paper and making ink, and the special gold and seven-step printing operation of the rondels. It was widely recognized that Rogers had created a masterpiece (see Blumenthal, Art of the Printed Book). Rogers had been inspired by his reading of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" to persuade Lawrence to undertake this new translation. Lawrence began his work in 1928, and after some years produced a translation of the classic using his personal experience in the fog of war as well as faithfulness to the text as his guidelines. Bound in full black Niger morocco with gilt toes and lettering on the spine in gold. Printed on special paper made by J. Barcham Greem & Son in 16-point Monotype Centaur. There are 26 decorations of Homeric figures from Greek vase-paintings that are printed in black on roundels of gold leaf that at the head of each Book and on the title page. There is a two inch long ink line on the front free endpaper and the usual discoloration from the leather turns. Otherwise a fine copy. Accompanied by the prospectus. Not in original slipcase. Now housed in a very good fleece lined black clamshell box with a leather spine and black cloth covers. With a bit of scuffing and signs of handling. With an unusual Velcro closure. Measures 8.25 - 11.5 inches. Unpaginated [358 pages]. PRI/092724.…

Card Covers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A superb copy of the rare First Printing of this catalog of art works (later printings are noted at top of front wrapper) accompanying Lawrence's account of his legendary part in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Foolscap 8vo (144 x 110mm): 28pp, with 2 full-page photographs on coated paper (Eric Kennington's bust of Lawrence and Augustus John's portrait of "H. M. King Feysal of Irak"). Wire-stitched in original dark beige card wrappers. Trivial nick to leading edge of upper wrapper, else pristine. O'Brien A099. Catalogue of an exhibition of 81 items. The preface Lawrence contributed to the 1921 exhibition catalogue of Arab Portraits by Kennington, with the first three paragraphs omitted, was repurposed for this 1927 catalogue. George Bernard Shaw also contributed a preface "saying more about Lawrence than he did about the exhibition." (O'Brien) Lawrence sat for the modeling of Kennington's bust in November and December of 1926. In a letter to Kennington dated 15 February 1927, the month of the Leicester Galleries exhibition, Lawrence expressed his admiration for the sculpture: "It's amazing: and very curious . . . It represents not me, but my top-moments, those few seconds in which I succeed in thinking myself right out of things . . ." (The Letters of T. E. Lawrence, London, 1938, pp. 507-508). N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. London, Ernest Brown & Phillips, The Leicester Galleries, 1927 (second printing - '2nd Edition' is printed at the head of the front cover). Sextodecimo, 28 pages (including 7 pages of advertisements) plus 2 plates (Eric Kennington's bust of Lawrence, and Augustus John's portrait of King Feysal [sic]). Overlapping wrappers (with advertisements for Leicester Galleries on three surfaces) slightly nicked and a little creased, with a short tear to the front bottom margin expertly sealed; corner creases to the last two leaves and the John plate; scattered foxing; minor signs of handling; overall a very good copy. 'Exhibition No. 427 February 5th-21st, 1927'; Shaw's preface runs to seven pages, Lawrence's (five pages) is an extract 'from a note on Mr Kennington's Arab portraits written by Colonel Lawrence in 1921'. Provenance: 'from the library of David Garnett', with a small label to that effect mounted on the front cover. A most felicitous association: David Garnett edited the first major collection of Lawrence's correspondence, and both he and his father Edward were important influences on him as a writer. Castle Hill Press has recently published 'T.E. Lawrence's Correspondence with Edward and David Garnett' (2016). O'Brien A099. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Twenty Volume Hardback set. No Dust jackets. 1926 to 1930 dates for all tttwenty volumes. First Printing. Bound in green cloth with gold gilt lettering on spine. Good to Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with with dust soiling to top edge, minor brown stains and spots sprinkled through out the twenty volumes, minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. Nice complete set otherwise. Section 1, Shelf 5. No Signature.…

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.