LAWRENCE, TE: SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A TRIUMPH.
[London, Privately Printed, 1926.
SUBSCRIBERS’ OR “CRANWELL” EDITION. 1 of 170 COMPLETE COPIES, inscribed ‘Complete copy I.XII.25, TES’ by Lawrence on p. xix, together with his ink correction of the artist for ‘The gad-fly’ plate from Roberts to ‘K’[ennington]. Frontispiece portrait of King Feysal, 66 plates (mostly colour) & text illustrations after Roberts, Eric Kennington, Paul Nash, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Nicholson and others, decorative initials by Edward Wadsworth, endpapers by Kennington,
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£30,000 - £50,000
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Hammer price:
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£52,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
4 folding maps. This
includes the ‘Prickly Pear’ plate not called for in the list of illustrations
but, as usual, doesn’t have the Nash line drawings as called for in the list on
pp. 92 and 208.
4to., IN A RARE FULL
VELLUM BINDING, with gilt border and lettering on spine, all edges gilt, later
red cloth chemise and slipcase. O’Brien notes that copies were bound
differently by several different binders, copies bound in full vellum are
extremely rare. Vellum very lightly soiled, border of ‘Camel-march’ plate
shaved at left margin.
Lawrence bought his
Dorset retreat Cloud’s Hill in 1924 in order to finish his account of the war
which became Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
Reference: O’Brien
A040
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