LAWRENCE, T.E.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, page proofs for chapter 115 of the Oxford printing.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom, page proofs for chapter 115 of the Oxford printing.
Stock Code 113539
[Oxford, for the author by the Oxford Times, 1922].
After having lost his first manuscript of Seven Pillars of Wisdom at Reading station in 1919, and having (probably) burnt his second manuscript in early 1922, by the time Lawrence had completed his third manuscript version of Seven Pillars he was understandably keen to ensure that he had the text in multiple copies. He discovered that the cost of having the Oxford Times typeset the text and run off a few copies was little more than employing a typist, and eight copies were duly printed. Lawrence circulated these copies amongst friends and writers – including Bernard Shaw, E.M. Forster, Thomas Hardy, and Siegfried Sassoon. Although these copies are often called proofs, they were not a trial impression for a publication but a draft that formed a stage in the complex composition process of the book. Lawrence revised the text extensively before committing it to print in the 1926 Cranwell edition, and the edited version of the present chapter became chapter 101 in the 1926 text.`
2 leaves of page proofs, comprising chapter 115; double column (281 x 216 mm); creasing at edges with a few nicks, rust mark to top leaf; with the remains of the wrap-around band with later annotations noting the place of this section within the text. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase and chemise.
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