LAWRENCE, T. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph. [London: Privately printed], 1926. 66 plates (4 double-page, and many colored), including the "Prickly Pear" plate, and 58 illustrations in the text by Eric Kennington, Paul Nash, William Roberts, Blair Hughes-Stanton, and others; 4 colored folding maps; initial letters by Edward Wadsworth. 4to, three-quarter ochre morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in one compartment and dated in the bottom compartment, edges gilt; several margins with some light foxing or soiling; cloth folder and full brown morocco pull-off solander case. FIRST EDITION, one of 170 "complete" copies of an edition of 211, inscribed by Lawrence on page XIX: "Complete copy. 1.XII.26. TES.", and with the usual autograph correction by him in the list of illustrators. Duval 8; O'Brien A040.

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LAWRENCE, T. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph. [London: Privately printed], 1926. 66 plates (4 double-page, and many colored), including the "Prickly Pear" plate, and 58 illustrations in the text by Eric Kennington, Paul Nash, William Roberts, Blair Hughes-Stanton, and others; 4 colored folding maps; initial letters by Edward Wadsworth. 4to, three-quarter ochre morocco, spine with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in one compartment and dated in the bottom compartment, edges gilt; several margins with some light foxing or soiling; cloth folder and full brown morocco pull-off solander case. FIRST EDITION, one of 170 "complete" copies of an edition of 211, inscribed by Lawrence on page XIX: "Complete copy. 1.XII.26. TES.", and with the usual autograph correction by him in the list of illustrators. Duval 8; O'Brien A040.

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