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Sale 2721 - Books & Manuscripts
May 28, 2020 9:00AM ET
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[Travel & Exploration] Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom

The Foundations of the Arab Revolt No place, no date (privately printed, 1925). Second state prospectus for the 1926 "Subscriber's Edition" of the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" (including chapters I-VII). One of approximately 100 copies. 4to (10 x 7 1/2 in.; 25.4 x 19cm). (2), 3-(40), (2) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece portrait of Galil Bey Cha'lan, and one illustration after Eric Kennington on p. (40). Original limp white paper wrappers. O'Brien A036. Together with: Notice to Subscribers June 1, 1925. 4to. Single sheet. Printed letter sent to subscribers regarding the delay in printing of the 1926 "Subscriber's Edition" of the "Seven Pillars of Wisdom". O'Brien A037. Together with: Specimen Page of the 1922 "Oxford Edition" No place, no date (privately printed, 1922). 4to (11 x 8 1/2 in.; 27.9 x 21.5cm). Single sheet, printed on recto only, in double column format. Chapter not printed, but text corresponds with chapter LII. Eight copies of the "Oxford Edition" were produced by Lawrence between January-June of 1922, and loaned to various authors for critical comments. Of those eight original copies, six are currently in institutional or private collections, one was used for the 1926 revision and then destroyed, and the final copy was broken up into parts and included with the prospectus for the 1926 "Subscriber's Edition". See note in O'Brien A034.

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