Lawrence, T.E. — Revolt in the Desert.

New York, Garden City Publishing Company, 1927, XII,(4),335 pag., illustrated with a frontispiece, folding map, original light brown cloth stamped in dark brown with original (unclipped) dustjacket, top edge dyed brown, untrimmed. = The Star Series. In the original scarce unclipped dustwrapper.'Revolt in the Desert' is an abridged version of Lawrence's work 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', Lawrence's account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-18. It combines autobiography, military history, travel and political observation, tracing his role as British liaison officer with the Arab forces fighting the Ottoman Empire. The complete text had previously appeared only in Lawrence's celebrated privately printed editions, making this 1935 issue the first opportunity for a general readership to encounter the work in full. Published just weeks after his fatal motorcycle accident, it became the edition through which Seven Pillars of Wisdom entered literary and historical culture. Published on 30 July 1935, shortly after Lawrence's death. The first impression is identified by the illustration-list error placing 'A Forced Landing' at pages 302-303 rather than its actual position at 304-305. Remarkably well-preserved with only slight creases in top and lower margins of dustjacket.