RIVER NIGER.
A novel with a prefatory letter by T. E. Lawrence. Pp. 288; yellow cloth, spine lettered and decorated in red & blue, with publisher's device in blind on lower board, the boards a trifle canted and slightly foxed, top fore-corners faintly bruised; top edges blue/grey (faded); dust wrapper, slightly soiled and browned, edges lightly rubbed and chipped, the backstrip extremities reinforced with paper on reverse, Book Guild recommendation sticker on front panel; a little light foxing; Boriswood, London, 1935. First trade edition. O'Brien A163. *The author's second book. The 'prefatory letter' is Lawrence's report on the novel after he read it in manuscript. According to O'Brien (p. 118) 'this deservedly forgotten novel has to its credit between its covers only the letter by Lawrence.'. Item #153284
Price: $750.00