Secret Despatches from Arabia by Lawrence, T. E - 1939

Bellew Publishing, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Bellew, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Very slight rubbing to wrapper, no creasing, fading or tears. Not price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated, bright and clean internally with very little wear. Heavy book will require additional postage outside the UK.

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Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. Hardback, quarter morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, linen packed boards. teg. 25.0 x 18.5 cm. 173pp, [2]. Photographic portrait frontis. Number 687 of 1000 copies. Bookplate of Helen and Michael Oppenheimer to the front pastedown. Boards slightly grubby, contents clean and bright.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press. No Date [1939]. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Leather Spine with raised bands. Gilt to top edge. Boards are a little grubby with small patches of tanning to the front and rear hinges. The edges of the deckled pages are a little tanned but no impact on the text block. Black and white frontispiece (photo of T. E. Lawrence). Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press in Perpeptua type on Arnold's mould-made paper. Limited edition of 1000 (of which 1-30 were fully leather bound) of which this is number 902. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper (dated 1944). Published by Permission of the Foreign Office. Foreword by A. W. Lawrence. 173 pages. Based on Lawrence's Arab Bulletins which was issued monthly from 1916 onwards and was so secret that only 20 copies were printed. (History of the Golden Cockerel Press 1920-1960 by Cave and Manson 159-160pp) . Limited Edition. Hardback.

The Golden Cockerel Press. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. c1939. Number 470 of 1000 numbered copies, beautifully bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in 1/4 Niger with raised bands and gold gilt to the spine, and printed on Arnold's mould-made paper. Accompanied with its own custom-made slipcase. The boards are ever so slightly rubbed, but remain otherwise strong and sturdy. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages within are neat and complete. Tightly bound and handsome indeed! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

1939. LAWRENCE, T. E. SECRET DESPATCHES FROM ARABIA. Published by Permission of the Foreign Office. Foreword by A. W. Lawrence. (England): Golden Cockerel Press, [1939]. One of an edition limited to 970 copies. 173pp. Frontispiece photograph of T. E. Lawrence. Large 8vo., quarter black niger, lettered in gilt to spine, white cloth sides, top edge gilt. This copy is only very good because of light to moderate foxing throughout the text and to the cloth sides, with light spotting to the leather. (Clements. Section A, pp. 45-48.).

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1939. 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; within plain card slipcase, edges slightly worn; outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1939. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, on Arnold's mould-made paper. Pertelote 145; O'Brien A226. *Despatches reprinted from The Arab Bulletin, which was a secret document of 26 copies an issue circulated by G.H.Q. at Ismalia during the First World War.