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Price: US$109.08 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A clean, bright and crisp hardback copy of the opening volume, in a clean, green dust jacket. Top edge gilt. The jacket is very lightly creased along its top edge, and has a couple of very small, light circular blemishes near the bottom of the upper cover, but overall is in very good condition. A nice hardback copy, which will be properly and securely packed. [Vol 1 only].
Seller: T S Hill Books, Dorking, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. CORRESPONDENCE WITH HENRY WILLIAMSON. Castle Hill Press, North Fordingbridge, 2000.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: No. 408 of 600 copies (total edition 702). Quarto. xvii, 219p. Portrait frontispiece. Gilt-titled brown cloth, t.e.g. T. E. Lawrence Letters, Volume IX. No. 408 of 600 copies (total edition 702).
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Limited to 702 sets. Quarto. xx, 227p. Portrait frontispiece drawing. Gilt-titled green cloth, t.e.g. T. E. Lawrence Letters, Volume I.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$192.49 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine as new copy of this first volume in the definitive edition of these letters from T.E. Lawrence to Charlotte Shaw. 227pp. One of 45 copies bound in quarter brown goatskin. in card slipcase as issued A handsome edition of what is an invaluable source for the student of T.E.L.
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Price: US$224.57 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: LIMITED EDITION numbered '431' of 600 copies bound in cloth, of which only 475 were ever produced. Publisher's brown cloth with impressed frame to front board and gilt lettering to spine, beige endpapers. Qto. pp. [volume details], [blank], [half-title], [frontispiece portrait of Henry Williamson]. [title page], [limitation page], vii-xvii, [1] - 219, [blank]. Designed, typeset and published by Castle Hill Press, printed by The Burlington Press, bound by The Fine Bindery. A book in Fine condition
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$234.22 + shipping
Description: Edited by Peter Wilson. With a Prologue and Epilogue by Anne Williamson and a Foreword by Jeremy Wilson. Pp. xviii+220(last blank), frontispiece portrait, appendices (including bibliography and sources), index; narrow impl. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards ruled in blind; t.e.g.; dust wrapper, slightly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Castle Hill Press, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, 2000. Edition limited to 702 numbered copies [actually fewer]; cloth bound issue. T. E. Lawrence Letters Volume IX. O'Brien A271. *'For many years, the only source material for the relationship between T. E. Lawrence and Henry Williamson was in the accounts written by Williamson himself. As is clear from the letters published here, these accounts reflect a personal view of the relationship which T. E. Lawrence, on his side, almost certainly did not share' [Foreword]. Loosely inserted is the publishers' printed letter detailing the production of this volume. Of the planned edition of 702 copies, only about 500 were issued.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$234.22 + shipping
Description: First Limited Edition; Imp. 8vo; pp. xviii, 219; frontispiece portrait "Henry Williamson by Powya Evans", sources, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, dustjacket, very good copy. Limited edition of 600 copies numbered 101-700 bound in cloth. This copy being number 303.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
Price: US$282.32 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine clean copy of this important collection of the correspondence of T.E. Lawrence. In quarter leather and gilt titlie to spine. In card slipcase as issued. Portrait frontis of Henry Williamson by Powys Evans. 219pp. Copy number 83. A fine new copy of this important collection of the correspondence of T.E. Lawrence. Scholarly, prepared by the Castle Hill Press it is a handsome volume. Typeset in Garamond by Castle Hill Press. Printed by The Burlington Press on 100 g.s.m. Supreme Bookwove, a high-quality acid-free paper. A much sought after copy.
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine as new copy of this first volume in the definitive edition of these letters from T.E. Lawrence to Charlotte Shaw. 227pp. One of only 15 copies bound in full green embossed goatskin with decorative design of "S". AEG. With marbled endpapers and errata slip laid in. A handsome and elusive edition of what is an invaluable source for the student of T.E.L.
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Price: US$425.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Volume one of a projected three volume set, volume two having been published in 2003. One of 45 copies bound in quarter brown goatskin. Top edge gilt. Slipcase; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 227 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Description: 219pp. Original publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, with the tan dustwrapper lettered in black. Single tear to bottom rear panel, with a light crease. Internally bright and clean save annotation on page 44 in red pen, initialled AW, further corrections in red p179. With a frontispiece sketch of Williamson by Powys Evans, and 16 photographs of correspondence and drafts. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. Henry Williamson's family copy of the T. E. Lawrence Letters series, volume ix, in which Williamson and Lawrence's correspondences are collected. With a prologue and epilogue by Anne Williamson. Henry Williamson (1895-1977), novelist and writer on natural history and the English countryside, is predominantly remembered as the author of Tarka the Otter (1927) for which he won the Hawthornden Prize. His wartime experiences on the Western Front having altered his life inexorably, he spent the remainder of his post-war life in Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk, writing naturalistic novels very much in the romantic tradition. T. E. Lawrence was a dear friend of Williamson, who published 'The Genius of Friendship', an account of their correspondence in tribute to him, six years after Lawrence's tragic death. Size: Quarto Limited edition, ex-editio - copyright holder's copy.
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: This is the publisher's full goatskin binding of the limited edition. Of a total planned edition of 702 copies (as printed on the limitation statement), only about 500 were ultimately issued, of which 40 were bound thus in full brown goatskin with triple gilt rule front cover border, gilt spine print, all edges gilt, head and foot bands, and striking marbled endpapers. These goatskin-bound copies feature special, supplemental content, containing 16 pages of facsimiles, including the working draft of an apparently unpublished essay on Lawrence by Henry Williamson which we believe is available in print only here. This copy is hand numbered "52" on the limitation page. Condition is immaculately fine, with no discernible wear, flaws, signs of use, or previous ownership marks. The volume is housed in the publisher's rigid slipcase, also in fine condition, featuring brown cloth caps and lighter brown laid-paper covered sides.This is one of the volumes in the T. E. Lawrence Letters series published by Castle Hill Press, the premier editors and fine press publishers of material by and about T. E. Lawrence, founded by Lawrences official biographer, Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017). From the publisher: "T. E. Lawrence was fascinated by the art of creative writing, and by creative writers. This fascination drew him into friendships with poets and novelists such as Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Thomas Hardy and E.M. Forster. When Lawrence read Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter in 1928, he recognised that its author had extraordinary descriptive power: 'I put Williamson very high as a writer,' he later wrote. From this beginning grew a correspondence that lasted until Lawrence's death in 1935. The two kept one anothers letters, and the series printed here is largely complete. Until now, the principal published accounts of their relationship have been those by Williamson, notably his contribution to T. E. Lawrence by his Friends (1937), and his book Genius of Friendship (1941). In this volume, we are able to read both sides of the correspondence for the first time Williamson's letters provide a fascinating insight into a novelist's mind As Williamson became better established and more confident, he had less need of Lawrence's helpful criticisms and encouragement; or at any rate Lawrence felt that there was less that he could usefully offer. Gradually, their evident differences became more significant than the interest in the craft of writing that had drawn them together Williamson damaged the relationship in 1933 by including Lawrence, unasked, as a character called 'G.B. Everest' in The Gold Falcon even quoting from his letters. Lawrence made light of it; but since he dreaded publicity he may well have feared that a closer friendship with such an unpredictable novelist would be a risk as long as he wished to remain in the ranks of the RAF. Later, he was nonplussed when Williamson told him about the complications that had arisen from extra-marital entanglements Despite these reservations, there really was an unusual quality in their relationship. Williamson is revealed here as a skillful and supremely observant writer, but nevertheless a man who was introspective, egocentric, insecure, and intensely lonely. Exactly the same words could be used to describe Lawrence, and the similarity that Williamson sensed was real. He was writing to someone he knew would understand."
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: One of an edition of 40 numbered from 16-55 copies, this copy is number 22. Volume IX in the publisher's series "T.E. Lawrence Letters" Frontispiece portrait of Williamson from a drawing by Powys Evans. xvii, [i], 219pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full brown morocco, a.e.g, in slipcase, by The Fine Bindery. Fine Frontispiece portrait of Williamson from a drawing by Powys Evans. xvii, [i], 219pp. 1 vols. 4to One of an edition of 40 numbered from 16-55 copies, this copy is number 22. Volume IX in the publisher's series "T.E. Lawrence Letters".
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1003.81 + shipping
Description: Edited by Peter Wilson. With a Prologue and Epilogue by Anne Williamson and a Foreword by Jeremy Wilson. Pp. xviii+230(last blank),frontispiece portrait, plus 16 plates (facsimiles), appendices (including bibliography and sources), index; narrow impl. 8vo; full brown morocco, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board with triple gilt ruled border; a.e.g.; marbled endpapers; within brown papered slipcase with cloth sides; Castle Hill Press, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, 2000. Edition limited to 702 numbered copies, this being one of 40 copies thus bound. T. E. Lawrence Letters Volume IX. O'Brien sA271. *'For many years, the only source material for the relationship between T. E. Lawrence and Henry Williamson was in the accounts written by Williamson himself. As is clear from the letters published here, these accounts reflect a personal view of the relationship which T. E. Lawrence, on his side, almost certainly did not share' [Foreword]. Loosely inserted is the publishers' printed letter detailing the production of this volume.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Complete four volume set in fine green cloth slipcase. Volume four states "Set number131" 7 1/4 x 11 1/2 Books with decorative green cloth boards and gold gilt to top text edges, fine, as new, unread. Dust jackets have few minor bumps else fine. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Shipping weight will be around 10 lbs.
Seller: Twinwillow Books, Los Alamitos, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1171.11 + shipping
Description: Edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson. In four volumes, totalling over 1,000 pages, with 14 plates (5 hand-tipped, 4 folding, a couple tinted), corrigenda (including tipped-in slip in first Volume), sources, indices; narrow impl. 8vo; dark green cloth, spines lettered in gilt, upper boards decorated in blind; t.e.g.; dust wrappers, the second volume foxed; within a green cloth slipcase; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, fore-edges of leaves lightly foxed in first two volumes, also slightly browned in the second volume, the double-sided folding plate opposite p. 146 in the third volume creased at fore-edge; Castle Hill Press, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, 2000-2009. One of 225 sets thus bound, of a total edition of 475 [reduced from the originally intended 600 cloth bound sets in a total edition of 702]. O'Brien sA270 [for Volume II only]. *With publisher's ephemera loosely inserted. T. E. Lawrence's correspondence with George Bernard Shaw and his wife Charlotte from 1922 to 1935.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Price: US$1219.10 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Only 40 were bound thus of which this is Number 18, in full brown goatskin with triple gilt rule front cover border, gilt spine print, all edges gilt, head and foot bands, and striking marbled endpapers. In slipcase as issued. A fine new copy of this important collection of the correspondence of T.E. Lawrence. Scholarly prepared by the Castle Hill Press it is a handsome volume. 238 pp. Typeset in Garamond by Castle Hill Press. Printed by The Burlington Press on 100 g.s.m. Supreme Bookwove, a high-quality acid-free paper. The entire edition is limited to 475 numbered copies, The edition was originally to have comprised 702 copies, but only 475 copies were produced. A most handsome volume
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Correspondence with Bernard and Charlotte Shaw.. 2000-2009, 2000.
Price: US$1378.23 + shipping
Description: Fordingbridge, The Castle Hill Press, 2000-2009. Four volumes, 4to.Original cloth with dust wrappers, top edge gilt; a fine set in slipcase. First edition, limited to 475 copies, this set numbered 295. - Complete set have become very rare. "It was not until his wife's death in 1943 that Bernard Shaw began to understand the extraordinary nature of her correspondence with T.E. Lawrence. She had preserved almost all the letters she had received â" over 300, some very long â" and had recovered several of those that she herself had written to Lawrence. In her engagement diary, she had used symbols to note the dates that she wrote to Lawrence or received letters from him. When Bernard Shaw read her letters he said: 'It takes a long time for two people to get to know each other, and from a diary I discovered lately, and some letters which she wrote to T. E. Lawrence, I realise that there were many parts of her character that even I did not know, for she poured out her soul to Lawrence.' On Lawrence's side too, this was a remarkable friendship. Taken as a whole, the correspondence adds up to almost twice the total length of his letters to any other recipient. On their own, setting aside the other volumes in our T.E. Lawrence Letters series, the four volumes of correspondence with the Shaws are the largest edition of Lawrence's letters since David Garnett's 900-page Letters of T. E. Lawrence. When David Garnett prepared his collected edition, Bernard Shaw gave him free use of the letters he had received from Lawrence, but Charlotte refused to co-operate. The result, as we now know, was a glaring omission from the 1938 Letters, repaired to some extent in the selection edited more recently by Malcolm Brown. No general collection, however, could use more than a small fraction of the Lawrence-Shaw correspondence. Lawrence first met the Shaws in March 1922. Five months later he wrote diffidently to ask whether Bernard Shaw would be willing to criticise the 1922 text of Seven Pillars. Shaw agreed and Lawrence sent a copy. However, the first to read it, and with great enthusiasm, was Charlotte. She was a wealthy woman in her own right, and her interest in Lawrence and his work soon led to a thriving correspondence. She offered to proof-read the subscription edition of Seven Pillars that he was preparing, and began to send parcels of books, gramophone records and other gifts. Over the years, Lawrence gave her presents in return, including several valuable manuscripts of his writings. Lawrence's correspondence with the Shaws between 1922 and 1935 is the most significant series of his post-war letters to survive. It covers an extraordinary variety of topics and, for much of the time, the letters were so frequent that they provide something akin to a diary of his activities. The letters to Charlotte published here are accompanied by the few but important letters from her to Lawrence that he kept, and also by his correspondence with Bernard Shaw, and other collateral material." O'Brien A270
Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom