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THOMAS EDWARD LAWRENCE (1888-1935)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Garden City, New York: Country Life Press for Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. 4° (251 x 190mm). Frontispiece and 47 plates after Augustus John, Eric Kennington, Lawrence and others, 4 colour-printed collotypes, 4 maps printed in red and black, and 3 collotype facsimiles, one folding. Illustrations. Original morocco-backed buckram over bevelled boards, spine titled in gilt, top edge red, others uncut, partially unopened, slipcase (short splits at ends of hinges, light wear to slipcase). SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, NO. 191 OF 750 COPIES. Loosely-inserted is a prospectus and order form for the work printed in black and red (O'Brien A055). O'Brien A053.
Revolt in the Desert. London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. 4° (261 x 195mm). Title printed in red and black. Colour-printed collotype frontispiece and 18 collotype plates, 10 printed in colour, retaining most tissue guards, one folding map printed in red and black, bound to throw clear. Original pigskin-backed buckram, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine slightly faded and rubbed). Provenance: John Raymond Danson (1893-1975, engraved bookplate by Stephen Gooden, cf. C. Dodgson Gooden no.147, III). FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER ISSUE, NO. 259 OF 315 COPIES. O'Brien A101.
Revolt in the Desert. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 4° (263 x 203mm). Colour-printed collotype frontispiece and 10 colour-printed collotype plates, 8 mounted monochrome plates, one folding map printed in red and black. Original blue buckram, spine with gilt leather lettering-piece, top edge gilt, others uncut (extremities lightly rubbed, cracking on lower hinge). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, LARGE-PAPER ISSUE, NO. 66 OF 250 COPIES. O'Brien A105. Provenance: Dr Lionel Dakers CBE (1924-2003).
SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE OF SEVEN PILLARS WITH THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LIMITED-ISSUE FIRST EDITIONS OF REVOLT IN THE DESERT. Together with a later impression of the trade issue of the second American edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and 4 other issues of Revolt in the Desert: the first trade edition (O'Brien A102); the first American trade edition, later issue with Doran imprint but without colophon monogram device (O'Brien A107n); the first American trade edition, later issue with Doubleday Doran imprint (O'Brien A107n); the second American ('Gift') edition (O'Brien A108; 'by far the best-looking of all the American impressions', p. 78). (8)
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Garden City, New York: Country Life Press for Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. 4° (251 x 190mm). Frontispiece and 47 plates after Augustus John, Eric Kennington, Lawrence and others, 4 colour-printed collotypes, 4 maps printed in red and black, and 3 collotype facsimiles, one folding. Illustrations. Original morocco-backed buckram over bevelled boards, spine titled in gilt, top edge red, others uncut, partially unopened, slipcase (short splits at ends of hinges, light wear to slipcase). SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, NO. 191 OF 750 COPIES. Loosely-inserted is a prospectus and order form for the work printed in black and red (O'Brien A055). O'Brien A053.
Revolt in the Desert. London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. 4° (261 x 195mm). Title printed in red and black. Colour-printed collotype frontispiece and 18 collotype plates, 10 printed in colour, retaining most tissue guards, one folding map printed in red and black, bound to throw clear. Original pigskin-backed buckram, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (spine slightly faded and rubbed). Provenance: John Raymond Danson (1893-1975, engraved bookplate by Stephen Gooden, cf. C. Dodgson Gooden no.147, III). FIRST EDITION, LARGE-PAPER ISSUE, NO. 259 OF 315 COPIES. O'Brien A101.
Revolt in the Desert. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 4° (263 x 203mm). Colour-printed collotype frontispiece and 10 colour-printed collotype plates, 8 mounted monochrome plates, one folding map printed in red and black. Original blue buckram, spine with gilt leather lettering-piece, top edge gilt, others uncut (extremities lightly rubbed, cracking on lower hinge). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, LARGE-PAPER ISSUE, NO. 66 OF 250 COPIES. O'Brien A105. Provenance: Dr Lionel Dakers CBE (1924-2003).
SECOND AMERICAN EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE OF SEVEN PILLARS WITH THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LIMITED-ISSUE FIRST EDITIONS OF REVOLT IN THE DESERT. Together with a later impression of the trade issue of the second American edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom and 4 other issues of Revolt in the Desert: the first trade edition (O'Brien A102); the first American trade edition, later issue with Doran imprint but without colophon monogram device (O'Brien A107n); the first American trade edition, later issue with Doubleday Doran imprint (O'Brien A107n); the second American ('Gift') edition (O'Brien A108; 'by far the best-looking of all the American impressions', p. 78). (8)
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