Secret Dispatches From Arabia

Secret Dispatches from Arabia by T.E. Lawrence. Published by Permission of the Foreign Office. Foreword by A.W. Lawrence. The Golden Cockerel Press Limited Edition #383/1000. Signed binding of S & S, London.

Author: Lawrence, T.E.

4to.(7.5" x 9.875") 1939. Lawrence, T.E. England: Golden Cockerel Press. Quarter black Niger leather over cream cloth boards. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title in second compartment, gilt author to third compartment, gilt golden cockerel to foot. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Evidence of bookplate being removed to front pastedown (see pic). Covers mildly soiled (see pic). Corners slightly bumped. Attestation page states: "Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press in Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper. The Edition is Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, of which numbers 1-30 are bound in white pig-skin and accompanied by a collotype reproduction of part of T.E. Lawrence's manuscript of 'The Seven Pillars of Wisdom'. Numbers 31-1,000 are bound in 1/4 Niger. Number: 383" First Edition

From Wiki: homas Edward Lawrence CB DSO (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities. Lawrence was a prolific writer throughout his life, a large portion of which was epistolary; he often sent several letters a day, and several collections of his letters have been published. He corresponded with many notable figures, including George Bernard Shaw, Edward Elgar, Winston Churchill, Robert Graves, Noël Coward, E. M. Forster, Siegfried Sassoon, John Buchan, Augustus John, and Henry Williamson. He met Joseph Conrad and commented perceptively on his works. Lawrence sent many letters to Shaw's wife, Charlotte. Lawrence's major work is Seven Pillars of Wisdom, an account of his war experiences. In 1919, he was elected to a seven-year research fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, providing him with support while he worked on the book. Certain parts of the book also serve as essays on military strategy, Arabian culture and geography, and other topics. He rewrote Seven Pillars of Wisdom three times, once "blind" after he lost the manuscript.

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