Lawrence T. E

SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM

      London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. Limited edition, one of 750 numbered copies only. 54 illustrations (4 in color), 4 maps, facsimiles of: a manuscript page, a page from the 1922 Oxford edition, and a page from the subscriber's edition. Royal, thick 8vo, publisherOs original half-beige morocco over dark tan polished buckram lettered and decorated in gilt. 672 pp. An unusually fine, handsome and bright copy, pristine and unused. About as perfect as one could expect but for a small bit of fading to the lower edge of the back cover.. A VERY FINE COPY OF THE IMPORTANT LIMITED ISSUE OF THE FIRST PUBLISHED TRADE EDITION. The most complete edition after the subscriber's edition, retaining four of the colour plates from that issue. A personal narrative of the revolt of Arab armies against the Turks during the First World War, SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM stands as a monument of modern literature and history. Bernard Shaw and Winston Churchill both described the book as one of the greatest of our time. Its fame would only be increased by the production of the motion picture OLawrence of ArabiaO which was based on this work and is often considered amongst the greatest motion pictures ever produced.