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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1965 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed, creasing to upper fore-corner first leaves); pp. 699, [3 (pubs. advts.)], with 14 plates, 6 line drawings & 4 maps. A very good copy.. Reprint. Soft Cover. VG.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (inscrip. to FFE, a trifle rubbed, occ. spots & marks, otherwise clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 700, with illustrations & maps. A near fine copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/No Jacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1943 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prev. owner's name to FFE, occ. spots & marks, otherwise clean & bright) in war economy dustwrapper (rubbed & sunned, a little frayed, discreet tape strengthening on reverse); pp. 700, with illustrations & maps. A very good copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

London, United Kingdom,: The Reprint Society, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition THUS, Vi & V II, 700 pp. brown boards, Internally clean, In original dust jackets which are price clipped. .

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935 4to. original brown buckram gilt, uncut, with gilt design on upper board (some sunning to backstrip and exposed edges, a little rubbed, occ. spotting and marking, upper hinge a little tender, otherwise clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 672, with 54 illustrations & 4 folding maps. Heavy item (2.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. Loosely enclosed are two letters to the Rev. W. Bernard Smith replying to his request for an explanation as to why Friday was the Islamic Day of Prayer, a TLS from Bishop W. Wilson Cash dated 30th January 1941, and an ALS from Eleanor A. Baigent dated 29th January 1941, both on Church Missionary Society letterhead.. First Trade. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt scimitars and motto motif to upper board, top edge brown, others untrimmed. Contents clean without the usual spotting, page edges fresh, no inscriptions, cloth with a few light rubs and marks. Near fine, without the jacket. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of 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. The author vowed "No further issue of the Seven Pillars will be made in my lifetime" when he faced bankruptcy following the privately printed edition of 1926. This first trade issue therefore followed in 1935, within weeks of Lawrence's tragic motorcycle accident.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel / History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Recently bound in mid brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to red and green labels, gilt decoration to spine, and the original brown cloth over boards, blocked with gilt 'crossed scimitars' and motto. Top edge brown, others untrimmed. A clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of 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. The author vowed "No further issue of the Seven Pillars will be made in my lifetime" when he faced bankruptcy following the privately printed edition of 1926. This first trade issue therefore followed in 1935, within weeks of… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt crossed scimitar motif to upper board reading 'The Revolt also means clean-ness + death'; top edge brown, others untrimmed, typographic dust-jacket priced at 30s. An exceptionally clean copy internally. A little sunning to spine and some marks to boards. Some small chips and closed tears to jacket edges. Jacket lightly browned and marked, with some larger losses to head of jacket spine. Very good. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of 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. The author vowed "No further issue of the Seven Pillars will be made in my lifetime"… Read More

Fordingbridge: Castle Hill Press, 1997. [Travel] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, the complete 1922 text. Three volumes and a portfolio of illustrations. Quartos (30 x 22 x 16cm), pp.[4] xxii, 434 [4]; pp.[4] x, 435-880 [4]; pp.[8] 82. Main volumes in navy full goatskin, with gilt titles and raised bands to spines. With gilt dentelle to turn-ins and gold vein marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Introductory volume in quarter navy goatskin and white cloth over boards. With 128 colour pictorial and photographic clay paper plates, including a frontispiece. With photographic endpapers. Top edge gilt. Portfolio bound in white publisher's cloth with navy paper sleeve to interior and navy paper lining. Contains two maps and loose prints of all illustrations from the book. All four items are protected inside the white cloth slip-case. Slight spotting to the slip-case and a touch of sunning to leather spines. Near fine. Number 87 of 752 copies. A close reproduction of the original, privately published Subscriber's… Read More