Aldridge, James

HEROES OF THE EMPTY VIEW.

Pp. 400; post 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, foxed and slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split; name and date in ink on upper free endpaper, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1954. First edition. O'Brien (Lawrence bibliography) F0014a. *The empty view of the title is 'the desert of the Arab nomad; the desert of revolt.' The main character, modelled on T. E. Lawrence, is described as a 'contemporary Lawrence of Arabia' [wrapper blurb]. Item #156942

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