FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF T.E LAWRENCE, CLOUDS HILL: THOMAS HARDY 'WESSEX TALES'
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FROM THE PERSONAL LIBRARY OF T.E LAWRENCE, CLOUDS HILL: THOMAS HARDY 'WESSEX TALES' The Wessex Novels Volume XIII, Publ. Macmillan and Co, 1920, bookplate of Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr and T.E. Lawrence Clouds Hill to reverse of front cover, pencil inscription "TEL" on front endpaper, with a hand written postcard "View of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage" from Florence Emily Hardy sent to Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr " With all best wishes to you both and to Gillian for the New Year - F.E.H " complete with certificate of authenticity, signed by Bertram Rota, 7th March, 1952, maroon cloth bound with blue slip case. T.E Lawrence By His Friends, London, 1937: Chapter entitled "Books of Clouds Hill", which lists among contents of Lawrence's library thirteen Hardy items, including this volume of "Wessex Tales" Provenance: The Library of Fredrick Baldwin Adams Jr, Sotheby's 2001
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