T E Lawrence rare books

Subscriber's edition, 4to; subscriber's or 'Cranwell' edition, one of 170 complete copies, inscribed by Lawrence 'Complete copy. i.xii.26 TES' on list of illustrations, and with 'Roberts' amended in ink to 'K[ennington]' as usual, this copy additionally signed by H.J. Hodgson (one of the printers) at his printed name on the colophon leaf. Printed in red and black, colour frontispiece portrait of Feisal by Augustus John and 65 plates (many coloured or tinted, 4 double-page) by Eric Kennington, William Roberts, Augustus John, William Nicholson, Paul Nash and others, 4 folding colour maps (laid on linen as issued), 58 illustrations in text (one colour) by Roberts, Nash, Kennington, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and others, initials by Edward Wadsworth, illustrated endpapers by Kennington, with the four-page Some Notes on the Writing of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Shaw bound in before title. Quarter vellum, cream boards by Bumpus (stamped inside upper cover), titles to spine gilt, all edges rough gilt. Preserved in a matching, contemporary fleece-lined, vellum-backed solander box (with Leicester Gallery catalogue for the exhibition of the illustrations for this book, 1927 held in a recess inside the front board). A beautiful copy of one of the scarcer and most restrained binding variants.

First trade edition, first impression. 4to, 4 folding maps, 54 portrait plates, black full morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, all edges gilt, morocco entry marbled slipcase, a fine copy.

First edition, copy number 9 of 30 copies on Canute paper of an edition limited to 203 copies (150 for sale); 4to; illustrated with 13 photographs taken by the author; publisher'sl brown morocco, spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, pictorial gilt vignette of bird with worm in beak to lower cover, top edge gilt others uncut, upper joint lightly rubbed, a very good example.