Lawrence, T.E.; Garnett, David (Ed.) — The Letters of T.E. Lawrence

Jonathan Cape London 896, frontis, 15 b/w plates, 4 maps (2 folding). . HB. 8vo, orig. publisher's light brown buckram, gilt title to spine, minor bump to head of spine. Some foxing to endpapers and edges of text block. Good in worn d/w (torn with loss to head and foot of spine (repaired with brown paper to rear face), in removable protective sleeve). Contemporary gift inscription in pencil to endpaper.. First edition, first impression; the true first issue with the typographical errors on pages 182 and 495. The first collected correspondences of T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935), British archaeologist, soldier, and diplomat best known for his involvement with the Arab revolt, and the campaigns in the Arabian Peninsula against the Ottoman empire during the First World War. Dust jacket states 'In this book the career of T.E.Lawrence from the time he was a schoolboy, interested in archaeology, until his death in 1935, is recorded almost entirely in his own words: in his letters and unpublished secret documents and official reports'.O'Brien A202..