LAWRENCE, T.E.: THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ARAB REVOLT
[London, privately printed, 1924]
FIRST STATE OF THE VERY RARE PROSPECTUS FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS’ EDITION OF SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Pp.44. 8vo., original off-white wrappers, in original mailing envelope (postmarked London 28th April 1925) addressed to Lt. Col. R.V. Buxton D.S.O. Very good. Later quarter green morocco solander box.
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£20,000 - £30,000
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Hammer price:
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£19,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Robert ‘Robin’
Buxton’s copy of the first 8 chapters of Seven Pillars of Wisdom which served
as an elaborate prospectus for “Cranwell” edition showing format, paper and
type. Fewer than 100 copies were circulated to friends. The first chapter in
the prospectus was later suppressed by Lawrence on the advice of Bernard Shaw.
*Robin Buxton served
in the Imperial Camel Corps and spent several weeks operating behind enemy
lines in the Arab Revolt, fighting in the unit which captured Mudawara in
August 1918. After the war he became Lawrence’s bank manager and was involved
in the financing of Seven Pillars of Wisdom.
Provenance: Col. P.L.
Bradfer-Lawrence, sold at Sothebys, 13 July 2006, lot 241.
Reference: O’Brien
A035
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