Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1937. A lovely memorial to "Lawrence of Arabia" by such as Bernard Shaw, Lord Allenby, Robert Graves, and many others who knew this remarkable man, edited by his brother. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Nice sienna cloth binding with "TEL" on the front cover in gilt; titling in gilt within a black label on the spine, along with gilt decoration featuring scimitars. Clean text; xiii, 538 pages. Frontis portrait of Lawrence, with seven other illustrations within. Introduction by Lord Halifax. Small contemporary bookseller label on the rear paste-down. Tiny bit of rub to tips, some very light tan to page ends. Else, a Fine copy, lacking a dustjacket. A lovely production. In an archival plastic protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Quercus Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005325
Title: T.E. Lawrence By His Friends
Author: Lawrence, A.W. [Editor]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1937
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Bookseller catalogs: Mid East History & Literature;

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Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.

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