THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE 18TH EARL OF DERBY, M.C., D.L.
SOLD BY ORDER OF THE EXECUTORS
LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph. [London: privately printed], 1926.
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LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph. [London: privately printed], 1926.
4° (254 x 187mm). Side and lower edges mostly uncut, frontispiece portrait of Feisal, 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, 2 folding coloured maps each with duplicate, 58 illustrations, one coloured, by Roberts, Nash, Kennington, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and others, initials by Edward Wadsworth. (Outer margins of a few leaves lightly spotted, one plate shaved not affecting image.) Red morocco panelled in gilt, spine in compartments, by J. & E. Bumpus Ltd., original woodcut endpapers by Kennington, g.e. (extremities with some occasional very slight rubbing). Two typed letters signed from the booksellers Bumpus bound in, additional leaf entitled 'Some notes on the writing of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Shaw' loosely inserted. Provenance: The Earls of Derby (bookplate).
PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION, limited to about 170 'complete' subscribers' copies, FRONTISPIECE SIGNED AND DATED BY FEISAL, INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE 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 but not the Nash illustrations called for on pages 92 and 208 or the Hughes-Stanton woodcut called for opposite the dedicatory poem. Page XV is mis-paginated as page VIII.
The Times records how, on 22nd November, 1927, as part of a trip to Lancashire to study the cotton industry, King Feisal visited Liverpool where he was met by a deputation which included the Lord Mayor, Lord Derby, and the Town Clerk. Lord Derby, in his welcoming speech, dwelt upon the benefits of the cotton trade to all concerned parties, and ended by noting that 'They did not welcome him [Feisal], however, from the point of view of what the future might bring, but as one who was a staunch ally of this country during the war.' Feisal spent that night at Knowsley, the seat of the Earls of Derby, where he signed and dated the frontispiece of this copy. The first of the two letters from the booksellers John & Edward Bumpus Ltd., advises Lord Derby to 'preserve carefully' the leaflet which is now loosely inserted in this copy. In this leaflet Lawrence states 'that nobody but myself knew how many copies were produced.' The second letter from Bumpus acknowledges Lawrence's reluctance to be more specific, and notes that 'no copies were numbered.' The letter goes on to say that 'it may be of interest, however, that in the list which Colonel Lawrence gave me for distribution of the copies, his lordship's [Lord Derby] entry is 'No. 10'.
4° (254 x 187mm). Side and lower edges mostly uncut, frontispiece portrait of Feisal, 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, 2 folding coloured maps each with duplicate, 58 illustrations, one coloured, by Roberts, Nash, Kennington, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and others, initials by Edward Wadsworth. (Outer margins of a few leaves lightly spotted, one plate shaved not affecting image.) Red morocco panelled in gilt, spine in compartments, by J. & E. Bumpus Ltd., original woodcut endpapers by Kennington, g.e. (extremities with some occasional very slight rubbing). Two typed letters signed from the booksellers Bumpus bound in, additional leaf entitled 'Some notes on the writing of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Shaw' loosely inserted. Provenance: The Earls of Derby (bookplate).
PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION, limited to about 170 'complete' subscribers' copies, FRONTISPIECE SIGNED AND DATED BY FEISAL, INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE 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 but not the Nash illustrations called for on pages 92 and 208 or the Hughes-Stanton woodcut called for opposite the dedicatory poem. Page XV is mis-paginated as page VIII.
The Times records how, on 22nd November, 1927, as part of a trip to Lancashire to study the cotton industry, King Feisal visited Liverpool where he was met by a deputation which included the Lord Mayor, Lord Derby, and the Town Clerk. Lord Derby, in his welcoming speech, dwelt upon the benefits of the cotton trade to all concerned parties, and ended by noting that 'They did not welcome him [Feisal], however, from the point of view of what the future might bring, but as one who was a staunch ally of this country during the war.' Feisal spent that night at Knowsley, the seat of the Earls of Derby, where he signed and dated the frontispiece of this copy. The first of the two letters from the booksellers John & Edward Bumpus Ltd., advises Lord Derby to 'preserve carefully' the leaflet which is now loosely inserted in this copy. In this leaflet Lawrence states 'that nobody but myself knew how many copies were produced.' The second letter from Bumpus acknowledges Lawrence's reluctance to be more specific, and notes that 'no copies were numbered.' The letter goes on to say that 'it may be of interest, however, that in the list which Colonel Lawrence gave me for distribution of the copies, his lordship's [Lord Derby] entry is 'No. 10'.