Pp. 400; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, lower edge of front panel slightly worn; outer leaves lightly foxed, lower edges lightly shelf-soiled; 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.'..... More
Pp. xiv+380, frontispiece portrait, plus 11 plates, glossary of Arabic & Persian terms; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Dar Al-Andalus, Gibraltar, 1985. Fourth, revised edition, third impression. [See O'Brien F0046 for U.S. edition]. *The esteemed Islamic scholar's autobiography, originally published in 1954. More
The Memoirs of Oliver Brown. Foreword by Sir Alec Martin. Pp. xii+200, frontispiece portrait plus 14 plates, one text illustration, appendices, index; purple cloth, spine blocked in black and lettered in silver; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges a trifle creased; endpapers slightly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Evelyn, Adams..... More
Newly edited and excerpted by H. L. MacRitchie. With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence. Foreword by Patricia, Countess Jellicoe. Photographs by Gertrude Bell, H. St. John Philby, Sir George Rendel, Captain William Shakespear, and others. Pp. 256, printed in red/brown & black, 10 coloured plates (two double page), duotone..... More
With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence. In two volumes. Pp. 674+696, frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates (2 folding), numerous text figures (some full page), 2 folding coloured maps, the title pages printed in red & black, appendices, index and glossary of Arabic words; cr. 4to; brown buckram, spines lettered..... More
With an Introduction by T. E. Lawrence. Illustrated by Henry Keen. Pp. xx+280(last blank)+[2](advertisement, verso blank), frontispiece, plus 27 plates, title page vignette, pictorial head & tailpieces, decorative initials, pictorial endpapers, notes; med. 8vo; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt & orange, the boards faintly rubbed and with a...... More
Pp. xii+200(last blank), index; dust wrapper; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991. First edition. [see O'Brien F0529c]. *A collection of essays on the relations between European and Islamic thought and culture from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century, including one on T. E. Lawrence and Louis Massignon. More
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..... More
Volume I. THE THESIS. Foreword by A. W. Lawrence. Pp. 56, 64 plates (including plans, one coloured), 3 maps printed in red & black (2 folding in loosely inserted envelope, the third full page), 2 full page facsimiles, the title page printed in red; Volume II. THE LETTERS. Preface by..... More
Selected with a Preface by David Garnett. Pp. 328, frontispiece portrait, index; red cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; top edges red; price clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip browned; small inked number on upper pastedown and ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, newscutting..... More
Early postwar writings of T. E. Lawrence. Edited with an introduction by Stanley and Rodelle Weintraub. Pp. 176(last blank), 4 plates, endpaper maps, index; two-tone cloth, spine lettered in black; price-clipped dust wrapper; top edges of leaves foxed; The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1968. First edition. O'Brien..... More
Pp. xvi+732(last blank), frontispiece, plus 37 plates, a few text illustrations, indices; thick med. 8vo; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards faintly bruised, spine a trifle faded at extremities; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a few small chips at foot of..... More
Pp. xvi+732(last blank), frontispiece plus 37 plates, text illustrations, large red decorative initial at centre of title page, indices; navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; with the 'Recommended by The Book Society' wrap-around band; upper hinge cracking, edges of leaves a trifle..... More
Selected and edited by Malcolm Brown. Pp. xxxii+568, 2 full page maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; tiny bruise to bottom edge centre of upper board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased, the backstrip faintly discoloured; J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1988. First edition. O'Brien A264. More
Essays in literary criticism. Introduction by A. W. Lawrence. Pp. 60(last colophon); cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. dark blue morocco, the spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream cloth boards, slightly soiled, corners a trifle bruised, spine lightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; bookseller's sticker at..... More
Edited by J. M. Wilson. With a Preface by C. Day Lewis. Pp. 272, frontispiece portrait, indices; two-tone papered boards, spine blocked in blue and lettered in gilt; top edges light blue/grey; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; fore-edges of leaves faintly foxed; Jonathan Cape, London, 1971..... More
A day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross. Pp. [ii]+206, title page printed in red & black; cr. 4to; qr. navy pigskin, spine lettered in gilt, dark blue/grey buckram boards, corners a trifle rubbed; t.e.g., others uncut; marbled endpapers; within..... More
A day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross. With an Introductory Note by A. W. Lawrence. Pp. [ii]+206, title page printed in red & black; cr. 4to; dark blue/grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board decorated..... More
Edited by A. W. Lawrence. With photographs by the author. Pp. xiv+228(last blank), frontispiece, plus 75 photographic plates (mostly within pagination), 2 full page sketches, full page map, index; brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly mottled, thin faded strip at foot of spine; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly..... More
Edited by A. W. Lawrence. With photographs by the author. Pp. xiv+292(last blank), frontispiece, plus 75 pages of plates (mostly within pagination and including one map), 2 full page sketches, full page map, index; brown buckram, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted, with tiny snag to bottom edge..... More
Published by permission of the Foreign Office. Foreword by A. W. Lawrence. Pp. 174(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait (Lawrence in Arab dress), glossary; cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. black morocco, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream cloth boards, slightly foxed and soiled, the..... More
Published by permission of the Foreign Office. Foreword by A. W. Lawrence. Pp. 174(last blank)+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait (Lawrence in Arab dress), glossary; cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. black morocco, spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream cloth boards, faintly browned; t.e.g., others uncut;..... More
A triumph. Pp. 672, frontispiece portrait plus 47 plates, 6 line illustrations (2 full page), 4 folding maps printed in red & black, (map 1 loosely inserted after blank), appendices, index; thick cr. 4to; specially bound in full tan morocco, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands..... More
T. E. Lawrence's letters to H. S. Ede, 1927-1935. Foreword and running commentary by H. S. Ede. Pp. 64(last blank); cr. 4to; bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. navy morocco, the spine lettered in gilt between raised bands, cream canvas boards, faintly soiled, fore-corners lightly bruised; t.e.g., others uncut;..... More
Pp. [viii]+308, patterned endpapers; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; Hutchinson, London, 1989. First edition. O'Brien F0125a. *Novel about the friendship between T. E. Lawrence and James Elroy Flecker. 'The story develops into one of deception, illness and death - the partly Jewish Flecker who aided the man who loved Arabs, the..... More