Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. This copy has been transformed into a true collector's item with a beautifully gold-tooled full leather binding by award-winning binder Andrew Sims.

LAWRENCE, T. E.:

Verlag: London, Jonathan Cape, 1935 First trade edition 1st impression 1935.

Beschreibung

Hardback, Large, 4to. approx 10.5 x 8 inches. Bound in full brown Harmatan morocco, featuring purple onlays, and finished luxuriously in 23.5 carat gold. The binding features a panelled design to the boards incorporating circular onlays of purple morocco which are also tooled in gilt. The spine features raised bands, with smaller circular onlays and gilt tooling in the panels. Double gilt lines to turn-ins, and gilt lines to board edges and headcaps. The binder's stamp in gilt appears on the front turn-in. Period marbled endpapers, hand-sewn silk endbands. Top edge of text block gilt, others uncut. With specially made slipcase. In FINE condition. Binders stamp to front endpaper lower edge in gilt. Inside pages all very clean and tight. Pages edges have all been trimmed and gilt coated top edge. A lovely fine leather bound copy. 672pp. Profusely illustrated with 48 full-page B&W portraits, and 4 folding maps. Illustrators include Eric Kennington, William Roberts, Augustus John, William Rothenstein, William Nicholson Lawrence?s famous account of the Arab Revolt against the occupying Turks in WWI. "It ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language. As a narrative of war and adventure it is unsurpassable." Winston Churchill. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 93380

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Titel: Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. This ...

Verlag: London, Jonathan Cape, 1935 First trade edition 1st impression 1935.