[THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS] Lawrence, T.E.

First Edition, limited to 1,000 numbered copies of which this is number '555'. Royal Octavo. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in original quarter (Niger) black morocco, spine lettered in gilt, white cloth sides, top edges gilt, others uncut; pp. 174 plus colophon, frontispiece. Published with permission of the Foreign Office, these despatches were reprinted from The Arab Bulletin, a secret document, confined to 26 copies an issue, circulated by G.H.Q. at Ismalia during the First World War. In addition to these despatches, a previously unpublished article, "Syrian Cross-Currents" is included. Henry Sotheran label to front paste down and library plate of Mary Kelly Wentworth to front free endpaper.