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Woolley, C. Leonard ; T. E. Lawrence;. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual 1914-1915 double volume: The Wilderness of Zin;. Palestine Exploration Fund, London, 1915.

Price: US$493.83 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 154pp hardback, black cloth spine gilt over printed grey boards black-lettered, 37 bw tissue-guarded plates at rear, 2 maps and folding plan, illustrations in text, ex-seminary library with usual stamps and labels, first issue binding (full stop on spine after date) scarce first issue, good, few spots to boards

Seller: Salsus Books (P.B.F.A.), Kidderminster, United Kingdom

LAWRENCE, T.E. (Contributor). The Wilderness of Zin (Archaeaological Report) by C. Leonard Wooley and T.E. Lawrence. With a Chapter on the Greek Inscriptions by M. N. Tod. London Palestine Exploration Fund 1915, 1915.

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Description: First edition being The Palestine Exploration Fund Annual 1914-1915 Double Annual. Containing T.E. Lawrence's first appearances in print. "Mr Lawrence is chiefly responsible for the second half of Chapter I (on Akaba); the first part of Chapter II; the account of the Darb el Shur in Chapter III; most of Chapter IV; and the concluding section only (Akaba) of Chapter V. The maps in the book were compiled by Mr Lawrence from the Survey materials and were drawn out by Mr B.V. Darbyshire. The plates are from photographs taken by both authors." (Prefatory Note). 4to, sometime bound in brown calf backed marbled paper boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt with contrasting label. A little rubbing to leather otherwise a very good copy. With 2 maps, 37 plates, large folding plan and illustrations in the text. "During January and February 1914, Lawrence and Woolley, in the company of a British Army surveying detachment led by Capt. Newcombe, under the guise of an archaeological survey, mapped the Negev region of the Sinai Peninsula, then under Turkish suzerainty. The British sought updated maps for the war they felt was coming. To complete the fiction of archaeological work, Woolley and Lawrence wrote The Wilderness of Zin, the first of Lawrence's works to appear in book form" (O'Brien 6). Their stated assignment was "to trace ancient caravan routes, identify Biblical sites, and generally find out what they could about the historical development of a hitherto seldom explored region" (James, Golden Warrior, 76). Lawrence, however, would write that Kitchener "insisted on the Palestine Exploration Fund's bringing out its record of our archaeological researching, p.d.q. as a whitewash" (O'Brien, 6).

Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom

LAWRENCE, T.E., WOOLLEY, C. LEONARD. Palestine Exploration Fund [1914-1915]. The Wilderness of Zin (Archaeological Report.). (London): Published by Order of the Committee, 1915.

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Condition: Near Fine

Description: Tall quarto (8-3/4 by 11-1/4 inches), original half navy cloth and gray paper boards. Interior very fresh, mild toning to spine of original cloth, light rubbing to the spine. A desirable near-fine copy housed in a grey cloth clamshell case with Morocco label. First edition, first issue, of "the first of Lawrence's books to appear in book form," with large folding plan, seven full-page maps, plans and illustrations, 37 photographic plates and nearly 60 in-text illustrations, an excellent copy. "During January and February 1914, Lawrence and Woolley, in the company of a British Army surveying detachment led by Capt. Newcombe, under the guise of an archaeological survey, mapped the Negev region of the Sinai Peninsula, then under Turkish suzerainty. The British sought updated maps for the war they felt was coming. To complete the fiction of archaeological work, Woolley and Lawrence wrote The Wilderness of Zin, the first of Lawrence's works to appear in book form" (O'Brien, 6). Their stated assignment was "to trace ancient caravan routes, identify Biblical sites, and generally find out what they could about the historical development of a hitherto seldom explored region" (James, Golden Warrior, 76). Lawrence, however, would write that Kitchener "insisted on the Palestine Exploration Fund's bringing out its record of our archaeological researching, p.d.q. as a whitewash" (O'Brien, 6). Lawrence remains "one of the most iconic figures of the early 20th century As General Allenby, chief British commander in the Middle East during WWI, noted, Lawrence was first among equals: 'There is no other man I know,' he asserted, 'who could have achieved what Lawrence did'" (Smithsonian). First issue with "." after "1914-1915" on spine. Introduction by Lawrence. The maps were compiled by "Lawrence from the Survey materials drawn out by B.V. Darbishire. The plates are from photographs taken by both authors." With two rear leaves of publisher's advertisements; O'Brien A004C. Meyers 1.

Seller: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.

Woolley, C. Leonard and Lawrence, T. E.:. Palestine Exploration Fund Annual 1914-1915 Double Volume The Wilderness of Zin (Archaeological Report) with a Chapter on the Greek Inscriptions by M. N. Tod. London Palestine Exploration Fund, 1915.

Price: US$1039.64 + shipping

Description: Hardback 1st Edition, 4to, xvi prelims and intro by T. E. Lawrence, 147pp text with 59 figures and 2 maps in text and 37 tissue guarded plates at rear, vi index and 4pp publisher's adverts. Fine in quarter black cloth with gilt titles, grey boards with black titles. Original glassine wrapper with loss at rear top and spine and some creasing.

Seller: Pauline Harries Books, Liphook, Hampshire, United Kingdom