Lot 524 , Lawrence, T. E. CB, DSO (1888-1935) - An Extensive Collection of works, consisting of 142 books. Philip O’Brien’s A Bibliography, Oak Knoll Press, 2000, references given in brackets.
° Lawrence, T. E. CB, DSO (1888-1935) - An Extensive Collection of works, consisting of 142 books. Philip O’Brien’s A Bibliography, Oak Knoll Press, 2000, references given in brackets. The Wilderness of Zin by C.E Woolley & T.E. Lawrence, with a chapter on Greek inscriptions by M.N Tod, 2nd English edition, Cape 1936 [A006]
Handbook of the Turkish Army, War Office Intelligence Section, Cairo, Imperial War Museum & Battery Pres, reprint of 1996, First Anglo-American edition [A009c]
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
First French edition, Les sept piliers de la sagesse (tr. Charles Mauron), Payot, 1982 - this variation not in O'Brien [A070, incl notes]
The Forest Giant (Le Gigantesque, par Adrien le Corbeau), translated by JH Ross, First English Edition (illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker), dustjacket, Cape, 1924 [A094]
The Forest Giant (Le Gigantesque, par Adrien le Corbeau), translated by JH Ross, 2ndEnglish Edition (illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker), Cape, 1935 [A095]
The Forest Giant (Le Gigantesque, par Adrien le Corbeau), translated by JH Ross, 1stAmerican Edition (illustrated by Agnes Miller Parker), Harpers, 1924 [A096]
Revolt in the Desert
Second German Edition, Aufstand in der Wüste, List 1932 [A 117]
Arabia Felix, by Bertram Thomas with a foreword by T.E.L 2nd English Edition, Readers Union
1938 [A156]
Jonathan Cape Ltd, Then & Now, pub by Cape, First English Edition, 1935 [A162], together with advertisement postcard for this periodical, to be completed & returned to Jonathan Cape [not in O’Brien]
The Mint
1st UK trade edition, 1st impression, Jonathan Cape, 1955, dustwrapper (2 copies) [A 173]
3rd UK trade edition, uncorrected proof, Jonathan Cape, 1972, ex PL Bradfer-Lawrence, part of Lot 275, Sotheby’s London LO6404 sale, 13 July 2006 [A 176]
5th English edition, reissue of 1973 reprint of 1955 edition, Jonathan Cape 1988, dustwrapper
Complete text, Military Book Society, 1973, dustwrapper [A177a]
El Troquel Apuntes Diarios, First Argentine Edition (limited to 300 copies), translated by Victoria Ocampo, Sur, Buenos Aires 1955, dustwrapper [A179]
La Matrice, 2nd French edition, Gallimard (Livre de Poche), 3eme trimestre 1966 [A183]
Unter dem Prägenstock, 1st German edition, Paul List Verlag, 1955 [A185]
[Italian edition] L'Aviere Ross, pub Aldo Garzanti, Milan, 5 May 1955 [this edition not listed in O'Brien], but see later 1969 edition A186]
Crusader Castles, new edition edited by Denys Pringle, OUP Clarendon Press, 1988 [A190a]
The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, first impression, but pages 65 onwards are blank: Binder’s Dummy [A202 variant, but not listed]
The Letters of T.E. Lawrence, Second English edition, Spring Books 1964, dustwrapper [A203]
Les Lettres de T.E. Lawrence, First French edition (Limited), Gallimard 1948, uncut, 12/150 [A206]
Secret Despatches from Arabia and Other Writings by TE Lawrence, Second English (first) edition, edited by Malcolm Brown, Bellew Publishing, 1991 dustwrapper [A228a]
Men in Print essais litteraires, ed AW Lawrence, First French Edition, Editions de la Table Ronde, 1988, wrap round L’Inédit du Centenaire de Lawrence d’Arabie [A229a]
Selected Letters of T.E. Lawrence, edited by David Garnett, First English edition, The Reprint Society 1941 [A232 - note on this print variation] – 2 copies
The Essential T.E. Lawrence, selected by David Garnett, 1st English edition, Jonathan Cape, 1951, dustwrapper [A238]
The Essential T.E. Lawrence, selected by David Garnett, 1st American edition, EP Dutton & Co, New York, 1951, dustwrapper [A240]
Les texts essentials de T.E. Lawrence, First French edition 1965 (printed 5 March 1965), Gallimard [A242]
Minorities, ed JM Wilson, Uncorrected proof of First English Edition, Jonathan Cape/Times Newspapers, dustwrapper
Minorities, ed JM Wilson, First American Edition, Doubleday, 1972, dustwrapper [A260]
Letters to E.T. Leeds, Whittington Press 1988, issued by a dealer, Lorson’s Books & Prints, Fullerton, Ca [not in O’Brien but connected to A263]. Purchased from Ph. O’Brien
The Selected Letters, ed by Malcolm Brown, Second American Edition, Paragon House, 1992 [A267a]
T.E. Lawrence Guérilla dans le desert 1916-1918, First Belgian Edition in French, Gérard Challiand, Brussels, Pub. Editiones Complexe, 1992 [A268]
T.E. Lawrence in War & Peace, an anthology of military writings, ed. By Malcolm Brown, publisher’s galley proofs, Greenhill Books 2005, bookmark laid in & signed by author [A274]
INCIDENTAL WORKS CONTAINING WRITINGS OF T.E. LAWRENCE
The Memoirs of Oliver Brown: Exhibition, 1st English Edition, Evelyn Adams & MacKay, 1968 [D0004], 2 copies, 2 with dustwrapper – see also A099
Threnos for T.E. Lawrence and other writings by Henry Williamson [reprint of G0662] together with a Criticism of Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter by T.E. Lawrence [reprint from A229], the Henry Williamson Society 1994 [D0033]
BOOKS ABOUT TE LAWRENCE
With Lawrence in Arabia by Lowell Thomas, 5th UK edition, Hutchinson, no date [E013]
La Campagne du Colonel Lawrence par Lowell Thomas, First French Edition, Payot, Paris, first printing, Jan 1933 [E020]
The Boys' Life of Colonel Lawrence by Lowell Thomas, First American Edition, The Century Co, New York, 1927, signed by the author [E023]
Lawrence and the Arabs by Robert Graves, First English edition, Jonathan Cape [E029]
Bibliographical Notes on T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Revolt in the Desert by T German-Reed, First English Edition, W&G Foyle 1928 (dust jacket) #37/375 [E043]
Led by Lawrence by Gurney Slade (pseud. of Stephen Bartlett), 1st English edition, undated (but 1934), Warne, dustwrapper [E057]
T.E. Lawrence', In Arabia and After by Liddell Hart, First English Edition, Jonathan Cape, March 1934 [E058]
T.E. Lawrence', In Arabia and After by Liddell Hart, First English Edition, 2nd impression, Jonathan Cape, March 1934 [E058]
T.E. Lawrence', In Arabia and After by Liddell Hart, First English Edition, 1st enlarged edition, Jonathan Cape (Academy Books reissue), May 1935 [E058]
Lawrence of Arabia by RH Kiernan, 1st edition, George G Harrap, 1935, dustwrapper [E073]
Lawrence of Arabia by RH Kiernan, 1st edition, George G Harrap, 1935 [note: binding not in O'Brien - blue cloth & quarter blue buckram] [E073]
Lawrence of Arabia by RH Kiernan, 1st edition, Ninth English impression (War Economy Standard), George G Harrap, Sept 1945 [E074]
Annotations on Some Minor Writings of "T.E. Lawrence" by G [John Gawsworth], Eric Partridge Ltd at the Scholartis Press, 1935, dustwrapper, 11/500 [E077]
T.E. Lawrence by his friends, ed. by AW Lawrence, First English Edition, 1st impression 1937, Jonathan Cape, dustwrapper [E107]
Ditto, 4th impression Jan 1938, Jonathan Cape, dustwrapper [E107]
T.E. Lawrence by his friends, Second English Edition (New edition) 1954, Jonathan Cape, dustwrapper [E108]
Ornament of Honour by EHR Altounyan, First English edition, Cambridge University Press, 1937, dustwrapper [E113]
Steel Chariots in the Desert, by Sam Cottingham Rolls, Second English edition, Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts Club, 1988 dustwrapper [E114a]
Portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Vyvyan Richards, First American edition/ 1st printing, March 1964, Scholastic Book Services [E126]
Portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Vyvyan Richards, First American edition/ 3rd printing, September 1971 Scholastic Book Services [E126]
Clouds Hill, The National Trust, Fourth English edition, 1970 edition (property guide) [E133] – 2 copies
The Mysterious AC2 by Wm.F. Burbage, First English Edition, Crowther, 1940 [E136]
The Golden Reign by Claire Sydney Smith, Second English Edition 1949, Cassels pocket library [E139]
The Golden Reign by Claire Sydney Smith, third edition 1978, Cassel & Co, dustwrapper
Le Secret du Colonel Lawrence by Leon Boussard, First French Edition, Pub. Mont-Louis 1941 (2 copies) [E143]
Le Secret du Colonel Lawrence by Leon Boussard, Second French Edition, Pub. AM, Feb. 1946, alternative as in notes, but unnumbered copy [E144]
Genius of Friendship: "T.E Lawrence" by Henry Williamson, First English edition, 1st impression, November 1941, Faber and Faber. [E146]
Genius of Friendship: "T.E Lawrence" by Henry Williamson, First English edition, 2nd impression, December 1941, Faber and Faber. [E146]
Genius of Friendship: "T.E Lawrence" by Henry Williamson, First English edition, 2nd impression, December 1941, Faber and Faber. [E146, but this binding not in O'Brien]
338171 T.E. Lawrence of Arabia by Victoria Ocampo in French, First Argentine Edition (limited issue Sur, Buenos Aires, inscribed by author to Ralph Stevenson, British Minister at Montivedeo, 28 Nov 1942 [E148]
338171 T.E. Lawrence of Arabia by Victoria Ocampo (trans. From French by David Garnett), First English edition, Gollancz, 1963, dustwrapper (2 copies thus) [E152]
338171 T.E. Lawrence of Arabia by Victoria Ocampo (trans. From French by David Garnett), First American edition, EP Dutton, 1963, dustwrapper [E154]
Lawrence of Arabia by Erik Lönnroth, First English Edition, Vallentine, Mitchell & Co, 1956 (trans. From Swedish) [E160]
Lawrence the Rebel by Edward Robinson, 1st edition, Spring 1946, Lincolns-Prager, dustwrapper [E164]
The True Story of Lawrence of Arabia by John Thomas, First American Edition, 2nd printing, 1965, Chicago Press [E188]
Lawrence L'lmposteur by Richard Aldington (trans Marchegay, Rambaud et Rosenthal), First French edition, 1954, Amiot-Dumont [E190]
Lawrence of Arabia, a biographical enquiry by Richard Aldington, 1st English edition, 1955, Collins, uncorrected advanced proof [E 191]
Lawrence of Arabia, a biographical enquiry by Richard Aldington, 1st English edition, 1955, Collins, fine copy with dustwrapper [E 192]
T.E. Lawrence in Buchan by James Fairweather Milne, First English Edition, dustwrapper, Scrogie, 1954 [E203]
TE Lawrence or The Search for the Absolute Truth by Jean Béraud Villars, First English Edition, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1957, library binding [E205]
The Desert & the Stars, a portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Flora Armitage, New York, Henry Holt, 1955, First American edition, dustwrapper [E212]
The Desert & the Stars, a portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Flora Armitage, London, Faber 1956, First English edition, dustwrapper print run 4,000 [E213]
The Desert & the Stars, a portrait of T.E. Lawrence by Flora Armitage, London, Faber 1956, First English edition, dustwrapper but with RED binding, print run 1,000 [E213]
Ross, a dramatic portrait by Terence Rattigan, First English Edition, Hamish Hamilton, 1960 dustwrapper [E222]
Ross, a dramatic portrait by Terence Rattigan, Second English [acting] Edition reprint,
Lawrence of Arabia, the Man and the Motive by Anthony Nutting, 1st English edition, Hollis & Carter 1961, 2 copies (1 with dustwrapper) [E232]
Lawrence of Arabia, the Man and the Motive by Anthony Nutting, 2nd American Edition, fifth printing, April 1963, Signet paperback [E238]
Lawrence d'Arabie ou le rêve fracassé par Benoist-Méchin, first Swiss edition, 1961, Clairefontaine/La Guilde du Livre – 1st reprint – illustrated soft cover, see notes [E245]
Letters to T.E. Lawrence, edited by AW Lawrence, First English edition, Jonathan Cape, 1962, dustwrapper [E251] – 2 copies with dustwrappers.
Lawrence d'Arabie by Alistair Maclean, First French Edition, pub Nathan, 1964 [E254]
T.E. Lawrence, An Arab View by Suleiman Mousa, First American edition, OUP, New York, 1966, dustwrapper, bookmark inscribed by author laid in [E257]
Private Shaw & Public Shaw by Stanley Weintraub, First English Edition, Jonathan Cape, 1963, dustwrapper [E277]
The Secret Lives of Lawrence of Arabia, Knightley & Simpson, First English Edition, 2nd impression, Sept 1969, Nelson, dustwrapper [E302]
Les Vies Secrètes de Lawrence d’Arabie par Knightley & Simpson, First French Edition, Robert Laffont, 1970 [E312]
Lawrence of Arabia The Simple Facts, Harry Broughton, Second English Edition, privately published, 1988 [E322a]
The Wounded Spirit, A study of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Uncorrected proof of First English Edition, by Jeffery Meyers, Martin Brian & O’Keefe, June 1973 [E335]
Lawrence of Arabia, the Literary Impulse, S&R Weintraub, First American edition, Louisiana State University Press, 1975, dustwrapper [E346]
Lawrence of Arabia by Phillip Knightley, First English Edition, Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1976, dustwrapper [E349]
An Iconography: The Portraits of TE Lawrence by Charles Grosvenor, Second American Edition, Otterden Press, 1988, copy 711/1,000, signed by author, dustwrapper [E351a]
A Prince of our Disorder, The Life of T.E. Lawrence, by John E Mack, First English Edition, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1976, dustwrapper [E 355]
T.E. Lawrence by Peter Brent, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Book Club Associates 1975, with dustwrapper [E356]
Lawrence of Arabia & His World by RP Graves, First English edition, Thames & Hudson, 1976 with dustwrapper [E359]
T.E. Lawrence by Desmond Stewart, Second English Edition, Granada Publishing/Paladin,
1979 [E369]
T.E. Lawrence by Desmond Stewart, First American Edition, Harper & Row, 1977, dustwrapper [E370]
Lawrence von Arabien by Desmond Stewart, Second German Edition, Claassen, 1979,
dustwrapper, but binding in blue. On spine within light blue rectangle “Desmond Stewart Lawrence von Arabien” [E371a]
T.E. Lawrence, Portrait of the Artist as a hero, Jill M. Phillips, First American Edition,Gordon Press, New York (stated to be a vanity press, and few copies printed) 1977, not issued in dustwrapper [E372]
The Confessions of T.E. Lawrence by TJ O'Donnell, 1st American Edition, Ohio, 1979, dustwrapper [E383]
T.E. Lawrence & Fine Printing by Philip O’Brien, 1st American Edition, Hillside Press, 1980, #160/375, not boxed [E388]
T.E. Lawrence, an hitherto unknown biographical note by Donald Weeks, privately printed by the Tragara Press, Edinburgh 1983, First English edition of 230 copies [E393]
The Medievalism of Lawrence of Arabia by MD Alien, ?2nd American Edition, Pennsylvania State University Press, published PhD dissertation, with dustwrapper This edition not in O'Brien, but see E395
The T.E. Lawrence Puzzle, First American Edition, Stephen Tabachnick, University of Georgia Press, 1984, dustwrapper [E396]
Backing into the Limelight by Michael Yardley, First English Edition, Harrap 1985, red library binding, dust jacket [E398]
Not a suitable hobby for an airman – TE Lawrence as publisher by VM Thompson, First English Edition, Orchard Press, 1986 signed by the author [E404]
Not a suitable hobby for an airman – TE Lawrence as publisher by VM Thompson, First English Edition, Orchard Press, 1986, author’s signature tipped in [E404]
Lawrence d'Arabie, le lévrier fatal 1888-1935 par Vincent-Mansour Monteil, first French edition, 1987, Hachette [E408]
A Touch of Genius by Malcom Brown and Julia Cave, First English edition, JM Dent & Sons 1988 with dustwrapper [E417]
A Touch of Genius by Malcom Brown and Julia Cave, First American edition, Paragon House, 1989 with dustwrapper [E418]
T.E. Lawrence, a bibliography by Philip O'Brien, First edition, St Paul's Bibliographies, 1988, dustwrapper [E420]
also 2nd edition Oak Knoll Pess, 2000 [dustwrapper]
T.E. Lawrence by Jeremy Wilson, First English edition, National Portrait Gallery 1988 (softback) [E424]
Lawrence of Arabia by Jeremy M Wilson, First English edition, Heinemann [E433]
Lawrence d’Arabie par Jeremy Wilson, First French Edition, Denoël, boxed [E435c]
T.E. Lawrence. Soldier, Writer, Legend – New Essays, Jeffrey Meyers ed, First English Edition, Macmillan, 1989, dustwrapper [E436]
The Golden Warrior, the life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Lawrence James, First
English (paperback) edition, 1990, Weidenfeld & Nicholson [E441]
The Golden Warrior, the life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Lawrence James,Second English (revised & updated paperback) edition, Abacus 1995 [E441a]
The Golden Warrior, the life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Lawrence James, advance reading copy of First American (paperback) edition, Paragon House, 1993, with bookmarker signed by author tipped in [E441b]
Inside the Veil by Susan Smith Nash, First American Edition, Texture Press, 1992, Copy #K out of A-Z signed by author in total print run of 75 copies, together with yellow 8-page leaflet “Strategies for reading Inside the Veil” [E446]
An Handful with Quietness by Patrick Knowles, First English Edition, 1st impression, privately published by EVG Hunt, Weymouth, Dorset, erratum slip for p75 tipped in, undated but 1992 [E447]
Lawrence of Arabia, 30th anniversary pictorial history, by Morris & Raskin, First American Edition, Doubleday, New York, 1992, dustwrapper [E453]
Lawrence of Arabia, Strange Man of Letters ed. Harold Orlans, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1993, with dustwrapper [E464]
T.E.Lawrence: A Veil in the Sand by Susan Smith Nash, First American Edition, Room Press, 1994, signed & inscribed by author [E466] (see also E446)
The Life and Times of Lawrence of Arabia by J. Anderson Black, First English Edition, Siena, 1996, 2 copies (one with dustwrapper) [E481]
A Memory of TE Lawrence by A.G Prys-Jones, First English Edition, Hermit Press 1997 #77/150 [E487]
C.O.S. Register 1881-1925, being the Register of the City of Oxford High School, which includes entries for TEL and his brothers, ed. EA Bowen, privately printed, 1938 [not in O'Brien]
Lawrence: The Uncrowned King of Arabia by Michael Asher, First edition, Viking 1998, dustwrapper [not in O'Brien]
TE Lawrence by Malcolm Brown, New York University Press, 2003, review copy with dustjacket, NYU press release & New York Times TV Review d/d 22 Oct 2003 laid in, and bookmark inscribed by author [not in O’Brien]
Lawrence of Arabia: An Encyclopedia by Stephen E Tabachnick, First American Edition, Westport CT, Greenwood Press, 2004, signed by author [not in O’Brien]
Christies New York Catalogue, The Spiro Family Collection, Part II, Thurs. 26 February 2004, TEL and other items [not in O’Brien]
Lawrence of Arabia, the life, the legend by Malcolm Brown, Thames & Hudson, in association with the Imperial War Museum, 2005, dustwrapper, signed by the author [not in O’Brien]
Young Lawrence by Anthony Sattin, 1st edition, John Murray 2014, dustjacket. [O’Brien A214, A215]
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