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Revolt in the Desert
by Lawrence, T.E
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- first
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- Brown cloth. Half title with light toning from inserted newspaper portrait. Very good in good pictorial dust jacket, camel varia
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About This Item
New York: George H. Doran Co, 1927. First American edition. Pictorial endpapers after Kennington; with 16 plates and a folding map. [xx], 335 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth. Half title with light toning from inserted newspaper portrait. Very good in good pictorial dust jacket, camel variant (various scuffs, loss of half-inch at top of spine panel). First American edition. Pictorial endpapers after Kennington; with 16 plates and a folding map. [xx], 335 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Lawrence of Arabia's Instant Bestseller. Revolt in the Desert was an instant bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic, and "[w]ithin weeks of publication the combined royalties from Revolt were more than sufficient to pay off the Seven Pillars overdraft. Lawrence's Trustees therefore invoked a special clause inserted in the contract with Cape to protect his privacy, and halted publication in England. Revolt continued to sell well, however, both in the United States and in translation" (Wilson [1988], pp. 180). Lawrence was characteristically of two minds about the book: dismissive of the text, which he viewed as an embarrassment to himself, and yet attentive to the critical response.
Satisfactory copy of the first American edition (trade issue). O'Brien A107
Satisfactory copy of the first American edition (trade issue). O'Brien A107
Synopsis
The abrdiged version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 313397
- Title
- Revolt in the Desert
- Author
- Lawrence, T.E
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial endpapers after Kennington; with 16 plates and a folding map. [xx], 335 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- New Brown cloth. Half title with light toning from inserted newspaper portrait. Very good in good pictorial dust jacket, camel varia
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- Publisher
- George H. Doran Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Middle East
- Bookseller catalogs
- History, Travel & Geography;
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