• Lawrence, T.E.

Lawrence, T.E.

Title Revolt in the Desert
Date New York 1927
Publisher George H. Doran Company on Murray Hill

Description

'First Printing in America, March 1927' (stated on copyright page). Publisher's brown buckram with gilt lettering to the spine, illustrated endpapers by Erik Kennington, fore-edge and lower edge untrimmed, top-edge light brown tinting. Clear, removable, archival protective sleeve fitted to dust-jacket with lettering in red and black to spine and front cover panel, small, red, arab-on-horseback motif to front cover panel and publisher's initials in black on rear cover panel. Octavo. pp. [xx], 336. With 24 full-page illustrations, including the frontispiece after a portrait drawing of Lawrence by Augustus John; 18 line cuts by Kennington from the 1926 Seven Pillars of Wisdom and not present in any other edition of Revolt. Fold-out map printed in black and red tipped in before rear endpaper. This format was a 'gift' edition for the 1927 Christmas season. It resembles in format and binding and dust-jacket the First English Edition. A hand written inscription in Latin, headed 'Boston', appears at the head of the copyright page.

Condition

A book in Very Good condition indeed in a Good Plus dust-jacket with water stains to top edge (not affecting the book) and faded lettering to the spine, but which is not price-clipped (showing $5.00 net).
Price: £1,500.00
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