Lawrence, T.E.
Title |
Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. |
Date |
London 1935 |
Publisher |
Jonathan Cape Ltd |
Description
FIRST TRADE EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, published for General Circulation; originally privately published in 1926. Complete and unabridged. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt motif to front board. Royal 8vo., [A]8 B-TT8, 336 leaves, pp. [1-6] 7-672, with 48 plates. Unfaded brown wash to upper text block, otherwise rough cut. Lacking the dust-jacket. The first impression of the first trade edition, printed in July 1935, with the printing error on page 20 in the list of illustrations; 'A Forced Landing' illustrations are listed as pages 302-303, they are actually on pages 304-305, this error was corrected a month later with the release of the second impression, the book was out to the 6th impression by October 1935. There were 60,000 copies of the first impression and a total of 14 impressions, the last being in April 1939. Published at 30 shillings. [O'Brien A042].
Condition
A book in Very Good condition indeed, lacking the scarce dust-jacket.