Lot 117
  • 117

Lawrence, T.E.; Joyce, James; Graves, Robert, and others.

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Description

  • Collection of 10 works:
Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935, first edition for general circulation, limited issue, no.99 of 750 copies, 47 plates, original brown buckram boards, pigskin spine, top edge gilt, the others untrimmed; Revolt in the Desert. Jonathan Cape, 1927, first edition, original buckram; The Odyssey of Homer. Translated by T.E. Shaw. Oxford University Press, 1935, first edition, original cloth; Oriental Assembly. Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1939, first edition, original cloth, Lawrence of Arabia memorial loosely inserted—Gawsworth, John. Annotations on Some Minor Writings of "T.E. Lawrence". Eric Partridge, Ltd., at the Scholartis Press, 1935, limited to 500 copies, original cloth, dust-jacket—Joyce, James. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. The Egoist Ltd., 1917, first English edition using English sheets, original dark green cloth, spine torn--Graves, Robert. I, Claudius. Arthur Barker, 1934, first edition,  signed by the author on front endpaper, original cloth; Claudius the God. Arthur Barker, 1934, first edition, signed by the author on front endpaper;  Lawrence and the Arabs. Jonathan Cape, 1927, first edition; Count Belisarius. Cassell and company, 1938, first edition, original cloth; 8vo (10)

Condition

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