About this title: "The Essential T.E. Lawrence" is both an anthology and an autobiography; not only does it contain a wide-ranging selection of Lawrence's writings, it also offers us the story of his life. It begins with the eloquent letters of the young adventurer from Oxford, eagerly expanding his horizons beyond Britain to France and subsequently to the Middle East; it ends with the fatal telegram 30 years later which preceded his last motor-cycle ride from Bovington Camp to Clouds Hill. In between we meet Lawrence as an archaeologist, intelligence officer, soldier-in-the-field, polemicist, diplomat, and ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good + No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 328 pp. Bound in red cloth boards which are a bit stained and worn. Name in ink on ffep, and bookplate on front paste down. Spine faded. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A selection of the writings and letters of Lawrence with an introductory biography by the editor. Library sticker to front cover and a taped hinge otherwise a good solid copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Date Published: 1951
Description: Good. No Jacket. 5.25" x 7.5" + 328 slightly discoloured pages in a tight binding in red cloth/board cover. This book is sub-titled 'Patchwork portrait of T E Lawrence by his Friends'. All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK, usually within 24 hours. Call or email us with your questions by going to "Bookseller & Payment Information" below and then "Ask bookseller a question" read more
Edition: First Penguin Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Attempts to present Lawrence's life as a whole in his own words. Good, clean paperback with sunning to page edges-335 pages including index. Magenta & white covers, No. 1015 in the Penguin series. Next post dispatch. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London
Date Published: 1951
Description: Very Good jacket. Jonathan Cape. London, 1951. First Edition. Garnett attempts to give the whole of Lawrence's life in his own words selcting from his writings, letters, dispatches, essays. Near Fine in red cl; oth in a Very Good unchipped dust jacket. Not price clipped. 328p. read more
Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton, New York
Date Published: 1951
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. The book is clean and tight with very little wear but there is a 1" length where the board shows along the top edge of the board where the book was forced into a shelf too short for it. The dj has a small amount of wear and a 3/8" tear on the top of the front panel. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Co., NY
Date Published: 1951
Description: VG-/NONE. Burgundy cloth, with gilt lettered spine, somewhat sunned with a vertical 1/4" x 3" original cloth color area from prv owner's removed title label. Light staining on boards. Out of print.; B/W Portrait Frontis; 328 pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Dutton, New York
Date Published: 1951
Description: VG in VG- jacket. Tips & corners bumped; page edges spotted, some foxing to the pages; spine of jacket darkened, jacket soiled and stained. Garnett drew on letters, many of them unpublished, and Lawrence's writings from The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and from his unpublished works. Garnett also edited The Letters of T.E. Lawrence. A useful addition to Lawrence canon. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hard Cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover, no DJ
Publisher: E. P Dutton
Date Published: 1/1/1951 1-Jan-51
Description: Good. Ex Los Alamos, NM library copy. Review of book neatly pasted on first page. Cover worn, corners bumped, cloth coming off top and bottom of spine. Book has yellowed pages, a few dog ears, first few pages feel loose, although binding intact. Great colle. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY
Date Published: 1951
Description: Frontispiece. VG/Good. W/Dust Jacket 328pgs(INDEX) DJ torn head/foot of spine, foxed on edges, ink owner name/date on front endpaper & Title Page, owner name embossed on Title. Page, o.w. clean & tight. read more
Description: Good. 1992 Oxford University Press Softcover(Trade PB) Edition. Some wear/chipping/creasing to cover/pages/spine, tanning to pages due to age. read more
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