London: Jonathan Cape, 1938. 1st edition. Hardcover. folding maps, b&w photos. pp. 896. Royal 8vo. Bound in usual Cape brown buckram with gift inscription on second blank leaf. Corners of boards slightly bumped; spine ends slightly crumpled. Else in very clean, tight - overall near fine condition. No dust jacket. From O'Brien p. 170: 'E. M. Forster first attempted editing the letters for publication but gave up the effort. It was then undertaken by Garnett. This edition...is the major collection, rivalled and supplemented only by the HOME LETTERS OF T. E. LAWRENCE AND HIS BROTHERS (1954).' However, as Clements points out (Clements p. 35) '...to gain the utmost value the work should be used with LETTERS TO T. E. LAWRENCE.' This is the first edition, first state, with the word 'Baltic' on p. 182. (O'Brien A202).

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Bookseller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 9900034108
Title: The Letters of T. E. Lawrence
Author: [T. E. LAWRENCE] Garnett, David (ed.)
Illustrator: folding maps, b&w photos
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1938
Keywords: Lawrence of Arabia;The Desert War;Arabs;T. E. Shaw;;;;;

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