T. E. LAWRENCE - The Selected Letters by Lawrence, T. E. (edited by Malcolm Brown) - 1989

New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1989. (xxxi) 568 pp. Quarter-bound in blue cloth on beige boards; beige endpapers; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; illustrated with maps. Light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The life of Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, has assumed mythic proportions. A popular hero for his role in the 1916 Arab rebellion against Turkish rule, he has been called everything from a sensitive genius to a total fraud. The Contents are: Preface; T. E. Lawrence: Biographical Summary; General Introduction; The Early Years: To 1914; The War Years 1914 - 1918; The Political Years 1918 - 1922; First Years in the Ranks 1922 - 1926; The Years in India 1927 - 1929; Last Years in the R. A. F. 1929 - 1935; and The Final Weeks: February - May 1935; followed by Index of Recipients and General Index. The film about Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, was made in 1962, directed by David Lean and starring Peter O'Toole as Lawrence, along with Omar Sharif, Alex Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, Jose Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains, Arthur Kennedy, and a host of others, including George Plimpton as an uncredited Bedouin and David Lean himself as an uncredited motorcycle rider.. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo. Book.