Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph
by Lawrence T. E
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First edition, for General Circulation. Book measures 26.5x20.5.cm. 672pp, frontis, illustrated Bound in modern full leather, leather title label, gilt lines to board edges, marble endpapers. Calf has some very minor marking. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean well bound copy. . First Trade Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Quarto.
Synopsis
Seven Pillars of Wisdom 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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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010501
- Title
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph
- Author
- Lawrence T. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- T. E. Lawrence
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Leather Bindings;
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...