THE HOME LETTERS OF T.E. LAWRENCE AND HIS BROTHERS
NY: Macmillan, 1954. First American Edition ( This is essentially the British edition with the black cloth binding, British sheets with the Macmillan titlepage cancel added and jacket with the price in pounds(on the rear flap) and the UK publisher Blackwell on the spine). 8vo; pp. xvi, 730, [1], plates in photogravure and a few illustrations in the text. With introduction by Winston Churchill. .A very good copy in dj (cut along the front hinge so the cover dj is separate) O'Brien A247; Cohen B145.2.a; Woods B53. Item #60682
"This collection of letters, edited by [T.E. Lawrence's] brother M.R. Lawrence, supplements the David Garnett collection of 1938. The letters included here for the most part cover his early years; fully two thirds of those included are from before the war. The two collections provide a remarkable picture of the range and scope of Lawrence's letter-writing from his youth to the end of his life. The letters of his brothers Frank and Will, both of whom died in the First World War, are also included. The whole reflects what was a truly remarkable family. This collection is a primary source for the pre-war correspondence of Lawrence" (O'Brien, Bibliography, pp. 167-168).
Price: $175.00