LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.
Pp. [48](including blanks); wide demy 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half maize linen, lettered and decorated in gilt, patterned papered boards; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, a couple of tiny spots of foxing; Corvinus Press, 1936. First edition, limited to 128 numbered copies, signed by the authors; this being one of 24 copies on Barcham Green 'Medway' paper specially printed for the authors. O'Brien E101; Ridler 2; Nash & Flavell 2. *The first 24 copies of this edition were printed for the authors (12 each), for presentation. This is one of the copies printed for Sir Ronald Storrs and is inscribed by him on the upper free endpaper: 'Homage from the English Arachnoit' [?], dated '22 VII 36'. The text comprises two speeches made about a month after the death of T. E. Lawrence, at a luncheon held in his memory: Lawrence. The artist in war and letters, by Liddell Hart, and Lawrence. Himself, by Storrs. The Corvinus Press was founded by Viscount Carlow in the mid-1930s. In 1944 Carlow was killed in action during the Second World War, and the plant and equipment were acquired by Lord Kemsley, who established the Dropmore Press in 1945. Item #182202
Price: $8,000.00