T. E. LAWRENCE TO HIS BIOGRAPHER:. Information about Himself, in the Form of Letters, Notes, Answers to Questions and Conversations [Two Volumes] by (Lawrence, T. E.) Robert Graves, and Liddell Hart - 1938

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1938. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16.5 x 24.5 cm). Signed by Author. Slipcase: Light foxing and marking to side, end and top panels. Heavy foxing to lower panel. Overall case condition is Good. Book: Limited edition of 1000 copies, 500 of which printed for Great Britain. Two volume set. Liddell Hart volume in grey buckram with title panel in red to front board and spine. Signed by Liddle Hart to limitation page. Graves volume in red buckram with grey title panel to front board and spine, with mottled discolouration to boards. Signed by Graves to limitation page. Both volumes with top page gilt and other edges untrimmed. Fading to spines. Slight foxing to endpapers. Light offsetting to leading and trailing blanks. Light browning to the verso of the half title page and to the title page in both volumes. Clean text throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the… Read More

London: Faber and Faber Limited [1938]. 8vo.Limited Edition. viii, 186; viii, 233 pp., Limited, numbered edition. Buckram binding in red and grey cloth with top edge gilt and cloth slipcase. Slight marks to the slipcase which is firm. Mark to the boards of the first volume with sunning to the spines. Bindings firm. Internally clean with some marks; offsetting to the endpapers from a now removed inset. Owner's name and gift inscription in ink to the front endpapers. Numbers 342 of 500 UK copies and signed by Robert Graves and Liddell Hart respectively. . Very Good. Cloth. Limited Edition. 1938.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1938. 8vo.Limited Edition. 2 vols., Limited numbered edition, signed by the editors. ix, 187; viii, 233 pp. Buckram binding in cream cloth with blind stamped lettering to boards, gilt and red stripes and red buckram label with gilt lettering on spine; top edge gilt and pages uncut. Both numbered 276 of 1000 and signed by Lawrence's biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart respectively, on edition page. "Information about himself [Lawrence] in the form of letters, notes and answers to questions, edited with a critical commentary". Both have frontispiece portraits of the man himself, and includes Lawrence's own notes and corrections to his biography. Board borders slightly faded and endpapers a little marked and yellowed, but otherwise this set is in near fine condition, with a firm binding, clean boards and pages. . Very Good. Cloth. Limited Edition. 1938.

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. First American editions, each no. 429 one of 500 copies signed by Graves and Liddell-Hart. Frontispiece in each volume. viii, [ii], 187; viii, [ii], 233 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Original cloth. Very good set, toning to spines. First American editions, each no. 429 one of 500 copies signed by Graves and Liddell-Hart. Frontispiece in each volume. viii, [ii], 187; viii, [ii], 233 pp. 2 vols. 8vo. O'Brien A214 & A215

London: Faber and Faber, 1938. [Letters and Biography] SIGNED LIMITED EDITIONS. Two volume box set. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[2] x; 187 [1]; pp.[2] x; 233 [3]. Each with a black and white frontispiece, and printed on fine, handmade paper. Both being copy 172 of 1000 thus, SIGNED by Graves and Liddell Hart respectively to the limitation leaves. Publisher's orange and grey buckram, with gilt titles to contrasting red and grey labels to spines and uppers. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With the grey cloth-covered slipcase. Spotting to box and to buckram. Spines a little sunned and toned. Clean, unmarked copies internally. Very good.

Doubleday Doran NY 1938, 2 vols., 1 of 1000 copies (500 for the U.S.) Signed by Graves & Liddell Hart. 8vos. cloth, 187,233pp. F/VG+ djs have darkened spines, and some offsetting from slipcase. Slipcase scuffed, 3Ó split on one bend. $

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 9.5" by 6.5". Eric Kennington. Two volumes of correspondence between Thomas Lawrence 'Of Arabia' and his biographers. Complete in two volumes. This book is a limited edition. Each volume is signed, one by Robert Graves and the other by Liddell Hart. In the original unclipped dustwrappers, and in the original slipcase. These two volumes contain the letters the Thomas Lawrence exchanged with his biographers, Liddell Hart and Robert Graves, whilst they were each in the process of writing their biographies. These letters answer questions posed by the biographers, and offer an interesting look at the man beyond the biographies. Thomas Lawrence became famous in his lifetime for his role during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, earning him the nickname "Lawrence of Arabia". During his life he published "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", an account of his… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1938. First edition limited to 1000 copies of which 500 copies are printed for the United States, this set no. 235, 2 volumes, 8vo; frontispieces, title pages printed in brown and black; original cloth in buff decorative dust jackets, t.e.g., matching board slipcase; jackets rather unevenly toned, old tape repair to slipcase, else a near fine, unopened set. Signed by both Graves and Hart. Higginson & Williams A49a.

London: Faber and Faber , 1938. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 9" by 6.5". Unnamed. A fascinating set complete in two first editions illustrating T E Lawrence's intimate work with his biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. A limited edition signed by Graves and Hart in slipcase. The first edition of this work, issued in a limited edition to one thousand numbered and signed copies, five hundred of which are printed for Great Britain. Complete in two volumes, with the original slipcase.Signed by Graves and Hart to each respective volumes on the limitation page.A fascinating set documenting the remarkable work of T E Lawrence with two of his biographers, Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. With letters, notes, answers to questions, and conversations that reveal the nature of the information provided and how Graves and Hart interpreted, as well as what Lawrence allowed them to take from it. Two volumes illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.  In the original publisher's cloth binding.… Read More

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1938. Information about himself, in the form of letters, notes, answers to questions and conversations. In two volumes. Volume 1: [Robert Graves]: Pp. [ii]+x+188(last blank), frontispiece, plus l plate, title page vignette printed in brown, several pages printed in red & black; Volume 2: [Liddell Hart]: Pp. [ii]+x+234(last blank), frontispiece portrait, title page vignette printed in brown; both med. 8vo; one volume [Hart] grey buckram, the spine and upper board blocked in red & lettered & ruled in gilt, the same colours reversed for the other volume; t.e.g., others uncut; the printed paper flaps only of the original acetate & paper dust wrappers loosely inserted in each volume; housed together within a grey cloth slipcase, which is a trifle soiled; bookplate on upper free endpapers, the outer leaves slightly offset, scattered light foxing; Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1938. First editions limited to l,000 sets, each volume signed by the author; this being number… Read More