Revolt In the Desert

London: Jonathan Cape 30 Bedford Square, 1927. [2], 445pp, [1]. With half-title/limitation, coloured frontispiece portrait of Lawrence, eighteen further illustrations, nine of which are coloured, and a large folding map to rear. Original publisher's brown quarter-pigskin over sand-coloured buckram boards, gilt. Dustwrapper. T.E.G., others uncut. A remarkably preserved copy, with only the slightest of shelf-wear externally, bookplate (a skull with… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Original blue cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, dark blue endpapers. Spine and gold lettering on spine is worn and faded. Including colored portrait frontispiece, 10 colored plates, 7 black and white plates and one folding map at the end. First US edition, large paper… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. Book. About Fine.. Leather and Buckram. 1st Limited Edition. Large Octavo. One Quarter dark brown pigskin over light brown buckram. Limited edition of 315 copies only of which this is #123. This is the abridged version of Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom which he did in order to pay the bills. Much tighter limitation than the… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Co., 1927. First U.S. edition. 15 full-page illustrations, including the frontis portrait of Lawrence by Augustus John; folding map at rear. Basically SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM edited for sale to the general public or, according to George Bernard Shaw," an abridgement of an abridgement." Light name and address on verso of frontis, light foxing… Read more about this item

T.E. Lawrence. REVOLT IN THE DESERT. George H. Doran Copyright1927. DOUBLEDAY DORAN First American Edition. States First Printing in America, March, 1927. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. INCLUDES RARE VG FOLD-OUT MAP IN NICE CONDITION. 335 PAGES, INDEXED. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Maroon boards. 6 3/8 x 9 ¼.

[Melbourne]: [George J. Hicks & Co.]. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1927). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight dampstain to rear board, barely visible. Minor foxing. Folding map with a 35mm tear. Rubber stamp on front endpaper . Adhesive tape stain to rear endpaper. Dust-jacket with a couple of 25mm splits along folds, 15mm tear and 10mm… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Co. copyright 927. First American Edition;.Rust orange-green covers with black print of title, and sketches incised in black. Interior pages, sketch of Lawrence and end paper map in very good-near fine condition.. .

Jonathan Cape, 1927. 1st. Hardback. Good. First edition fourth impression hardback, 1927, with no jacket. In overall good used condition with minor signs of age, handling and storage - boards slightly faded to spine and upper edges with a little puckering to cloth. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; spotting to page-ends… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6.5". Not Stated . T. E. Lawrence's classic war memoir, the fifth impression. The fifth impression of this work published in May 1927, following the first four impressions all published in March 1927. Also published in a limited edition in the same year. The first edition of Pillars of Wisdom published for the… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran, 1927. Second U.S. edition ("Gift Edition"). Hardcover. Revolt in the Desert is the only version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom published for the general public in Lawrence’s lifetime. This is the second American edition – the so-called “Gift Edition” issued for the 1927 Christmas season. Although it resembles the English first edition in dust… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Wellington, N.Z.: George J. Hicks & Co, 1927. 1st & 2nd Australasian Editions. Hardcover. At Least Very Good/Very Good. Together, two volumes. Scarce jacketed copies of both the first and the second [stated] Australasian editions of Lawrence's 'Revolt in the Desert'. O'Brien [Oak Knoll Press, 2000] states "In 1927 Doran merged with Doubleday and one… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. xvi, [4], 335pp, [1]. Pictorial endpapers after Kennington; with 16 plates and a folding map. Original publisher's brown cloth, stamped and lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper (camel variant). Light shelf-wear, dustwrapper heavily worn and marked, substantial loss to head of spine panel, inked numerals to upper wrapper, tape repairs to verso. Internally clean… Read more about this item

New York: Doran, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) served as a military advisor to Bedouins in their revolt against the Ottoman Turks from 1916-1918. This is the first American edition. Octavo (9" x 6"). Original purple-brown cloth, with front cover and spine… Read more about this item

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First US Trade Edition. Near Fine/About Very Good. First American trade edition. xvi, [4], 335 pp. Plates, and a folding map at rear. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with sturdy, straight binding, rear map creased. About Very Good plain variant jacket showing moderate wear and edge-rubbing, darkened… Read more about this item

Chipped at the top of the spine. Foxing to the edges. Bookplate on the fep. Pages unmarked. Folding map at the back intact. Complementary with purchase will be a paperback copy of B.H. Liddell Hart's biography of Lawrence.

Melbourne & New York: George J. Hicks & Co. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1927. First "Australasian Edition". Hardcover. This Australasian issue of Revolt in the Desert is distinguished by the unique dust jacket. Australian publisher George J. Hicks & Co obtained second printing copies from the American publisher, Doran, which were then fitted with a “George J. Hicks… Read more about this item

UK: Cape, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 4th impression year of publ.A bit of brown spotting to pages o/w good hardcover copy no inscr. Large format. Maps at back.

New York: George H. Doran Co, 1927. First American edition. Pictorial endpapers after Kennington; with 16 plates and a folding map. [xx], 335 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth. Half title with light toning from inserted newspaper portrait. Very good in good pictorial dust jacket, camel variant (various scuffs, loss of half-inch at top of spine panel). First… Read more about this item

First US Edition stated March 1927 Bumped corners and marginal edge wear. Inside clean except for pasted photographs of Lawrence applied to back of sketches in two spots. Both are pictured with resultant flaws.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Fold-out map in rear. Very good with spine ends and corners worn and bumped, small pen notation on front fly, lacking the dustwrapper. Revolt in the Desert was an abridged version of Seven Pillars, which he began in 1926 and was published in March 1927… Read more about this item