Clent Books (Est.1977)
LAWRENCE, T.E SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A Triumph , London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.Hard Cover. Good/Good. This was the first edition to be published for general circulation in 1935. It was first privately printed in 1926. Book in good condition, buckram boards, there is a number of pale brownish marks on them. Some pages are rough-cut at front and bottom edges. Front free endpaper has pale mark along top where pasted label? has been removed. Page 15 has 1" tear at the bottom edge. Some foxing on front edge, and back of frontispiece and title-page. and some pages have a little foxing. Webbing is partly showing a little near top between pages 16 and 17, but there is no looseness. A really good tight copy. Dustjacket in good condition, slightly tanned, with small nicks at spine ends and outer corner edges and two small tears at top front edge. Spine lightly creased at sides. Not price clipped, 672pp, including Epilogue: Why the taking of Damascus ended my efforts in Syria - Appendix One: Nominal rolls of armoured cars and Talbot battery - Appendix Two: A diary of place-names and dates. With 4 folding maps and 54 black-and-white plates (reproductions) - most are full-page and some are in the text - by various artists including Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, William Roberts, Augustus John, Gilbert Spencer, William Rothenstein, Carline, Frank Dobson, Colin Gill, R.M Young, etc Line drawings listed as being on pages 302-3 are actually on pages 304-5. Includes small 2-page leaflet "Lawrence of Arabia Memorial." This is a heavy book and will incur extra postal charges outside the U.K. (10½"h x 7¾"w) (26cms x 19.5cms) approx. (Book ref. 7646) £210.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Clent Books (Est.1977) , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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