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ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY Edited by A. W. Lawrence
by Lawrence T. E
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About This Item
London: Imperial War Museum, 1991. Modern Reissue of the 1939 first edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs by the author on glossy plates and with a map and facsimile diary page. 8vo, publisher’s original tan buckram lettered in gilt on spine, in the original printed dustjacket. xii, 291 appendix pp. A very fine copy, as pristine. AN ESPECIALLY FINE FIRST EDITION THUS. A volume of Lawrence's previously uncollected writings, edited by his youngest brother and literary executor. It includes the suppressed chapter of Seven Pillars, a note on Kennington's Arab portraits and other important essays. The first part of the book contains uncollected writings b y Lawrence about the east including a diary kept during a journey made on foot as he made his way through Northern Syria in the summer of 1911, as he studied and photographed crusader castles. The secoond part of the book contains over 100 photographs taken by Lawrence during the revolt in the desert. There is very good material here on Lawrence's pre-war tour of Ottoman Syria, during which he traveled 1000 miles on foot undertaking archaeological field research of ancient military architecture,
At the end of his forward, A. W. Lawrence states, "This volume comprises practically all the authors miscellaneous writings, with the exception of Crusader Castles. I hope that essay, already printed as a personal document in a limited edition, will eventually be reissued as a work of scholarship, with annotations and additional matter by several authorities. There remains nothing else which I intend to place before the general public.
At the end of his forward, A. W. Lawrence states, "This volume comprises practically all the authors miscellaneous writings, with the exception of Crusader Castles. I hope that essay, already printed as a personal document in a limited edition, will eventually be reissued as a work of scholarship, with annotations and additional matter by several authorities. There remains nothing else which I intend to place before the general public.
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- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32002
- Title
- ORIENTAL ASSEMBLY Edited by A. W. Lawrence
- Author
- Lawrence T. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Imperial War Museum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1991
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