Lawrence, T.E.
The Diary of T.E. Lawrence
£3,750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
London: Corvinus Press, 1911. First edition, 4to, presentation copy from Viscount Carlow (owner of the Corvinus Press) to Eric Kennington, art editor of the 1926 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom', one of 203 copies, of which 150 copies only were for sale, one of 130 copies printed on parchment substitute paper, 12 photographic plates, tissue guards, original half dark brown morocco with Japanese paper-covered boards with vellum corners, the spine lettered in gilt, t.e.g., original brown slipcase, spine of slipcase neatly rebacked
Footnote
Provenance: Inscribed first by Viscount Carlow to Eric Kennington, and secondly by Eric Kennington to Chislett