Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1935. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 10.5" by 8". None. The first U.S. trade edition of Lawrence of Arabia's exciting autobiography, illustrated with four maps and plates throughout. Complete in the dust wrapper. Describing Lawrence's time spent as military advisor to the Bedouin forces during the revolt against the Ottoman Turks between 1916 and 1918. This work was first printed privately in 1926, before being released commercially in 1935.Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935) was a British army officer, diplomat and archaeologist renowned for the role he played during the Arab Revolt. The scope of his work and his writings inspired the nickname 'Lawrence of Arabia'.This is a first trade U.S. edition, first impression.Profusely illustrated throughout with full plates, and with four maps.Complete with the hard-to-find dust wrapper, which is clipped.An excellent first edition copy of this important work. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with a clipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart, with just a touch of edgewear. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with some loss to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine from chipping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed