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LAWRENCE, T.E.(1888-1935). Seven Pillar of Wisdom a triumph. [London: privately printed,] 1926.
4° (251 x 186mm). Printed in red and black. 66 plates, many coloured or tinted, 4 double-page, by Eric Kennington, William Roberts, Augustus John, William Nicholson, Paul Nash and others, 4 folding coloured maps, 58 illsutrations, one coloured, by Roberts, Nash, Kennington, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and others, initials by Edward Wadsworth. Original dark blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, ruled and tooled in gilt, black-and-white woodcut endpapers by Eric Kennington, g.e. (very slight damage to small area of surface of front paste-down), slip-case. Provenance: Ward E.Guest (bookplate).
PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION, LIMITED TO ABOUT 170 'COMPLETE' SUBSCRIBERS' COPIES, OF LAWRENCE'S MASTERPIECE, INSCRIBED BY HIM on p.XIX "Complete copy 1.XII.26 TES." with an additional single manuscript correction. As usual, the present copy includes the "Prickly Pear" plate, which is not required by Lawrence's list of illustrations, but does not include the the two Paul Nash illustrations called for on pages 92 and 208, or the Blair Hughes-Stanton wood engraving that in some copies illustrates the dedicatory poem. In this copy, page XV is mis-paginated as VIII. Clements p.49 (stating that "only about 100 copies were produced at 30 guineas each").
4° (251 x 186mm). Printed in red and black. 66 plates, many coloured or tinted, 4 double-page, by Eric Kennington, William Roberts, Augustus John, William Nicholson, Paul Nash and others, 4 folding coloured maps, 58 illsutrations, one coloured, by Roberts, Nash, Kennington, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and others, initials by Edward Wadsworth. Original dark blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, ruled and tooled in gilt, black-and-white woodcut endpapers by Eric Kennington, g.e. (very slight damage to small area of surface of front paste-down), slip-case. Provenance: Ward E.Guest (bookplate).
PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION, LIMITED TO ABOUT 170 'COMPLETE' SUBSCRIBERS' COPIES, OF LAWRENCE'S MASTERPIECE, INSCRIBED BY HIM on p.XIX "Complete copy 1.XII.26 TES." with an additional single manuscript correction. As usual, the present copy includes the "Prickly Pear" plate, which is not required by Lawrence's list of illustrations, but does not include the the two Paul Nash illustrations called for on pages 92 and 208, or the Blair Hughes-Stanton wood engraving that in some copies illustrates the dedicatory poem. In this copy, page XV is mis-paginated as VIII. Clements p.49 (stating that "only about 100 copies were produced at 30 guineas each").