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Lawrence, T. E.. The Mint. Doubleday, 1955.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boxed. Limited to 1000 copies.
Seller: James Cummings, Bookseller, Signal Mountain, TN, U.S.A.
T. E. Lawrence. The Mint ( Limited Edition). Doubleday, 1955.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: like new #648 of 1000 in very good slipcase
Seller: Arader Galleries of Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
LAWRENCE.T.E.. THE MINT.. DOUBLEDAY ANDCO,NEW YORK.1955., 1955.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: LIMITED EDITION(180/1000)IN ORIGINAL SLIP-CASE.SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE CASE.BOOK IS NF.
Seller: Angus Books, SHEFFIELD, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$67.50 + shipping
Description: THE MINT, A day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross, Lawrence, T. Eliot. Edited with a prefatory note by A.W. Lawrence. Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1955. First Edition (see note below). 4to up to 12" tall. 206 pages. Blue cloth boards with blind stamped bird front, gilt spine titles, top edge stained blue. Light fading to outside board edges; otherwise volume in pristine condition without marks, tear folds etc. Unclipped dust-jacket has tanning, ruffling to spine head and a small closed tear to seam front flap. The Mint is divided into three parts: Part I: The Raw Material, Part II: In the Mill, Part III: Service. The book's title reflects Lawrences comparison of RAF training to the operations of a mint (coin) factory. The book is an autobiographical account of T.E. Lawrences experiences following the First World War when he enlisted in the Royal Air Force under an assumed name, becoming 352087 Aircraftman Ross. The book covers his initial training at RAF Uxbridge in 1922 and a part of his service at RAF Cranwell, 192526. Lawrence stated that the book should not be published until after his death. In a letter from T. E. Lawrence to E. M. Forster summarized in the introduction by his brother A. W. Lawrence: "he felt unable to publish the book because of 'the horror the fellows with me in the force would feel at my giving them away. so The Mint shall not be circulated before 1950. Lawrence's brother took the further precaution of substituting "new names" in the expurgated edition for characters in A/c Ross's squad "in all passages which might have caused embarrassment or distress". Due to censorship issues around its publication, objectional words were also omitted and blank spaces left in their stead. Due to censorship issues around its publication, objectional words were also omitted and blank spaces left in their stead. In order to establish copyright, a limited edition of 50 copies was published by Doubleday, Doran and Company in 1936. Of this limited edition only 10 were offered for sale at the enormous price of $500,000 each. In 1955, Jonathan Cape published a limited numbered edition of 2000 books in slipcase. This volume also published by Jonathan Cape in the same year is the first English edition with dust jacket.
Seller: Back Lane Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
T.E. Lawrence. The Mint. Doubleday, 1955.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slip case. Previous owners name inside front cover. Book is immaculate. Number 255 of limited run of a thousand. Gilt printing on cover and spine. Slipcase has a drop or two of wine on the lower corner of the cover.
Seller: Sheafe Street Books, Portsmouth, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$77.26 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The American limited edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies of a numbered edition(preceding the Cape limited edition UK edition). Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering, in slipcase with paper title label as issued, slipcase rubbed at corners.The actual first American edition had been restricted to just 50 copies (only ten of which were for sale, at $500,000 each!, published by Doubleday in 1936 as a copyright edition. "The American edition was issued first in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Cape published 2000 limited copies aas well as the standard trade issue". O'Brien A168.
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Lawrence, T.E.. The Mint.. Doubleday and Company, inc, Garden City, 1955.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition. Though originally published, for copyright purposes only, in 1936 by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., this is the first Trade Edition in America. #906/1000 copies Numbered on a preliminary colophon. A Fine copy in dark blue cloth, yellow endpapers and topstain, without jacket (as issued), in publisher's blue paper covered slipcase with side-label [slight rubs to label]. 250pp. Lawrence's account of his period of service in the R.A.F. under the name "Ross." Q13197
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T.E.. The Mint. Doubleday, 1955.
Price: US$92.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies. In a near fine slipcase.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 251pp.This edition limited to 1000 copies this being copy 396. Bound in navy blue cloth, housed in slipcase.Two laid-in newspaper clippings have caused some discoloration to 4 of the pages. Toning to the edges of the slipcase. Light dog earring to the first few pages.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$109.45 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The deluxe edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies (this being #816, and preceding the deluxe UK edition). Dark blue covers with gilt lettering, triflingly rubbed at head of spine. A very good copy, lacking the slipcase. O'Brien A167. A book with a complex publication history, Lawrence began making notes for it when he joined the RAF in 1922 and he was still making revisions in the last moths of his life. In 1936 the manuscript found its way to America and, in order to control publication a limited issue of 50 copies was produced - 10 of which were for sale priced at $500,000 each in order to prevent purchases. Following the death of an officer Lawrence describes unfavourably, a revised edition was published in 1955 in both a limited edition (2,000 copies in the UK and 1,000 in the US) and a trade issue - all of these states having the objectionable words lifted from the text. A definitive unexpurgated edition did not appear until 1973.
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
LAWRENCE, T.E.. The Mint. Doubleday, New York, 1955.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo, cloth, publisher's box. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1955. Limited Edition. Fine. Second American edition, limited to 1000 numbered copies.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T. E.. THE MINT.. Garden City, N.Y: Doubleday,, 1955.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Octavo, blue cloth with gilt title on spine and front board. 1/1000 numbered copies. Mint in a fine publisher's slip case.
Seller: Tintagel, Springfield Center, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Second American Edition. Limited Issue. No. 12 of 1000 copies. Actually the first edition but for a 1936 issue of 50 copies printed to secure the copyright. (ii), 250 (i)p. Bound in gilt-titled Blue cloth with yellow endpapers and top edge of text block. O'Brien A168. Fine in slipcase with wear and minor spotting Second American Edition. Limited Issue. No. 12 of 1000 copies. Actually the first edition but for a 1936 issue of 50 copies printed to secure the copyright.
Seller: First Folio A.B.A.A., Paris, TN, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 1955. Second American Edition, 250pp. Fine in G+, lightly worn slipcase. Limited to 1000 copies, this number 886. In 1922, after his adventures with the Arabs in their revolt against the Turks, chronicled in his book, SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, Lawrence had enlisted in the R.A.F. under the name John Hume Ross. He was dismissed in 1923, when his true identity was discovered, but he was allowed to re-enter two and a half years later, using the name Shaw, under which name he had served in the Tank Corps during the interim. Many people believe that Lawrence's life was one of the strangest and most adventurous in modern times.
Seller: Legacy Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American edition. Fine, housed in a very good, faded, slipcase. Number 481 of 1000 copies in this edition.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Lawrence, T. E.. THE MINT. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, 1955.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition, an advance "Reviewers' Edition" with proposed publication date of February 21, 1955, stated. Original printed paperwraps with minor creases on front cover and one corner otherwise very good or better. Scarce. ADVANCE ISSUE SENT FOR REVIEW
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: Second American edition, uncorrected proofs. First printed in 1936 in 50 copies to secure American copyright. 250, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Reviewer's Edition. O'Brien A167 Printed wrappers. Publication date corrected in ink. Spine toned, else about fine Second American edition, uncorrected proofs. First printed in 1936 in 50 copies to secure American copyright.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.