Lawrence of Arabia, A Biographical Enquiry
by [Lawrence, T. E.], Richard Aldington
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy/slightly worn dj
- Seller
-
Francestown, New Hampshire, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Collins, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Fine copy/slightly worn dj. 8vo. Cloth. Pp. 448. Illustrated: frontispiece, (10) pp. of plates. Genealogical Tree of the Chapman Family. Maps. List of Sources. Bibliography. Index. With an Introductory Letter to Alister Kershaw. This biography, published twenty years after Lawrence's death, caused a storm because it revealed Lawrence's illegitimacy and his tendency towards self-aggrandisement. The friends of Lawrence, of whom there were many, rallied to his defence and were more than eager to express their anger. The Introductory Letter here is to Alister Kershaw, the friend who was the one who suggested this biography. Aldington lived another seven years after the book appeared, but they were plagued by the loss of his reputation and the decline of his health. Towards the end, Kershaw bought a house at Sury-en-Vaux, France (near Sancerre), for him to live in and where he died in 1962.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- The Typographeum Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000585
- Title
- Lawrence of Arabia, A Biographical Enquiry
- Author
- [Lawrence, T. E.], Richard Aldington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy
- Jacket Condition
- slightly worn dj
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- Lawrence of Arabia. T. E. Lawrence. World War I. Arabia. British Military History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
Terms of Sale
The Typographeum Bookshop
Net for cash, plus postage. Books are as described, but satisfaction is fully guaranteed. Please get in touch with me directly or through my website for better prices and personal service, for I actually have the books and will be happy to talk with you about them.
About the Seller
The Typographeum Bookshop
Biblio member since 2007
Francestown, New Hampshire
About The Typographeum Bookshop
The Typographeum Bookshop was founded in 1976 and offers a small stock of books with a special emphasis on British and European literature, as well as fine foreign films. In addition, I was a private press printer who published a variety of books using the technique of letterpress developed by Gutenberg in the 15th Century. Please visit my website, https://typographeum.us, for much more information, as well as pictures of my shop, both inside and out.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...