Lawrence, T.E. — Revolt in the Desert

Jonathan Cape London 446, b/w frontis, 15 b/w plates, folding map. . HB. 8vo (238x160mm), orig. tan cloth, top edge tinted brown, as issued, other edges uncut. Spine slightly faded, but with spine title still sharp. Endpapers lightly browned, light foxing to fore-edge of text block, otherwise clean. Very good.. First trade edition. Lawrence’s own authorized abridgement of <i>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</i> (Subscribers' Edition, 1926), and the only version of his desert campaigns published for the general public during his lifetime (The Trade Edition of <i>Seven Pillars</i> was not published until after Lawrence's death). <i>Revolt in the Desert</i> remains a classic text of twentieth-century military history and the Arab Revolt.O'Brien A102..