The Letters of T.E. Lawrence of Arabia
The Letters of T.E. Lawrence of Arabia
David Garnett. First UK edition. London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. Both price-clipped dust jacket, in a mylar protective wrapper, and hardcover, are in Very Good+ condition. No writing or markings found in the book, 896 pp. With 16 black and white photographs.
There is an ex-Libris bookplate (Christopher Hatton Turnor, 1873-1940, English author) on the inside cover. Fun fact: Turnor's father, also named Christopher, sat as Conservative M.P. for South Lincolnshire between 1841 and 1847, and married Lady Caroline Finch-Hatton (the daughter of the 9th Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham) in 1857. They lived at the famous Stoke Rochford Hall estate in the UK.
In this book, the career of T. E. Lawrence, from the time he was a schoolboy interested in archaeology until his death in 1935, is recorded almost entirely in his own words: in his letters and in unpublished secret documents and official reports.