Lot 74
Lawrence, T.E. - Clouds Hill - Hudson, W.H.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 10 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
£350
Description
Idle days in Patagonia. 1893. First edition, 8vo, original maroon buckram, uncut, book label "From the library of T.E. Lawrence, Clouds Hill", spine faded, slightly rubbed, hinges split
Footnote
Note: In 1919 W.H. Hudson met T. E. Lawrence who
confessed that he had read The Purple Land at least a dozen times. Hudson quipped that his book was, “exactly the type of book that a young adventurer like this would enjoy, since Lawrence is himself a kind of Richard Lamb.”