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Lawrence, T, E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$9.88 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2000grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Trade Edition. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, clean and complete. tightly bound. r*25/10/2023. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Lawrence, T E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: The first edition published for general circulation. Boards are rubbed and showing some nibbling and a ring stain to front board. Board corners bumped. Owner's name to front pastedown.Gilt titling to spine and board is clean but a tad dulled. Spine hinge at the frontispiece is fractured. Paperblock fore-edge and lower edges are untrimmed. 672 pages. HEAVY BOOK (2.4Kg), POSTAGE TO BE QUOTED. (PHrvy-EEW-AYY-3SBy)
Seller: CHAPTER TWO, Pinetown, KZN, South Africa
Lawrence of Arabia,T.E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$20.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Minor wear and creasing tearing pages yellowed
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence , T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom : A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Boards are shelf worn with knocked corners, a torn spine and stains. Binding is sound. Ink inscription from a previous owner on the front end page. Spotting on the pages, not affecting text. No other inscriptions or annotations. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*03/06/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$21.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. Reprint. The boards are rubbed and edge worn. The corners are a little knocked. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, there are minor stains on the title pages this is from the picture opposite the title page. Spotting throughout not affecting text. r*03/06/2023. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$28.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover is worn and faded, mainly at the edges of the cover and spine. Textblock is rough and worn, however pages are clean. Some handwriting inside cover.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$28.87 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover is worn and faded, mainly at the spine. Textblock is rough and worn also. Pages themselves are clean and good.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
T.E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom - a triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light fade to the spine, light damp staining to the boards, small foxing spots on rough cut side page edges. Line drawings A Forced Landing is listed as being on pages 302-303 but are on pages 304-305, 1st general edition.
Seller: best books, st. leonards on sea, United Kingdom
T.E. Lawrence. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London & at Toronto, 1935.
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fair/ Good. Fifth impression, September 1935 of book first published in July 1935. Gift inscription dated 1935. Faded brown covers, otherwise firmly bound with some pulling to the boards and rubbing to the corners. .
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$32.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG hardback, No dustwrapper. 1935 Jonathan Cape, Fifth Impression. Illustrated. NO inscriptions. Very occasional foxing spot. Hint of sunning to boards. NB. Regrettably NOT available to send to EU countries. Size: 4to
Seller: BADGERS BOOKS ONLINE, Littlehampton, United Kingdom
Lawrence T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$35.28 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1939 printing. A still handsome hardback volume, 14th inpression 1939, in Acceptable to Good condition, some clear staining to rear board and front board margins, spine clean, edges very attractively untrimmed, name in ink to ffe, and also written neatly on half-title page, interior clean and bright. No dustjacket, as issued. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$36.68 + shipping
Description: First edition fourth impression (first year of general publication), quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, 672pp, illus, VG(v slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, soiling spots to fep, foxing to page edges)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
T E Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Previous owner's details on first page. Pages have deckled edges. Age discolouration to a couple of early pages. Light age wear to outer boards. 672 pages. No torn or missing pages. This book is extra heavy, and will involve extra shipping charges. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57275.
Seller: Turn The Page Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
T E Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Second edition, second printing,4to,illustrated, fair to good. Brown with gilt ot front and spine, minor wear, bumps small marks and scuffs, front hinge cracked, binding else firm if occasionally spread, with a one or two folds beginning to loosen, remnants of book mark inside front and back, deleted number to fep, very good page condition thereafter. The weight being 2kg, extra shipping may be requested to post out of UK
Seller: Anne Godfrey, Pwllheli, United Kingdom
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Seven Pillars of Wisdom,a triumph by T.E.Lawrence, 1st Published for Circulation,1935, Published by Jonathan Cape, Printed in Great Britain at the Alden Press, Hardback,has fading and some wear to covers and spine, All pages appear present, Pages are yellowing, All illustrations and maps appear present as listed,with yellowing to illustrations, though line drawing A Forced Landing is listed as being on pages 302-303 but is in fact on page 304-305, Main title page has some black ink smudging from frontispiece,
Seller: Codex Books, York, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom; A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. 672 pp. Full page photographic illustrations. Hardcover binding, gilt lettered spine and cover vignette, very good condition. (10290).
Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom - a Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$41.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: sixth impressiomn on brown buckrum cloth with gilded swords criss crossed to frontis
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$42.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cover sooiled, slightly discolored in places; some ghosting; B, gilt lettering, uncut pp
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - A Triumph. Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$42.80 + shipping
Description: FIRST TRADE EDITION, Imperial Octavo Hardcover, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorative gilt motif and lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontis piece, 672pp., illus w/ maps, VG (moderate fading to front board and spine, severe fading to rear board, moderate scuffing to boards and spine, moderate bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate foxing and tanning to page edges)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.. London, Jonathan Cape, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$43.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. First edition published for general circulation. Light stains on spine and boards as well as minor wear. Contents very good. Name on inside board. Very good overall. Africana. Hardback. No dj.
Seller: Treasure House Books, Franschhoek, WCAPE, South Africa
T.E.Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom : a triumph. London Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$44.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition of the book printed for general circulation. Bound in brown buckram with gilt decoration to front and gilt lettering to spine. Edges are bumped. Pages are rough cut. Pages are age tanned with occasional slight foxing. 4to. Numerous black and white photographs.
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T E. Seven pillars of wisdom : a triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$44.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1935 Jonathan Cape first edition for general circulation hardback; Good sound copy, no dj; includes an interesting collection of newspaper cuttings about the book and author from the 1930's to 1950's; UK dealer, immediate dispatch
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
Price: US$44.90 + shipping
Description: Hb original brown cloth gilt, Quarto 672pp frontis portrait plate, illustrations & 4 folding maps Former owners bookplate to front pastedown Spine lightly sunned o/w A Vg copy of The 1st Trade Edition
Seller: E.J Morten Booksellers BA, MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom | a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$45.24 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First trade edition. 7-3/4" x 10-1/4", 672pp incl. prelims. Printed on off white alkaline paper and bound in signatures in heavy brown cloth boards. Design with motto ("the sword also means clean-ness + death") stamped in gilt foil on front panel, and title block stamped in gilt on spine. Back cover was exposed to moisture at some point in the past, and is mottled / stained as a result. Cover is faded to light brown at spine and at the left and top edges of the front panel where it was exposed. Otherwise, minor shelf wear, edge wear to cover. Blue top edge tinting is noticeably faded; fore and bottom edges are untrimmed. Binding is square and tight. Previous owner's book plate on inside front cover, and written in ink with date (July 30-1935) on front free end paper. Otherwise pages are gently age toned but clean and unmarked.
Seller: The People's Co-op Bookstore, Vancouver, BC, Canada
T.E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$48.11 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: very good for age, Sixth Impression 1935, no dustjacket, brown boards, gilt lettering to spine & motif on front board, faded gilt top edges, rear board partially sunned with worn pastedown, card enclosed with 'best wishes' from 'father, dated 1936 enc. - N.B. a heavy book which will incur additional overseas postage
Seller: ivanpavlovitch, East Hoathly, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth impression. Previous owner's business card, with related pamphlet laid in. Clean and sturdy, very good indeed. All corners slightly bowed in.
Seller: Montreal Books, Westmount, QC, Canada
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fifth impression. Previous owner's business card, with related pamphlet laid in. Clean and sturdy, very good indeed. All corners slightly bowed in.
Seller: RPBooks, Champlain, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: **PAPERBACK** No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition; 1935 first edition mkssing dustjacket.
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph.. Jonathan Cape London, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Published for General Circulation. Hardback. 4th impression. Original cloth with some rubbing and marks, a slightly worn and used copy but sound and complete. Boots library label remains to cover and rear pastedown. No jacket.
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This copy is in near fine condition bound in tan cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and scimitar device to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square, There is some light spotting to the prelims. A dustwrapper is not present International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Originally privately published in 1926 this copy is a fifth impression published within three months of the first edition for general circulation. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. It was completed in February 1922, but first published in December 1926. After the 1926 release of the Subscribers' Edition, Lawrence stated that no further issue of Seven Pillars would be made during his lifetime. Lawrence was killed in a motorcycle accident in May 1935, at the age of 46, and within weeks of his death, the 1926 abridgement was published for general circulation. Ref TTT 1
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom.. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A clean, tight copy. Some tanning to the page edges. Clithbound in brown with gold gilting. Board edges rubbed and frayed, with some dust dulling. Previous owner inscription. No dust jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING
Seller: HALCYON BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$51.97 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt inscription & sword motif to front board, top page edges stained brown, page edges deckled, frontispiece, 672pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, moderate scuffing & light soiling to boards, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, LONDON, 1935.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1935 Second Impression. Bright gilt, pages uncut. Free of any inscriptions. A clean tight copy.
Seller: PETER FRY (PBFA), Grange- over -Sands, CUMBR, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom - A Triumph.. London Jonathan Cape. Third Impression, 1935.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Description: Large Hb. pp672. Maps and Num. b/w illustrations. Clean Copy, Sl. Scuffed, Minor Spotting to page edges. Owners Inscription
Seller: John Trotter Books, london, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Description: Large Hb. pp672. Maps and Num. b/w illustrations. Clean Copy, Some light Marks to Covers. Some Internal Spotting, Mostly Light. Good
Seller: John Trotter Books, london, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$57.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A bright firm copy , owners bookplate on fep, a little dustiness to the edges of the textblock, slight fading to the spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$59.61 + shipping
Description: FIRST GENERAL CIRCULATION EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION; quarto brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering and sword motif to front, 672pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, esp. to rear & spine; light scuffing to boards; light to moderate tanning within, occassional light foxing, lacks fep.)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape [1935], 1935.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the uncommon English edition. A very good copy in the original red cloth stamped in gilt (slight wear). Originally published in 1926 (in expurgated form). 54 b/w illustrations / 4 maps. 672 pages+plates.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$61.14 + shipping
Description: FIRST GENERAL CIRCULATION EDITION, LESS COMMON WITH D/W, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & dual sword motif to front board, deckled page edges, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, memorial pamphlet loosely enclosed, 672pp, illus/plates, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, light scuffing/chafing to boards with some light staining/discolouration to rear, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & closed tearing/chipping to edges- heavy but tidy tape repairs/reinforcement, moderate chafing & soiling, all corners clipped, some light tape staining)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom : a triumph. London : Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Third impression 1935 Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.
Seller: M Godding Books Ltd, Devizes, WILTS, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$64.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1935, 1st trade edition. Quarto. 672pp. With the portraits and maps. Publisher's full buckram, gilt titles. Spine sunned, with some minor markings to extremities. Binding square and tight. Some mild marginal spotting and foxing internally. Overall a 'Very Good' copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
T.E. Lawrence. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$66.70 + shipping
Description: Handsome brown clothbound boards with gilt details to front and spine. Bottom of the spine a little creased. Sunning to the rear and a few unobtrusive dots and scratches. Top left corner of the rear is marginally bent. Fore edge and bottom of the textblock are ragged. Tiny marks to the front endpapers. Stunning fullpage frontispiece depicting a bust of Lawrence. Pages are bright and clean with fullpage black and white illustrations and a foldout map. pp.672. Overall condition good.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$66.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HEAVY. 672pp, index, appendices, bw ills. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine, gilt swords to front; no jacket. Light even tning to page edges, page edges untrimmed. Small bookseller label inside front cover, anotherbooksellers stamp on front free endpaper, prev owner name inside front cover. Slight fading to spine, slight rounding of board corners. Size: 4to
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Lawrence, T.E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. a triumph.. Jonathan Cape, London. 1935., 1935.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Description: 1st. public ed. Royal 8vo. 672pp. B/w ills., bookplate inside front board. Original brown cloth boards with gilt decoration and gold text to spine, slightly bumped. US$68
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM A Triumph.. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Description: 5th Imp. Royal 8vo. 672pp. Port. frontis., 4 folding maps, numerous ills. Some sporadic light spotting, sl. surface loss to front pastedown, shaken, original gilt lettered brown cloth, cloth faded moreseo to lower board and spine, fore and lower edge uncut. OBrien A047. Additional postage may be necessary US$70
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM A Triumph.. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Description: 1st Trade Ed. Royal 8vo. 672pp. Port. frontis., 4 folding maps, numerous ills. Some sporadic spotting throughout, original gilt lettered brown cloth with gilt device to upper board, some rubbing and fading to boards, corners very sl. bumped, spine faded, fore and lower edge uncut. OBrien A047. Additional postage may be necessary US$70
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E. The Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$70.55 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Published: 1935. 1st Edition / 5th Impression. First Trade Edition. DESCRIPTION: Brown cloth with gilt swords and titles to front and spine. Illustrated. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to bruised corners, edges and chipped spine ends. Lightly rubbed cloth with minor marks and sunned margins to rear. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 672. Size: 26cm by 20cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.S.. Seven pillars of wisdom. A triumph.. London, Jonathan Cape,, 1935.
Price: US$73.77 + shipping
Description: 4to. 672 p. Frontis., 4 maps, 47 b/w plates. Publisher's brown cloth binding, gilt. There is a small ring stain to the front board. Light spotting to the frontis. The text block is clean, crisp and untrimmed as issued. No dustwrapper. First trade edition.
Seller: Cobnar Books, Deal, United Kingdom
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition. Jonathan Cape, London. 1935, first public edition , first impression, 672pp, 54 illustrations and 4 maps, 1935. 1st trade edition, hardback, 4to, this is one of the cleanest copies we hae had; there is a small neat single word name in italics with contemporary date on ffep otherwise clean throughout
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, Bucknell, SHROP, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape. London. First Published for General Circulation 1935.A fine copy in goldentan linen boards with gilt title to spine, decorative crossed swords with inscription to front cover, rawedged pages, spine firm and sound, internally very clean and bright free from any foxing or markings. Illustrated with bw folding maps and plates as listed including portrait frontispiece.This is a large heavy quarto volume and will incur extra postage charges outside the UK.
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
Price: US$82.68 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Boards stained with dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Gladys MacDonnell with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 672 pages : map (folded), plates, portraits, illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). World War I, (1914-1918) Campaigns Turkey and the Middle East. World War I, (1914-1918) Campaigns Arabian Peninsula. World War I, (1914-1918) Personal narratives, British. Arabists Great Britain ; Biography. Soldiers Great Britain ; Biography. Arabs History 20th century. Bedouins History 20th century. Wahh b yah Saudi Arabia. Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs. Arab countries History Arab Revolt, (1916-1918). Genres; Autobiography. Illustrated. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$82.68 + shipping
Description: Second impression. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 672 pages : map (folded), plates, portraits, illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes : Includes index. Subject : Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward) 1888-1935. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Turkey and the Middle East. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Arabian Peninsula. World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, British. Arabists Great Britain ; Biography. Soldiers Great Britain ; Biography. Arabs History 20th century. Bedouins History 20th century. Wahh b yah Saudi Arabia. Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs. Arab countries History Arab Revolt, 1916-1918 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$82.68 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 672 pages : map (folded), plates, portraits, illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes: Copy No. 380925. Includes index. Subjects: Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward) 1888-1935; World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns Turkey and the Middle East; Campaigns Arabian Peninsula; Personal narratives, British; Arabists Great Britain; Biography; Soldiers Great Britain; Arabs History 20th century; Bedouins History 20th century; Wahh b yah Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs; Arab countries History Arab Revolt, 1916-1918. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$83.38 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition, 1935. Brown cloth with recently replaced spine, and lettering in gold. 206 x 261 x 53mm. 672pp. Cover shows crossed swords motif, with motto 'The sword also means clean-ness & death'; numerous b/w illustrations; fold-out maps; appendices; indexes of place names and personal names. Neatly re-backed, with new endpapers; light surface wear to original boards, with corners bumped; untrimmed fore-edges a little browned; internal pages very largely clean and bright (a couple of maps lightly worn and one or two spots of foxing); binding sound throughout. NB: An extra shipping charge may be requested for heavier or more valuable items. All our 'Seller Images' show the actual item you will receive.
Seller: Rodney Rogers, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$83.38 + shipping
Description: Internally in fine condition subject to owners signature and date on fep.Binding firm. Cover quite bright subject to a few minor marks and some sunning to the edges of the boards and spine. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. Jonathan Cape [1935], 1935.
Price: US$84.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A hardback volume (1935, second impression) in Very Good condition, a little softening to top spine, neat gift inscription inside, very attractive untrimmed fore and bottom edges, clean and bright throughout (pp. 650/1 have a little light foxing). No dustjacket. This book is in stock now, in our UK premises. Photos of our books are available on request (dustjacket and cover illustrations vary, and unless the image accompanying the listing is marked 'Bookseller Image', it is an Abebooks Stock Image, NOT our own). Overseas buyers please also note that shipping rates apply to packets of 750g and under, and should the packed weight of an item exceed this we reserve the right to ship via 'Economy', or request extra postage prior to fulfilling the order, or cancel.
Seller: Jenhams Books, Dundee, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$85.59 + shipping
Description: uncommon in tidy d/w, loose enclosures, Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, brown staining to upper edges, frontispiece, 672pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems repiared with archival tape, light creasing, light soiling)
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Lawrence, T E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. 1935. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$86.21 + shipping
Description: 260mm x 200mm (10" x 8"). 672pp. 48 b/w plates + 4 colour maps. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover lightly rubbed. Spine faded Brown/gilt hardback cloth cover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE T. E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$88.19 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1 fort volume reliure percaline marron de l'éditeur (original brown buckram binding), 672 pages, frontispiece, 4 maps, black and white illustrations, rousseurs éparses sur les 2 prelières pages. Texte en langue anglaise. First published for general circulation. Bon exemplaire ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
Seller: Librairie Rouchaleou, MONTPELLIER, FR, France
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$93.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to, pp. 672, unclipped dust jacket with splits and creases, brown cloth with gilt lettering and device with some gentle fading towards the base but otherwise fresh, lower corner mildly bumped, interior with very occasional foxing but largely clean and bright, fore edge foxed, fore and bottom edges uncut, small corner of the rep removed, binding sound.This is the third impression of the first trade edition, published in August 1935, a month after the first impression. This is a heavy book which will attract extra postage, please check with us before ordering to establish the charge.
Seller: Charles Vivian Art & Antiques, Rosscarbery, CORK, Ireland
Price: US$96.21 + shipping
Description: Second Impression hard back binding in publisher's original nutmeg buckram covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, gilt cross swords vignette to the front board, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. Quarto. 10¼'' x 8''. Contains photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust, 672 pp with 4 folding maps, monochrome plates throughout. In superb Fine condition, protected in clear acetate. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case, unused condition. Heavy volume weighing 2.3 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside of the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Boards stained with dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Gladys MacDonnell with the owner's bookplate. Physical description; 672 pages : map (folded), plates, portraits, illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Lawrence, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). World War I, (1914-1918) Campaigns Turkey and the Middle East. World War I, (1914-1918) Campaigns Arabian Peninsula. World War I, (1914-1918) Personal narratives, British. Arabists Great Britain ; Biography. Soldiers Great Britain ; Biography. Arabs History 20th century. Bedouins History 20th century. Wahh b yah Saudi Arabia. Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs. Arab countries History Arab Revolt, (1916-1918). Genres; Autobiography. Illustrated. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Second impression. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description : 672 pages : map (folded), plates, portraits, illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes : Includes index. Subject : Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward) 1888-1935. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Turkey and the Middle East. World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Arabian Peninsula. World War, 1914-1918 Personal narratives, British. Arabists Great Britain ; Biography. Soldiers Great Britain ; Biography. Arabs History 20th century. Bedouins History 20th century. Wahh b yah Saudi Arabia. Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs. Arab countries History Arab Revolt, 1916-1918 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 672 pages : map (folded), plates, portraits, illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes: Copy No. 380925. Includes index. Subjects: Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward) 1888-1935; World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns Turkey and the Middle East; Campaigns Arabian Peninsula; Personal narratives, British; Arabists Great Britain; Biography; Soldiers Great Britain; Arabs History 20th century; Bedouins History 20th century; Wahh b yah Saudi Arabia; Arabian Peninsula Social life and customs; Arab countries History Arab Revolt, 1916-1918. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
T.E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Original brown gilt cloth with crossed scimitars in gilt on cover, photogravures, maps by The Chiswick Press and deckle edged heavy paper by John Dickinson & Co. The monumental work by Lawrence memorializing and recording the Arab Revolt and his part in it. An unusually well preserved copy of the first trade edition after the rare limited edition privately printed by the author. Unmarked, tight and clean.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$105.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Rovinata Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, macchie bruniture
Seller: Miliardi di Parole, Pietra Marazzi, AL, Italy
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph. London Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$110.32 + shipping
Description: FIRST TRADE EDITION, first impression, (originally privately printed for subscribers in 1926) 4to., brown clothbound hardback gilt, with gilt motif to upper board, 672pp, indexed, with b/w illustrations (two listed at pp302/303 appearing instead at pp304/305) plus 4 folding maps. A clean copy with no previous ownership inscriptions or annotation. Spine and areas of boards very slightly faded. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY. (Shelf 52) PLEASE NOTE: VERY Heavy BOOK (2 kg+) Postage rates vary according to destination, weight and speed. For an accurate overseas quote PLEASE either call or email us before ordering. [AbeBooks shipping quote is based on items weighing up to 1 kilo only]. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.** Pictures available upon request.** Visit our homepage for our shop opening hours. Over 20,000 books in stock - come and browse. PayPal, credit and most debit cards welcome. Books posted worldwide. For any queries please contact us direct.
Seller: Chaucer Bookshop ABA ILAB, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.. London: Jonathan Cape., 1935.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First regularly published English edition. NCBEL IV, 1182. 4to, brown cloth, gilt decorations and lettering. Frontis portrait, 16 plates. Spine slightly faded.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence. T, E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition, first printing, published by Cape in 1935 - first trade edition. A near fine book in very good (or better) supplied dust wrapper. First trade edition, first impression, of Lawrence of Arabia's extraordinary and handsomely produced account of his role in the Arab Revolt, attractively bound. "Lawrence had taken part in the preliminary planning of the Arab uprising and, in October 1916, was ordered to Jiddah to assess the military situation. What followed is recorded in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a personal, emotional narrative of the Arab revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history. It was a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfilment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C. M. Doughty's Arabia Deserta. Subtitled 'A triumph', its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus, a victory which successfully concludes a gruelling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arabs" (ODNB). This trade edition follows the unprocurable Oxford Times edition of 1922, of which there were just 8 copies printed, and the 1926 Cranwell edition, of which only 170 copies were designated complete for subscribers. An abridged edition, Revolt in the Desert, was published in 1927.
Seller: Arch Books, London, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape, London 1935 - 4to. 1935. First trade edition. 672pp. Very Good or better one or two small stains to covers, neat owner's bookplate
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 672 pp, frontispiece portrait after Kennington, 44 portraits by Kennington, Roberts, John & others, 9 other illus, 4 maps, original buckram gilt, appendix, index, Also with a copy of the 'Lawrence of Arabia Memorial' bifold, privately printed by some of his friends circa 1936, loose to preliminaries, first Trade edition. The first edition of " Seven Pillars of Wisdom " to contain the suppressed introductory chapter, which had been omitted from the 1926 edition on the advice of George Bernard Shaw. This edition was published within two months of Lawrence’s death. There were two previous editions, privately printed, for distribution to Lawrence’s friends. The total complete copies from those editions were less than two hundred. [O'Brien A047]. A beautifully produced book, well laid out, and containing the reproductions of the marvellous series of portraits by Eric Kennington, Will Roberts, Augustus John and others. All but six of these plates had to be pasted by hand. Bibliographic references: Reference: O’brein A053. t.e.g. [O'Brien A041]. #146.
Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Witney, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. London: Jonathan Cape (1935)., 1935.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, 4to, 672 pp. 48 plates, 4 folding maps and 6 other illustrations, bookplate to fly leaf. Original brown buckram, d.w. browned and marked with some loss to the spine ends and corners. O'Brien A042.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
T E Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Privately printed in 1926, this is the first of the editions released for general publication. Tan boards with gold lettering to the spine and decoration to the front. There are marks to the boards and light bumping to the top and bottom of the spine. One named inscription to the inside front end paper dated 1935, no further inscriptions. 672pp, rough page edges, clean and bright pages with black and white images throughout. Map is also included. Please note this is a heavier book and therefore an additional postal charge may apply.
Seller: Books Written By (PBFA Member), Northampton, NTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$131.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gilt brown buckram cloth hardcover in the original format with scimitar vignette to front board. Top edge stained brown, others uncut. Some mild spotting/staining and rubbing to covers. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat. Internally bright and fine. Illustrated. Index. 672p. "Lawrence of Arabia Memorial" leaflet, c. 1936, laid in. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
Lawrence , T. E.:. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A triumph.. London, Jonathan Cape,, 1935.
Price: US$132.29 + shipping
Description: 672 pp Slight stains to the cover, all in all a very good, tight and clean copy of this first edition book. This is the first edition published for general circulations. A privately printed edition was printed in 1926. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 4000 8°, 21 x 26 cm, light brown cloth with gilt title on back and vignette on cover, gold colour top edge.
Seller: Antiquariat Willi Braunert, München, Germany
T E Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$134.69 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HB. The first Trade edition of Lawrence's classic. The wonderfully told story of the war in the desert, against the Turks during the First World War. Ten books in one. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and double-sword with Arabic text motif to front. Top 1 inch of fnt board faded and same to lesser extent the back,too. 672 pages incl. maps, illus., indices and appendices, frontis. ( of author). Some light foxing in places. No DJ. Book tight and clean. .
Seller: Carrick-White Ltd., West Looe Cornwall, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE T.E.. SEVEN PILLARS of WISDOM ( !st Edition.). JONATHAN CAPE, London, 1935.
Price: US$148.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: STATED SECOND PRINTING, AUGUST 1935, THE FIRST WAS IN JULY. SOLID & VERY CLEAN WITH ONLY MARKING BEING FORMER OWNERS NAME AT TOP OF FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. 672 PAGES. CONTAINS ALL ILLUSTRATIONS & FOLD OUT MAPS. BOARDS SLIGHTLY SCUFFED. DECKLE PAGES. SOUGHT AFTER BOOK, PRICED TO SELL. OVERSIZE FOR SHIPPING. FURTHER SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS.
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven pillars of wisdom : a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$153.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to (26 cm), front., 672 pp. 48 plates, 4 folding maps, and 6 other illustrations. Publisher's gilt cloth, top edge painted, fore- and bottom-edges untrimmed (binding slightly stained, bookplate and blind collector's stamp on the title page, common inscription on the front free endpaper). The sixth impression from October 1935, of the autobiographical account of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), recounting his experiences as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks from 1916 to 1918. Originally written in 1922, the first edition was privately printed in 1926 exclusively for subscribers. Following Lawrence's tragic death in a motorcycle accident in May 1935, the 1926 abridgment was quickly published for general circulation. The book features illustrations by renowned artists including Eric Kennington, Augustus John, Paul Nash, Blair Hughes-Stanton, and Gertrude Hermes.
Seller: Leopolis, Kraków, Poland
Price: US$153.93 + shipping
Description: pp. 672. Portrait frontispiece, 53 plates, 4 folding maps. Original tan cloth, uncut, spine very lightly faded, otherwise a very good copy, joints firm and contents and binding clean.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph. [. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$159.85 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. first publ. for general circulation 1935; Publisher's gilt-blocked cloth binding; tight; spine lightly sunned, small stains on boards; inside excellent throughout; 672 p. ; 8º.; the book contains two copies of the "Lawrence of Arabia memorial proposition, signed among others by Winston Churchill and Bernhard Shaw; good copy
Seller: Magnus, Paris, France
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Description: [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, gilt scimitars and motto motif to upper board, top edge brown, others untrimmed. Contents clean without the usual spotting, page edges fresh, no inscriptions, cloth with a few light rubs and marks. Near fine, without the jacket. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. The author vowed "No further issue of the Seven Pillars will be made in my lifetime" when he faced bankruptcy following the privately printed edition of 1926. This first trade issue therefore followed in 1935, within weeks of Lawrence's tragic motorcycle accident.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. a triumph. London, Jonathan Cape, 1935, Auflage: 1., 1935.
Price: US$165.36 + shipping
Description: Leinen, gebunden; brauner, goldgeprägter, illustrierter Einband, Seiten und Fusskanten unbeschnitten, brauner Kopfschnitt / Anz. Seiten: 672 / 20,7 x 27 cm / mit einigen schwarzweissen Abbildungen auf Tafeln / Zustand: gut, leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Buchblock minim schief, Einband etwas berieben, Rücken leicht gebleicht, Schnitt gebräunt, Kopfschnitt etwas bestaubt Sprache: en
Seller: Buchfink Das fahrende Antiquariat, Brugg, AG, Switzerland
Lawrence, T.E. [Thomas Edward]. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$167.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. original brown buckram gilt, uncut, with gilt design on upper board (some sunning to backstrip and exposed edges, a little rubbed, occ. spotting and marking, upper hinge a little tender, otherwise clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 672, with 54 illustrations & 4 folding maps. Heavy item (2.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. Loosely enclosed are two letters to the Rev. W. Bernard Smith replying to his request for an explanation as to why Friday was the Islamic Day of Prayer, a TLS from Bishop W. Wilson Cash dated 30th January 1941, and an ALS from Eleanor A. Baigent dated 29th January 1941, both on Church Missionary Society letterhead.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom; A Triumph. Jonathan Cape., London., 1935.
Price: US$174.46 + shipping
Description: Good in like dust jacket. DJ bears closed tears to edges.
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$174.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition. Oversized brown cloth titled/decorated in gilt. Mild scuffing to boards, few minor spots. Edges mildly rubbed. Missing front blanks; begins with half title page, on which is a gift inscription. Includes frontis and folding maps. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 672 pages
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: This book measures approximately 10" x 7.5" with 672 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate sunning to spine and all edges of boards. Gilt lettering and design on spine and front board still full and vivid. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918. This book had to be rewritten three times, once after the loss of the manuscript on a train at Reading railway station. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (O3-37).
Seller: Ernestoic Books, Clarence, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$179.59 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 4to, 672pp, portrait frontispiece, 54 b/w illus. by Kennington and others, 4 folding maps, orig. brown buckram cloth gilt. A near fine bright copy in a VG slightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper.
Seller: Geoffrey Jackson, Royal Wootton Bassett, WILTS, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence,. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Published by Jonathan Cape, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition/1st impression. Without inscription in not price clipped dust jacket, which has a few small tears with slight loss at the top of the spine, but which is now protected by a removable transparent wrapper. Photos/mmore details on request.
Seller: Mike Conry, WORCESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$198.43 + shipping
Description: In-8,legatura editoriale in tutta tela marrone con titoli oro al dorso,fregio dorato al piatto anteriore,senza sovracoperta,pp.672, 4 mappe ripiegate e 54 illustrazioni fuori testo.Bell'esemplare.
Seller: LIBRERIA ACHILLE, TRIESTE, TS, Italy
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Brown cloth, lettering stamped in gilt on upper board and spine; 4to; pp. 672, plus maps and b/w illustrated plates. Head of spine lightly chipped; corners gently rubbed. A nice, internally clean copy, with previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph. .. London; Jonathan Cape; (1935)., 1935.
Price: US$217.20 + shipping
Description: Third English Edition (preceded by the incomplete "Oxford Edition" of 1922 (8 copies only were printed, 6 still extant) and the rare privately printed "Subscriber's Edition" of 1927 (170 copies); Lge. 4to; pp. 672; tipped-in frontispiece portrait, 48 b/w. plates, 4 maps, appendices, indices; original brown cloth, title in gilt on spine, illustration in gilt on front, top edge trimmed, covers a little marked otherwise a very good copy. First Trade Edition. O'Brien A042.
Seller: Time Booksellers, Somerville, VIC, Australia
LAWRENCE, T. E. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom; A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$218.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Published: 1935. 1st Thus / 1st Impression. First Trade edition. DESCRIPTION: Brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorative gilt motif and lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontis piece. Profusely illustrated including many charcoal drawn plates and in-text line drawn, 4 folding maps. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Very light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Lightl sunned spine and board margins. Tightly bound with very minor spots to intact endpapers and strong hinges. Minor spots to all preliminary pages and some to the rear. Occasional minor spotting to some margins. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 672. Size: 26cm by 19cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom.. London, Jonathan Cape, 1935., 1935.
Price: US$224.48 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. Illustrated with black and white plates by Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, William Roberts, Augustus John, Gilbert Spencer, William Rothenstein, Carline, Frank Dobson etc. 4to., publisher's gilt-stamped brown buckram, a little sunning to spine and upper board otherwise a very good copy (without dust wrapper)
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$250.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' by T. E. Lawrence. Johnathan Cape 1935 first edition, first issue. A very slight hint of foxing. Small inscription to front endpaper. Very good in good dust jacket with 2" tear to the top of the spine with slight loss and a couple of small marks to the flaps where an old book cover had been fitted. Tiny nick to the rear panel. Unclipped. A good example.
Seller: D & M Books, PBFA, Mirfield, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$250.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A wonderful example of the first trade edition of T. E. Lawrence's account of his experiences during the First World War, illustrated throughout. The first trade edition, first impression, following a privately printed edition in 1926. With the line illustrations at pages 304-305 misprinted in the illustrations list as 302-303, as called for.Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-seven illustrated plates, and four folding maps. Collated, complete.In the publisher's original cloth binding.T. E. Lawrence's fascinating account of his experienced serving as a Colonel in the British Army as a military adviser to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, from 1916 to 1918. A lovely first edition of this work, which was adapted into the 1962 motion picture 'Lawrence of Arabia'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with slight bumping to the extremities. Stain to lower backstrip and the odd mark to boards. Slight strain to rear hinge. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with marginal age toning and the odd spot, heavier to the fore edge. Prior owner's ink inscription to front paste down. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom.. London, Jonathan Cape, 1935., 1935.
Price: US$250.14 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. Illustrated with black and white plates by Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, William Roberts, Augustus John, Gilbert Spencer, William Rothenstein, Carline, Frank Dobson etc. 4to., publisher's gilt-stamped brown buckram, a noticeably bright copy (without dust wrapper)
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$262.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The renowned autobiographical account of British Army colonel, T. E. Lawrence, during his time as a military advisor in the Arab Revolt. The first trade edition, first impression, following a privately printed edition in 1926. With the line illustrations at pages 304-305 misprinted in the illustrations list as 302-303, as called for. In full cloth binding with gilt detail. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-seven illustrated plates, and four folding maps. Collated complete. The incredible autobiographical account of British Army colonel, T. E. Lawrence who was military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916-18. Described by Winston Churchill as ranking 'with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. Adapted into the famous 1962 film, 'Lawrence of Arabia'. With the bookplate of one 'Cecil Harold Wight' to the front paste-down. In full cloth binding with gilt detail. Externally, very smart with some light shelf wear and bumping. The occasional mark, with slight damp staining to the rear board. Fading to the spine. Previous owner's bookplate to the front paste-down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot throughout. Light age-toning to the edges. Some shelf wear to the fore-edge. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped (30s. net), generally rubbed, a few chips and tears, tape repairs on the verso. Brown buckram, lightly bumped at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a brown top stain, clean internally. Lawrence's classic memoir about his time fighting during the Arab Revolt.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A triumph.. , 1935.
Price: US$300.73 + shipping
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, (1935). Small thick 4to. Orig. decorative buckram. Gilt. In chipped and shelf-soiled dustjacket. (672pp.). With frontisp., numerous portrs., illusts., and 4 fold. maps. Printed at the Alden Press. 1st trade edition. Uncut. Rare in its original dustjacket. Foxing on end-papers. NOTE: Classic account of the Arab Revolt during the First World War by the famous British Officer who helped the Arabs fight the Turks.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Lawrence, T. E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$301.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 672pp. 4 Maps and 54 illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt with crossed swords device to the front boards. No fading. Front hinge cracked but a sound clean copy. [Illus. on p 304-5 incorrectly listed as p302-3 hence 1st impression]. The first edition was privately printed 1926. This is the first trade edition. Size: 4to
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$301.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 672pp. 4 Maps and 54 illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt with crossed swords device to the front boards. Trifle marked to the covers and toned to the spine but a nice copy. Occasional foxing as often. [Illus. on p 304-5 incorrectly listed as p302-3 hence 1st impression]. The first edition was privately printed 1926. This is the first trade edition. Size: 4to
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$301.45 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 672pp. 4 Maps and 54 illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt with crossed swords device to the front boards. No fading. Front hinge cracked but a sound clean copy. [Illus. on p 304-5 incorrectly listed as p302-3 hence 1st impression]. The first edition was privately printed 1926. This is the first trade edition. Size: 4to
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
Lawrence (T.E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$333.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First trade edition. Small 4to. Original brown buckram. Dust-jacket. The first trade edition of Lawrence's famous account of the Arab Revolt against the Turks during the First World War alongside general Middle Eastern and military history, politics, adventure and drama. A unique portrait of this extraordinary man and an insight into the birth of the Arab nation. Covers slightly marked; jacket with some wear and repair work, notably to head of spine.
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom : A Triumph. Jonathan Cape 1935, London, 1935.
Price: US$384.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 672 pp. Recent quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands to spine with decorative gilt devices and gilt lettering. Maroon leather title label. New endpapers. No ownership names. Slight foxing to prelims. Internally clean. Frontis portrait. Folding maps. Illustrations. An attractive copy of this classic work. 4to.
Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$384.83 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large 4to. 672 pp. Half-title; illustrated frontis; with appendices and index; 3 folding maps, 51 full page plates in b/w. Internally exceptionally clean and unmarked. Uncut pages. Brown buckram covers; gilt text and decoration on top board; gilt tilting on spine. Minor shelf-wear to covers; corners slightly bumped. A very good copy. Famous autobiographical account by T.E. Lawrence, famously known as Lawrence of Arabia, of his legendary part in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Turks between 1916-18. Initially, Lawrence did not believe the text would be of interest to the public in general and at first only allowed limited publications for friends (in 1922) and subscribers (in 1926). This copy was published for general circulation in 1935. The Seven Pillars is lavishly illustrated with photographic plates and portraits from sketches, and folding maps. The illustrations were made by the best British artists of the day, including Wadsworth, Nash, Roberts, Blair Hughes-Stan
Seller: Symonds Rare Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Lawrence , T. E.. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom : A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition after a limited edition . First Impression . The large octavo volume is tight . The interior is clean except for name of previous owner on front endpaper . The buckram covered boards show light rubbing . The gold graphics on the front board and spine are bright . Untrimmed pages . Some uncut pages . Fifty-four illustrations featuring portraits by Kennington , John and Roberts . Four foldout , color maps . Printed at The Alden Press in Oxford . Bound by A. W. Bain & Co. , Ltd. Maps by The Chiswick Press . Illustrations in Photogravure by John Swain & Son , Ltd. There is a damp stain to the top page edges which also shows on the inside of the front and back boards and the front and back endpapers .
Seller: The History Place, Palestine, TX, U.S.A.
Thomas Edward Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape c. 1935, London and at Toronto, 1935.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: Edition : First trade edition, following the privately publi, contemporary full light brown cloth over board, title in gilt on upper board and flat spine, uncut pages on the side and bottom., Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918.It was completed in February 1922, but first published in December 1926. Illustrated with numerous plates, engravings and maps. Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (1888 ? 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer. He was renowned for his liaison role during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia?a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities. After the war, Lawrence joined the Foreign Office, working with the British government and with Faisal. In 1922, he retreated from public life and spent the years until 1935 serving as an enlisted man, mostly in the Royal Air Force, with a brief stint in the Army. During this time, he published his best-known work Seven Pillars of Wisdom, an autobiographical account of his participation in the Arab Revolt. He also translated books into English and wrote The Mint, which was published posthumously and detailed his time in the Royal Air Force working as an ordinary aircraftman. He corresponded extensively and was friendly with well-known artists, writers, and politicians. For the Royal Air Force, he participated in the development of rescue motorboats., Size : Thick Quarto (4to.)
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph. Jonathan Cape [1935], London, 1935.
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Description: 672pp. Original publisher's brown buckram, lettered in gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper chipped, torn, and stained. Internally clean and crisp.Inscribed to recto of FFEP by Eric Kennington's son: 'With every best wish to / Tom Redman / in thanks for many helpful things. / New Year, 2002 / Chris Kennington'. The first trade edition (O'Brien's so-called 'third English edition') of Lawrence of Arabia's magisterial account of the Arab Revolt during the First World War. Eric Kennington, (1888-1960), artist, responsible for thirty portraits included in this trade edition. In his introduction, Lawrence is effusively thankful for Kennington's efforts as art-editor: 'If anybody likes any of these illustrations, he owes thanks to Kennington, who apart from his creative work, took over the duty of art-editor and for five years oversaw each proof of every block'. O'Brien A042. Size: Quarto
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Lawrence T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom a Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$487.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, for General Circulation. Book measures 26.5x20.5.cm. 672pp, frontis, illustrated Bound in modern full leather, leather title label, gilt lines to board edges, marble endpapers. Calf has some very minor marking. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A nice clean well bound copy. Size: Quarto
Seller: George Jeffery Books, HERTFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Lawrence T. E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. London Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Description: Lawrence, T. E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (London: Jonathan Cape, 1935) SCARCE FIRST EDITION, EARLY ISSUE IN VERY FINE CONDITION. Lawrence, in relating the history of his involvement in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during the First World War, produced a true literary classic. Winston Churchill said of the book, "[It] ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language." Its fame was further secured by Hollywood: "Lawrence of Arabia," starring Peter O'Toole, was based upon the book. This is a splendid, handsome copy of an enduring masterpiece. 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 described the book as one of the greatest of our time. All earlier printings were private and done with very low limitations on the printing, thus they are now very scarce. This is the first edition that was printed for general circulation.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London and Toronto, 1935.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Trade Edition. Brown cloth with gilt decoration to front board and to spine, sunned. Dust jacket torn top and bottom, and slight soiling to the spine. Brown topstain. Contains 48 black and white plates, with the illustrations p304-305 mis-numbered, and 4 maps. Memorial slip to the author laid in. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$500.50 + shipping
Description: a handsome copy of the first english edition for general circulation. a cornerstone book in most modern libraries.
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
Price: US$506.69 + shipping
Description: [Arabian Travel] FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt crossed scimitar motif to upper board reading 'The Revolt also means clean-ness + death'; top edge brown, others untrimmed, typographic dust-jacket priced at 30s. An exceptionally clean copy internally. A little sunning to spine and some marks to boards. Some small chips and closed tears to jacket edges. Jacket lightly browned and marked, with some larger losses to head of jacket spine. Very good. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. The author vowed "No further issue of the Seven Pillars will be made in my lifetime" when he faced bankruptcy following the privately printed edition of 1926. This first trade issue therefore followed in 1935, within weeks of Lawrence's tragic motorcycle accident. Duval, Elizabeth W., T.E. Lawrence: A Bibliography (New York, NY: Arrow Editions, 1938), p.18 (11); O'Brien A40. Listed in National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure books.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$506.69 + shipping
Description: [Arabian Travel / History] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST TRADE EDITION, following the privately published edition of 1926. Quarto (27 x 20cm), pp.672. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. Recently bound in mid brown half morocco with raised bands, gilt titles to red and green labels, gilt decoration to spine, and the original brown cloth over boards, blocked with gilt 'crossed scimitars' and motto. Top edge brown, others untrimmed. A clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. The author vowed "No further issue of the Seven Pillars will be made in my lifetime" when he faced bankruptcy following the privately printed edition of 1926. This first trade issue therefore followed in 1935, within weeks of Lawrence's tragic motorcycle accident. O'Brien, "T.E. Lawrence: A Bibliography", A042.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Lawrence (T.E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph.. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$513.10 + shipping
Description: FIRST TRADE EDITION, first issue (with incorrect listing of illustration, pp.304-305), photogravure frontispiece, 53 plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps, a few very faint spots, pp. 672, stout 4to, original brown buckram with decoration in gilt to upper board, backstrip gilt lettered and very gently faded, a few faint marks to cloth, top edge brown, others untrimmed and very faintly spotted, buff dustjacket a little creased and rubbed, a few nicks and chipped at extremities, small spot of tape repair at foot of rear panel, lightly soiled overall and price-clipped, good. (O'Brien A042)
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$513.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Jonathan Cape. August 1935. First Trade Edition. Half morocco leather binding with marbled paper covered boards, gilt titles to leather labels to the spine. Spine with five raised bands with six compartments. Black and white illustrations and Maps. Hand cut page edges. New paste downs and free endpapers. Title page an a few other pages have some age spotting marks, a frontispiece portrait of T.E. Lawrence. Text is bright and clear, gentle tanning and some brown marks throughout. A very nice copy. See photos. 672pp. Approximately 10 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition minor marks and scratches. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, other edges untrimmed and foxed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition rebound. Paste downs very good condition new. End papers very good condition new. Title good condition small spotting marks, gently tanned. Pages good condition browning to the edges, gently tanned throughout. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1935 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom - a triumph.. Jonathan Cape, London., 1935.
Price: US$577.24 + shipping
Description: Third impression of the trade edition, printed a month after the first. Quarto. 632 pages. Copiously illustrated with black and white plates by Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, William Roberts, Augustus John, Gilbert Spencer, William Rothenstein, Carline, Frank Dobson etc. Two appendices. Fine binding by Bayntun of three quarter dark blue morocco with raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt.From the library of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, with his armorial bookplate on the front pastedown. On the half-title is a non-specific gift inscription. Given the date of the book, it is possible that this was a present on the occasion of Prince Henry's wedding to Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott.Fine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$577.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This copy is a presentation copy from TE's younger brother A.W. Lawrence, who enabled the publishing of this edition and wrote a Preface. So inscribed to fep "Best wishes of AW Lawrence + BI Lawrence" the latter is his wife Barbara Innes Lawrence. This is the first general trade edition of Seven Pillars, first edition fifth impression printed at the University Press, Cambridge. A very good copy bound in original buckram, gilt decoration to front board and spine, bound by A.W. Bain. Retains the now scarce original d/w that is complete with some minor wear to top edge and tape repairs to reverse. An interesting association copy. 672pp with index; a handsome book for a trade edition. O'Brien A042. Laid in some related newspaper cuttings and the "Lawrence of Arabia Memorial" leaflet.
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Price: US$641.38 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Jonathan Cape. 1935. First Trade Edition. Publishers original cloth binding, with gilt titles to spine and gilt crossed scimitar motif to upper board reading 'The Revolt also means clean-ness + death'. Page top edges brown, others untrimmed, the original (now protected) dust-jacket. The jacket in very good condition, price clipped and trimmed to the corners. Bookplate for Gerald and Camilla Selous to the front paste down. Newspaper cuttings from 1988 in an envelope addressed to G Selous at the rear. With 54 plates and four folding maps. Complete with appendices and index. A few spots of foxing, no inscriptions. Very good. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph' is the autobiographical account of the experiences of T.E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia') while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. The author vowed "No further issue of the Seven Pillars will be made in my lifetime" when he faced bankruptcy following the privately printed edition of 1926. This first trade issue therefore followed in 1935, within weeks of Lawrence's tragic motorcycle accident. 672pp. Provenance: bookplate for Gerald and Camilla Selous. Approximately 10 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition faded, minor marks and scratches. Joints good condition faded, rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition brown cloth boards with double scimitars to the front board in gilt, unvenely faded. Page edges good condition top edge darkened, other edges untrimmed. Dust jacket good condition price clipped, otherwise in very good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound, hinges strained to the title page. Paste downs good condition bookplate to the front paste down. End papers good condition tanned. Title good condition gently tanned. Pages good condition browning to the edges, gently tanned throughout. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1935 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom, A Triumph.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Large quarto, original gilt-stamped brown cloth, & original dust jacket. First trade edition of Lawrence's account of his legendary part in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, in original dust jacket.Even though "Seven Pillars is remarkably accurate as a military history," its blending of epic heroic adventure, psychological insight, and spiritual transformation make it the literary treasure that Lawrence intended it to be, deserving Winston Churchill's praise as one of "the greatest books ever written in the English language" (Wilson, 55). A book with a fascinating publishing history. This is the first general edition,of this fascinating book, A very good copy bound in original brown buckram, crossed sword gilt decoration to front board and spine with a very good dustwrapper non-price clipped 30/- some minor wear to top edge. The d/w is now somewhat elusive. Printed at the Alden Press, bound by A.W. Bain. 672pp with index, a handsome book for a trade edition. Laid in the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial appeal leaflet. O'Brien A042.
Seller: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence,T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.. London: Jonathan Cape,, 1935.
Price: US$658.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Trade Edition ("First published for general circulation"). 672pp. With a b/w frontis., 47 b/w plates and 4 maps. 7 illus.in text. Printed in Great Briatin in the city of Oxford at the Alden Press. Illustrations in photogravure by John Swain & Son, Ltd. Maps by The Chiswick Press, Ltd. Paper by John Dickinson & Co., Ltd. Bound by A.W.Bain & Co., Ltd. Bound in 3/4 red morocco with red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, marbled e.ps., t.e.g. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (with stamp). Front and rear boards sl.rubbed. Fore and bottom edges sl.foxing and sl.spotted. A bookshop label pasted on front e.p. 26x20.2cm. [aj1526-102747]
Seller: Ogawa Tosho,Ltd. ABAJ, ILAB, Chiyoda-ku, TOKYO, Japan
T.E.Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first UK trade edition of 1935. Printed by Alden Press so a 5th of 6 th impression of first trade edition. Complete and unabridged. with numerous maps, 47 plates and numerous illustrations in excellent condition. Brown buckum cover well preserved with some bumping lower edge of spine. Previous owners signature in blue ink inside front cover. Slight separation first illustration (Bust of Lawrence) from lower edge following page of about 1/2 an inch . Gold lettering to cover bright and clear.Dust jacket in protective mylar cover in excellent condition with no tears and fine brown spotting largely blending with background cover. Any additional photos required available on request. Overall an excellent first edition copy of this classic of literature. Vendor also selling "the Mint" and would consider a discount offer for both volumes.
Seller: Australian Private Collector, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Lawrence T. E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. London Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$764.50 + shipping
Description: First Published Edition, First Issue with illustrated plates at 304-305 incorrectly listed. Numerous black and white photos and drawings, maps. Thick, royal 8vo, publishers original polished buckram lettered and decorated in gilt, upper cover with crossed swords motif in gilt. 672 pp. A very fresh and handsome copy, as fine, the buckram with only the most minimal spine mellowing to which the binding is prone, the interior is essentially pristine, both plates and text-block in excellent condition with the text-block remaining largely unopened. A VERY PLEASING COPY OF THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST PERSONAL MILITARY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE CENTURY. This is the first edition that was printed for general circulation and a handsome copy of an enduring masterpiece. All earlier printings were private and done with very low limitations on the printing, thus they are now very scarce and very costly. Lawrence, in relating the history of his involvement in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during the First World War, produced a true literary classic. In October of 1936, upon the occasion of the dedication of the Lawrence Memorial at Oxford, Winston Churchill said: "it is one of the treasures of English literature.as a narrative of war and adventure.it is unsurpassed. it ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language.If Lawrence had never done anything except write this book as a mere work of the imagination, his fame would last in Macaulay's familiar phrase, "as long as the English language is spoken in any quarter of he globe"." Its fame was further secured by Hollywood: "Lawrence of Arabia," starring Peter O'Toole, was based upon the book. Bernard Shaw described the book as one of the greatest of our time. 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. "Seven Pillars is a tale of war and adventure and a profound epitome of all that the Arabs mean to the world. It will take its place at once as an English classic. The richness and energy of the theme, the quality of the prose, the sense of the mystic, immeasurable personality lying behind it, raise the work at once and decisively above the level of contemporary productions. It ranks with Pilgrims Progress, Robinson Crusoe, and Gullivers Travels as a model of lucid, forcible, fascinating narrative. Yet intense as is the interest of the story, we feel that many will study it even more closely for the intimate access which it offers to a wonderful and still largely inscrutable man, indifferent to the ordinary prizes of human life and gifted differently and far beyond the normal standards of mankind. Careless of life or comfort, scornful of wealth or pleasures, having cut out of himself all ambition, all love of power and fame, he nevertheless thirsted for recognition from the generations which he would not see. That he has achieved his purpose cannot be doubted. His book will be read as long as the English language is spoken. Forever it will revive the memories, aye, and the passions, of armageddon; forever it will reveal all that is most characteristic of the Arab race and all that is most vital in war. The story is told with unrelenting candour. Nothing in Edgar Allan Poe exceeds in horror some of its pages. The description of Lawrences torment when he fell unknown into the hands of the Turks is a terrifying, a shocking, and at the same time a necessary passage which enables us to realize better than anything else the war injuries which he sustained, and from which he never completely recovered. We have to think of him in the twenty years that followed as a man seared in body and spirit by the sufferings he had undergone for his countrys cause. Still, in the main and for all its shadows, this book is a joyous book, and those who read it will not only be instructed and startled but also enthralled and delighted.Lawrence of Arabia is a name that will live in history and in legend. It will never be forgotten." WC
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$769.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Third English Edition, first impression of July, 1935 VG+, in full brown buckram, gilt tooling to upper cover, corners rubbed. Spine, faded slightly, gilt titles. Internal, half title, frontis, [6], 7-672 pp, 54 illustrations & 4 folding maps, bookplate to fpd (Joseph Hamilton), with the 304-305 error, t.e.g, faded, others uncut With a short history of Saint Nicholas Church, Moreton (with details of Lawrence’s funeral & a news paper cutting ref his “Letters”). (254*192 mm). (O'Brien A042).
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$769.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large 4to., brown publisher's cloth, lettered and decorated with crossed sword device in gilt to the upper board; spine lettered in gilt; outer and lower edge untrimmed; in the printed dust jacket (30s. net); pp. [vi], 7-672; black and white frontis showing a sculpture of the author; together with numerous other full-page illustrations by the author, here reproduced in black and white; and four folding maps; a few light spots, perhaps a touch shaky in the binding; backstrip lining showing to foot of spine; a very good copy nonetheless, in the fragile dust jacket which is a little creased, a couple of small nicks to foot; one small closed tear to upper corner of front panel; also very good. First trade edition, in the original dust jacket. Seven Pillars was first printed in 1922, in an edition of just eight copies intended for the author's private use. Of these, only six known copies survive intact. A subscribers copy followed in 1926, privately published in a run of 211 copies, and given to the author's family and friends. This edition of 1935, published posthumously, was the first for public sale. It sold out within a month, with second, third, and even fourth impressions appearing just a few weeks later. His most famous work, Seven Pillars serves as memoir of the famous 'Lawrence of Arabia', including the Arab Revolt against the Turks during WWI, and a historical account of Middle Eastern and Military History. 'It is a personal, emotional narrative of the Arab revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfillment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C. M. Doughty's Arabia deserta. Subtitled 'A triumph', its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus, a victory which successfully concludes a grueling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arabs. In a way Seven Pillars is a sort of Pilgrim's Progress, with Lawrence as Christian, a figure sustained by his faith in the Arabs, successively overcoming physical and moral obstacles.' (ODNB)
Seller: The Plantagenet King ABA / ILAB, Birchington, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$795.31 + shipping
Description: Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, 47 plates by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts and others, 6 illustrations in the text and 4 folding maps, endpapers faintly spotted; original decorative brown buckram gilt, gilt back, uncut, brown top, backstrip very lightly sunned else a near fine copy. The first publicly available edition of this literary classic, following private publication in 1926 and the limited edition of 1935. Winston Churchill believed that it 'ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language'. The work also formed the basis of David Lean's multiple Oscar-winning feature film 'Lawrence of Arabia' starring Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif. Enser, p.191; O'Brien A042.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First British trade edition. 4to. Coffee brown cloth binding with crossed swords and quote" the sword also means clean-ness & death". Gold titles. Brown topstaining. Rough-cut pages. 672 pp., illustrated. With EPHEMERA: Lawrence of Arabia Memorial leaflet, one page folded discussing the space for a memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral, undersigned by F. M. Allenby, Herbert Baker, Winston Churchill, Lionel Curtis, Augustus John. George Bernard Shaw, and Evelyn Wrench. Discoloration to boards, a bit shaken, a few dog-ears to pages. Ephemera in fine condition. Rare jacket is soiled with chipping to corners and top of spine, 1" tear along side. in protective mylar cover. Good in good dustjacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T.E.. The seven pillars of wisdom. A triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$812.50 + shipping
Description: Third [i.e. second complete] edition overall, preceded by the incomplete "Oxford Edition" of 1922 (8 copies only were printed, 6 still extant) and the rare privately printed "Subscriber's Edition" of 1927 (170 copies); this is the first trade edition (there was also a limited issue of 750 numbered copies); sm. 4to, pp. 672; uncut and largely unopened; frontis portrait of a bust of Lawrence, 4 folding maps, 2 facsimiles (1 double-p.), and illustrations throughout, some in color, by John, Kennington, Roberts, Lamb, Dobson, Sargent, Young, Gill, Spencer, Rothenstein, and Carline; 3 of the illustrations herein did not appear in the 1926 subscriber's edition, original brown buckram, gilt lettered spine; spine slightly discolored; original printed dust jacket with chips and tears at extremities (the largest about the size of a thumbnail) and without any loss of letterpress. Winston Churchill called this book of Lawrence of Arabia's covert activities in the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire "one of the greatest books ever written in the English language." O'Brien A042.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE. T. E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A Triumph.. Jonathan Cape. London. 1935, 1935.
Price: US$833.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 4to. Illustrated throughout with portraits, maps, plans and line drawings. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco, raised bands, gilt. Twin red labels, gilt. Single gilt decorative roll border on boards. Top edge gilt. A few light finger marks but overall a very good, bright copy.
Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom
Lawrence T.E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. London Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$874.50 + shipping
Description: Lawrence, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM (London: Jonathan Cape, 1935) A FINE COPY OF THE SCARCE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE OF ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST PERSONAL MILITARY BIOGRAPHIES OF THE CENTURY. Lawrence, in relating the history of his involvement in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during the First World War, produced a true literary classic. Winston Churchill said of the book, "[It] ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language." Its fame was further secured by Hollywood: "Lawrence of Arabia," starring Peter O'Toole, was based upon the book. This is a splendid, handsome copy of an enduring masterpiece. 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 described the book as one of the greatest of our time. All earlier printings were private and done with very low limitations on the printing, thus they are now very scarce. This is the first edition that was printed for general circulation. Seven Pillars is a tale of war and adventure and a profound epitome of all that the Arabs mean to the world. It will take its place at once as an English classic. The richness and energy of the theme, the quality of the prose, the sense of the mystic, immeasurable personality lying behind it, raise the work at once and decisively above the level of contemporary productions. It ranks with Pilgrimâs Progress, Robinson Crusoe, and Gulliverâs Travels as a model of lucid, forcible, fascinating narrative. Yet intense as is the interest of the story, we feel that many will study it even more closely for the intimate access which it offers to a wonderful and still largely inscrutable man, indifferent to the ordinary prizes of human life and gifted differently and far beyond the normal standards of mankind. Careless of life or comfort, scornful of wealth or pleasures, having cut out of himself all ambition, all love of power and fame, he nevertheless thirsted for recognition from the generations which he would not see. That he has achieved his purpose cannot be doubted. His book will be read as long as the English language is spoken. Forever it will revive the memories, aye, and the passions, of armageddon; forever it will reveal all that is most characteristic of the Arab race and all that is most vital in war. The story is told with unrelenting candour. Nothing in Edgar Allan Poe exceeds in horror some of its pages. The description of Lawrenceâs torment when he fell unknown into the hands of the Turks is a terrifying, a shocking, and at the same time a necessary passage which enables us to realize better than anything else the war injuries which he sustained, and from which he never completely recovered. We have to think of him in the twenty years that followed as a man seared in body and spirit by the sufferings he had undergone for his countryâs cause. Still, in the main and for all its shadows, this book is a joyous book, and those who read it will not only be instructed and startled but also enthralled and delighted.Lawrence of Arabia is a name that will live in history and in legend. It will never be forgotten." And in October of 1936, upon the occasion of the dedication of the Lawrence Memorial at Oxford, Churchill said: "it is one of the treasures of English literature.as a narrative of war and adventure.it is unsurpassed. it ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language.If Lawrence had never done anything except write this book as a mere work of the imagination, his fame would last in Macaulay's familiar phrase, "as long as the English language is spoken in any quarter of he globe"."
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T.E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, A TRIUMPH. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade Edition, First Impression (Third English Edition) with illustrations on pages 304-305 listed incorrectly. 672p. Illustrated. 4to. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in quarter red calf with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with black title labels gilt, the panels with gilt ornamentation. With the bookplate of Robert Orlando Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney (b. 1892) who was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1935. O'Brien A042. Ink inscription, moderate wear to covers, but still quite sound and attractive First Trade Edition, First Impression (Third English Edition) with illustrations on pages 304-305 listed incorrectly.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$962.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two books. Seven Pillars: 1935, 1st Trade Edition. Bibliographical Notes: 1928, Limited Edition, no.296/350. With decoration to title page by Paul Nash. Seven Pillars: Thick Quarto. 672pp. With maps and portraits. Publisher's binding, gilt titles. In the printed dust jacket, price intact (30s. net). Slight edge wear to jacket, but generally a nice bright copy. Some spotting to text-block and occasional mild foxing/spotting internally. 'Very Good+'. Bibliographical Notes: Small Octavo. 16pp. Original cloth, gilt title to front. Boards a bit bowed. In the printed dust jacket with the Nash wood engraving (same as title page). Jacket rubbed and a little soiled. Price intact (5/- net). Former owner signature to head of f.f.e.p. Some light spotting. Otherwise 'Good+'.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A triumph.. Jonathan Cape, London., 1935.
Price: US$994.14 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. Quarto. 632 pages. Copiously illustrated with black and white plates by Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, William Roberts, Augustus John, Gilbert Spencer, William Rothenstein, Carline, Frank Dobson etc. Two appendices. Buckram covers.Loosely inserted: the appeal (folded sheet) for contributions to the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial launched by seven of Lawrence's friends including Winston Churchill and Bernard Shaw; the publisher's prospectus/order form; mounted reproduction of James McBey's portrait of Lawrence wearing a keffiyeh.Tail of spine slightly pushed, otherwise fine in near-fine dustwrapper a bit creased at the edges and slightly marked on the spine. A very bright copy.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. London: Jonathan Cape (1935)., 1935.
Price: US$1026.21 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, 4to, 672 pp. 48 plates, 4 folding maps and 6 other illustrations. Bound by Bumpus in contemporary full vellum with yapp edges, t.e.g., gilt lettered spine, some mild marking otherwise a handsome copy. O'Brien A042.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
TE Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$1050.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape, London 1935. "First Published for General Circulation 1935". 10x8" - 672pp - 48 portraits, 7 drawings, 4 maps. Newly professionally bound in dark brown Morocco with 5 raised bands and gold lettering reused from the original binding. Pages are clean with no tears or markings. Top edge colored deep red, polished and scored - other edges rough cut. A very nice addition for the library.
Seller: MCTbooks, Sandy, UT, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom.. London, Jonathan Cape, 1935., 1935.
Price: US$1090.35 + shipping
Description: First trade edition. Illustrated with black and white plates by Eric Kennington, William Nicholson, William Roberts, Augustus John, Gilbert Spencer, William Rothenstein, Carline, Frank Dobson etc. With loosely inserted he appeal (folded sheet) for contributions to the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial launched by seven of Lawrence's friends including Winston Churchill and Bernard Shaw. 4to., publisher's gilt-stamped brown buckram, with dust-wrapper. Wrapper slightly rubbed with a couple of nicks and a little light creasing, neat ink name, generally a very good copy.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade Edition; regular issue; very minor scattered foxing; bound in full red crushed morocco. While the binding isn't apparently 'signed' (terminology indicating credit, usually with a gilt stamp), it is highly professional: all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; raised bands; gilt titling, rules and decorations; fine in a custom cloth slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
T. E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$1276.35 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A superb copy of the first impression of of T. E. Lawrence's iconic autobiography, with the scarce Memorial pamphlet. The first trade edition of this work, first impression.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.'Lawrence of Arabia Memorial' pamphlet loosely inserted, discussing the space for his memorial in St. Paul's Cathedral."Seven Pillars of Wisdom' is an account of the author's experiences during the First World War. He"s alleged to have embellished a lot of details in "Pillars", though it still offers as an informative memoir about the war. Illustrated with a frontispiece, forty-seven plates, four folding maps, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Thomas Lawrence became famous in his lifetime for his role during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, earning him the nickname "Lawrence of Arabia". He is best known for this work. He also translated some novels during his time, included "The Forest Giant", originally written in French by Adrien Le Corbeau", and "The Odyssey of Homer", originally in Greek. Lawrence has been immortalised in the 1962 film "Lawrence of Arabia", in which he is portrayed by Peter O"Toole. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Light marks to the rear joint and spine. Odd spots to the fore edge. Minor edge wear to the dust wrapper. Some spots to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
T.E. LAWRENCE. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM - A TRIUMPH. Jonathan Cape: London UK, 1935.
Price: US$1357.07 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Jonathan Cape, London, 1935. Hardcover. Condition: Fine +++. No Dust Jacket Condition: 683pp., index, black and white plates, including pictures and drawings etc. Seller Inventory # N-00029
Seller: Night light, Vancouver, BC, Canada
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Description: With 53 plates and 4 folding maps. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped cover, slightly worn; text is clean and bright. A very good uncut copy. Included is a 4-page subscription for the publication of the limited edition of Seven pillars of Wisdom (complete and unabridged) indicating that the regular edition, priced at five dollars, will be ready of September 27th, and the De Luxe edition, limited to 750 numbered copies at $25.00, will be ready September 18th. First trade edition. Seven pillars is the memoir of Thomas Edward Lawrence, the legendary Lawrence of Arabia, when he was serving as liaison officer of the British Army with rebel forces during the Great Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918. Famously, Lawrence lost his briefcase containing the original manuscript for the work and had to rewrite most of the book from memory. A thrilling tale of intrigue and war, Lawrence's detailed prose carries one on an epic tale through war-torn desert landscapes introducing the reader to a colorful cast of characters along the way. Perfect for collectors interested in military history and strategy. Lawrence (1888-1935) is one of the most famous figures in English history. A British intelligence and RAF officer, Lawrence was lauded for his service and invited by Winston Churchill "to join the new Middle East department." Despite being born to an illegitimate union, Lawrence grew up in a comfortable and pious home, where he nurtured his scholastic inclinations. While studying history at Jesus College in Oxford he developed an interest in medieval warfare and archaeology. This led him to excavations in Syria for the British Museum and paved the way for his famous diplomatic and military exploits in the Middle East. Lawrence was also an author "deeply concerned with posterity" and actively promoted his war-hero reputation during his lifetime. While some of the more fantastical moments in his stories are known to be exaggerated, they nonetheless make for an exciting read.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$1539.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. 672 pp., portrait frontispiece, 53 Plates of which 47 portraits by Kennington, Roberts, John and others, including four plates printed in colour, 4 folding maps, partially uncut, publisher's quarter pigskin, buckram sides, title gilt on spine and upper cover, top edges gilt, index, limited edition to 750 copies of which this is No: 128, printed for private circulation only in 1926, first published for general publication. LIMITED & NUMBERED EDITION A beautifully produced book, well laid out, and containing the reproductions of the marvellous series of portraits by Eric Kennington, Will Roberts, Augustus John and others. All but six of these plates had to be pasted by hand. "The Study of T. E. Lawrence, the man, is only now beginning because his attributes, versatility and contributions to society are at last being fully appreciated. For too long he has been presented in the media as just a dashing soldier of fortune. A closer look at T. E. Lawrence reveals a fascinating man, a polymath; he was an acknowledged authority on the history of the Crusades, military history and archaeology, and an expert in guerilla warfare who was well-versed in intelligence operations. He wrote poetry and essays; he translated from Greek and French; and for a time he reviewed books regularly for a weekly journal. He had a great love of books and fine printing and at one time hoped to have his own press. He could consort happily with people in all walks of life and was much respected by those who knew him" (foreword by Edwards H. Metcalf to O’Brien’s bibliography). O'Brien A041 #1291.
Seller: FOLIOS LIMITED, Witney, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph. London: Jonathan Cape (1935)., 1935.
Price: US$1603.45 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, no. 584 of 750 copies, 4to, 672 pp. 48 plates (4 in colour), 4 folding maps and 6 other illustrations plus 3 facsimiles, marbled endpapers. Original quarter pigskin, buckram sides, crossed swords with an inscription in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., light wear to the spine ends, still with the plain paper d.w., browned with a handwritten spine title, some loss to the spine ends and extremities. O'Brien A041. The three facsimiles - a double page reproduction of part of the manuscript, a page from the privately printed text and an abridged page for "Revolt in the Desert" from a Subscriber's copy - and the coloured plates do not feature in the trade edition.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM. A Triumph.. London: Jonathan Cape., 1935.
Price: US$1860.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first printing. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full brown morocco, gilt crossed swords device to the upper board, five raised bands and titles in gilt to the spine. Triple gilt ruled inner dentelles, marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with a black and white portrait frontispiece, 53 additional plates, and 4 maps by Eric Kennington, William Rothenstein, Augustus John, William Roberts and others. The binding is square and firm, the contents with occasional light spotting to the margins of some text pages are otherwise clean throughout. A beautifully presented example of the first publicly available edition published immediately after the author's death. The publication of this complete text is preceded by the very limited privately printed 'subscriber's' or 'Cranwell' edition of 1926. This first trade edition includes 3 illustrations not previously published. (O'Brien A042). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A Triumph.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935., 1935.
Price: US$1900.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST TRADE EDITION. 1 vol., 4to., 10" x 8", Illustrated throughout with a photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust, 47 plates, 4 folding maps, and several in-text line drawings; the majority by Eric Kennington, bound in fine 1/2 brown morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, top edge gilt, others uncut as issued, by Bayntun, Internally clean and bright, no previous ownership markings, inscriptions, or bookplate, inner and outer hinges fine, head and foot of spine fine, A FINE COPY. "Lawrence had taken part in the preliminary planning of the Arab uprising and, in October 1916, was ordered to Jiddah to assess the military situation. What followed is recorded in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a personal, emotional narrative of the Arab Revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history. It was a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfillment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C. M. Doughty's Arabia Desert. Subtitled 'A triumph', its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus, a victory which successfully concludes a grueling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arabs" (ODNB).
Seller: D&D Galleries - ABAA, Somerville, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1988.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade Edition (hand-numbered limited issue, no. 363 of 750 copies) of one of the indisputable classics of twentieth century English literature. Thick, square 8vo: 672pp, with 54 plates (many in color and including 3 not in in the 1926 subscriber's edition and a number not in the cheaper ordinary trade edition bound in cloth) by Kennington, Rothenstein, Roberts, and others and 4 folding maps. Publisher's original quarter tan pigskin over brown buckram boards, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt with others uncut, Cockerell marbled endpapers; with gilt-stamped motto on upper board: "The sword also means cleanness & death." Without the card slipcase and the plain-paper dust jacket, usually discarded. An excellent copy, top grain rubbed at spine ends, light fading and occasional spotting to cloth, otherwise virtually pristine and apparently unread (many pages unopened). O'Brien A041. National Geographic 100, 24. Third (but second complete) Edition overall, the first commercially available, preceded by the incomplete Oxford Times Edition of 1922 (eight copies only were printed and now unobtainable) and the rare privately printed Cranwell Subscriber's Edition of 1926 (limited to 211 copies, with only 170 copies complete). "Seven Pillars, for all its unevenness of interest and quality, and its frequent straining for effect, is a great and memorable work [Churchill ranked it with 'the greatest books ever written in the English language.'] . . . Novelistic in many ways, in its creation of character most obviously, and in its imaginative qualities, [it] often tread[s] a fine line between purple prose and hauntingly luminous description, between accounts of monotonous camel rides or Bedouin encampments and passages of great spirituality and insight . . . Subsequent researches have shown it to be likely that Lawrence embellished the story in places to give his own part and prowess greater prominence. But . . . there is no doubt that his achievements as a military commander were remarkable . . . " (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Publisher's brown cloth with bright gilt crossed swords and inscription on the front and titles on the spine. Uncut page edges. Gift inscription on the ffep. No DJ.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
T. E. Lawrence. SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, a triumph.. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: In 4º, 672 p. Numerosos retratos del autor. L-5 Encuadernación de editor en tela.
Seller: Alberto Casares, Buenos Aires, BUE, Argentina
Price: US$2116.56 + shipping
Description: 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
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
T.E.Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom : a triumph. London Jonathan Cape 1935, 1935.
Price: US$2244.83 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in quarter pigskin and brown buckram with gilt decoration to front and gilt lettering to spine. Limited edition of 750, this is no 205. Spine has wear to base and a small gash mark (see photo). Edges are slightly bumped. Gilt top page edges. Pages are uncut. Numerous illustrations, all present. Some tissue guards are loose. Marbled endpapers. Pages are clean and binding is tight. A very good copy of this fine edition. Please enquire about postage as this book weighs over 2kg
Seller: Reader's Books, Petworth, United Kingdom
T.E. Lawrence. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1935. First Trade Edition. Leather Bound. H: 10", D: 7 1/2", W: 2 1/4" 1 Volume. T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom. First Trade Edition. Bound in full brown morocco with gilt-tooled.
Seller: Imperial Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$2749.95 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original buckram. First Trade Edition: “First Published for General Circulation.” Contains the extraordinary autobiographical account by “Lawrence of Arabia” of his role in the rebellion of the Arabs against the Turks between 1916-18. Churchill called this work one of the “great books written in the English language.” Basis for the 1962 David Lean film “Lawrence of Arabia” starring Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, and Arthur Kennedy, which won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. Laid in is the rare four-page “Lawrence of Arabia Memorial” regarding the establishment of Lawrence’s bust in St. Paul’s Cathedral, which calls for contributions. Among the seven signatories listed at the end of the memorial are F. M. Allenby, W. S. Churchill, and G. Bernard Shaw. Also laid in is a signature of F. M. Allenby dated October 1928. Allenby was Lawrence’s commander during the Arab Rebellion. Armorial bookplate, some very slight foxing, Near Fine.
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition published for public circulation, limited to 750 copies, this being #471. Tan pigskin spine strip over brown buckram with gilt crossed-swords decoration and lettering to front board, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt; other edges untrimmed, marbled endpapers. Complete with 44 black & white plates, 4 full-colour plates with tissue guards, 3 facsimile plates (1 double-page), 7 line drawings (3 full-page), 4 folding maps with routes outlined in red. Rear cover lightly shelf-scuffed, a few miniscule dots to spine, otherwise a very good plus, clean bright copy in collectible condition. Size: Quarto
Seller: Contact Editions, ABAC, ILAB, Toronto, ON, Canada
Lawrence, T. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph.. Jonathan Cape, London, 1935.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition of Lawrenceâs classic account of his role in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Quarto, bound in full morocco, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with photographic plates, portraits from sketches and four folding maps. In fine condition. An exceptional example. Praised by Winston Churchill as one of the âthe greatest books ever written in the English languageâ, Lawrence's Seven Pillars is not only a remarkably accurate historical account of the Arab Rebellion, but an epic heroic adventure and chronicle of a profound spiritual awakening (Wilson, 55). Lawrence kept extensive notes throughout the course of his involvement in the Revolt and began work on a narrative in the first half of 1919 while in Paris for the Peace Conference. By December 1919, he had an extensive draft which was tragically lost when he misplaced his briefcase while changing trains at Reading railway station. In early 1920, Lawrence set about the daunting task of rewriting as much as he could remember of the first version, working from memory alone as he had destroyed many of his wartime notes upon completion of the initial manuscript. The Subscribers' Edition of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom was finally published in late 1926, with the subtitle A Triumph. Lawrence was killed in a motorcycle accident in May 1935, at the age of 46, and within weeks of his death, the 1926 abridgement was published for general circulation. The book was adapted into the film Lawrence of Arabia directed by David Lean, produced by Sam Spiegel and starring Peter O'Toole. It is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential films in the history of cinema.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$3516.68 + shipping
Description: Large 4to. Pp. 672. With four folding maps, 51 full page plates, of which 4 coloured and 3 facsimile manuscripts. Publisher's quarter morocco on buckram covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette on upper cover, marbled endpapers. Upper edges gilt, others uncut. A few small scratches on upper cover, some spots to outer edges. Original dust jacket, with tears and spine partly gone. Housed in a specially made cloth box. First published edition, limited to 750 copies, of which this is no. 68. The famous autobiographical account by T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") of his legendary part in the Arab rebellion against the Ottoman Turks between the years 1916-18. Lawrence did not believe the text would be of interest to the public in general and at first only allowed limited publications for friends (in 1922) and subscribers (in 1926). Lawrence was very involved in the production of the Seven Pillars. To finance the project he authorised Jonathan Cape to publish a heavily abridged and simplified version called "Revolt in the Desert" in 1927. The Seven Pillars is lavishly illustrated with photographic plates and portraits from sketches, and folding maps. The illustrators were the best British artists of the day: Wadsworth, Nash, Roberts, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Dobson, William Nicholson and others. Also included a copy of the Times from May 1935 with two pages of editorial about Lawrence, and testimonials from friends and colleagues including David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. A handsome copy of this noted work, called by Churchill "one of the greatest books ever written in the English language". O'Brien A041.
Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Sweden
Price: US$3527.59 + shipping
Description: Third English and first published edition, fifth impression, Cambridge issue. INSCRIBED, 'To my old friend The Rev E. W. Cox in loving memory of the author [.] S Lawrence Jan. 1. 1936', by Lawrence's mother, Sarah (1861-1959) to the clergyman and schoolmaster E. W. Cox, who was a friend and neighbour of the Lawrence family, and who taught Lawrence and his three eldest brothers at Oxford High School. Quarto (257 x 190mm), pp. 672; frontispiece and 47 photogravure plates by John Swain & Son after Augustus John, Eric Kennington, Lawrence, and others, 4 folding maps printed by The Chiswick Press, Ltd in red and black and bound to throw clear, 7 illustrations in the text of which 3 full-page; some variable, generally light spotting; original brown buckram gilt by A. W. Bain & Co., Ltd, upper board blocked in gilt with text and crossed sword design, spine lettered gilt, top edges brown, others uncut, original beige dust wrapper lettered in black, not price-clipped; spine and wrappers slightly marked, extremities slightly rubbed and creased, short tears and chips at edges, otherwise a very good copy of the uncommon dust wrapper. Custom-built slipcase. Seven Pillars of Wisdom was first printed in 1922 in an edition of eight copies for Lawrence's use, of which only six survive. It was followed by the 'Subscriber's' or 'Cranwell' edition in 1926, published privately in an edition of c. 211 copies and, as Lawrence wrote to the bookseller Henry Sotheran Ltd on 24 April 1925, 'this thing is being given only to my friends and their friends. No copies are for sale.' Finally, after Lawrence's death in May 1935, it was published in a trade edition by Jonathan Cape in July 1935. Such was the book's popularity that the first impression of 60,000 copies was quickly exhausted and second, third and fourth impressions were printed in August 1935, and then this fifth impression in September 1935. Due to high demand, the fifth and sixth impressions were printed at the Alden Press, Oxford and the University Press, Cambridge (as here). The recipient of this copy contributed a memoir of T. E. Lawrence as a schoolboy to T.E. Lawrence by his Friends, and a memoir of Lawrence's brother Frank to The Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence and his Brothers, and remained in contact with Sarah Lawrence until her death in 1959. O'Brien A042
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Lawrence. T, E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom in Geometric Arabic Fine Binding. Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Price: US$3591.73 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition copy of Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), 1935 First trade edition, first impression, of Lawrence of Arabia's extraordinary and handsomely produced account of his role in the Arab Revolt, attractively bound in a Geometric Arabic patterned fine binding using gold 24 carat tooling. The book is bound in Morocco, goat skin, and five raised bands to spine. "Lawrence had taken part in the preliminary planning of the Arab uprising and, in October 1916, was ordered to Jiddah to assess the military situation. What followed is recorded in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a personal, emotional narrative of the Arab revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history. It was a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfilment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C. M. Doughty's Arabia Deserta. Subtitled 'A triumph', its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus, a victory which successfully concludes a gruelling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arabs". This trade edition follows the unprocurable Oxford Times edition of 1922, of which there were just 8 copies printed, and the 1926 Cranwell edition, of which only 170 copies were designated complete for subscribers. An abridged edition, Revolt in the Desert, was published in 1927. Please get in contact with any questions at all and I would be delighted to answer them for you. Price £2,800 ONO.
Seller: Arch Books, London, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T. E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$4489.67 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first impression, number 314 of 750 copies from the limited issue, this copy presented in a fine binding by Shepherds. This limited issue has four plates in colour which were printed in monochrome in the standard, and includes three additional plates, facsimiles from earlier manuscript or printed versions of the work. "Lawrence had taken part in the preliminary planning of the Arab uprising and, in October 1916, was ordered to Jiddah to assess the military situation. What followed is recorded in Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a personal, emotional narrative of the Arab Revolt in which Lawrence reveals how by sheer willpower he made history. It was a testimony to his vision and persistence and a fulfilment of his desire to write an epic which might stand comparison in scale and linguistic elegance with his beloved Morte d'Arthur and C. M. Doughty's Arabia Deserta. Subtitled 'A triumph', its climax is the Arab liberation of Damascus, a victory which successfully concludes a gruelling campaign and vindicates Lawrence's faith in the Arabs" (ODNB). This trade edition follows the unprocurable Oxford Times edition of 1922, of which there were just eight copies printed, and the 1926 Cranwell edition, of which only 170 copies were designated complete for subscribers. An abridged edition, Revolt in the Desert, was published in 1927. O'Brien A041. Quarto (250 x 188 mm). Finely bound in contemporary blue morocco by Shepherds of London, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, interlocking rectangular and diamond frames on covers in gilt, board edges and doublures ruled in gilt, blue moiré silk endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Photogravure portrait frontispiece of Lawrence from the plaster bust, 47 plates (4 colour), 3 facsimiles, 4 folding maps, and several in-text line drawings; the majority by Eric Kennington. Spine sunned to green, foxing on edges not affecting clean contents: a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A Triumph.. London Jonathan Cape Ltd July 29, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$4489.67 + shipping
Description: Third English Edition, the Limited Issue of 750 numbered copies of which this is Copy Number 681. Publisher's Pigskin spine 79 l. gy. y Br. brown buckram boards 44 s. Br. Single gilt rule along inner edge of leather spine. On front cover [gilt, within crossed swords, in script] the | sword | also means | cleanness | & | death. Gilt lettering to spine. On back cover blind rule along edge of spine leather. Red and yellow head band. Marbled end papers. T.e.gilt. Plain brown paper dust wrapper present. Collation: 25.5 x 19.3 cm: [A]8 B-TT8, 336 leaves, pp. [1-6] 7-672, with 47 plates, 4 in colour, and facsimilies following pp. 20, 22, and 25 with guard tissues before facsimiles and colour plates. A book in Fine condition with an unblemished pigskin spine, in the Very Good rare dust wrapper which has a closed tear to the lower spine and slight loss to head and tail of spine. Now in a cloth covered clamshell box with leather label and gilt lettering to the spine, made by Chris Shaw. O'Brien states that the plain brown paper dust-wrapper is "rarely present". That the wrapper here has been present since publication, is established not only by the fine quality of the leather spine, but by the crossed-swords motif having left its impression on the verso of the wrapper. O'Brien A041
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom