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Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'
by WILLIAMSON, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1941. Original publisher's orange cloth, lettered in gilt, corners bumped, minor shelf-wear with several further marks. Internally crisp and clean, with fore and bottom edges uncut. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed. The first edition of Henry Williamson's (1895-1977) memoir of his friendship between T. E. Lawrence. Williamson's book Tarka the Otter attracted the attention of Lawrence, whose letter of praise started a correspondence between the two. Indeed, Lawrence's fatal motorcycle crash in 1935 occurred as he was returning from a trip to the post office to send a telegram to Williamson. The Henry Williamson Society produced a facsimile reprint, limited to 500 copies, in 1988 to mark the centenary of Lawrence's birth. The ‘Shallonford’ misprint to the final leaf is uncorrected here. The proofs annotated by Williamson did not include the typo and no-one caught the error until after printing was complete. In his own copy, he merely corrected it in pen, though it remains uncorrected Faber's second impression and subsequently in the 1988 facsimile edition. MATTHEWS: 1941b. First edition, second impression. Tall 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ28044
- Title
- Genius of friendship 't. e. lawrence'
- Author
- WILLIAMSON, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, second impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- Tall 8vo
- Keywords
- History
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Crisp
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- First Edition
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