Lawrence t e intro (23 risultati)

Hard Cover with Slipcase. Condizione: Like New. No Jacket. Hardcover with slipcase, both in like-new condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Copyright Page States "First Illustrated Edition 1924, Reprinted 1925.Printed In Great Britain By Rickard Clay & Sons, Bungay, Suffolk.".Black Cloth Over Boards W/ Gold Embossed Title , Decoration / Face . The Corners & Spine Have Been Reinforced W/ Black Tape.Spne Has Pasted On Title. Front Endpaper Carries Nice Book Plate. Fly Has 1/4 X 3" Paper Residue From Removal Of .Opposite Of Page Has A Partly Removed Book Plate. Frontis Of Prometheus. Intro By T. E. Lawrence.Top Edge Has A Printer Applied Reddish Color. Fore And Bottom Edges Uncut. Binding Is Tight. Content Is Age Yellowed. Content Is Very Clean. No Dog Ears, Marks, Etc. Keen, Henry (Illus) (illustratore).…

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) minor water staining to rear; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Sixth Printing. pp. viii, 326. 8vo. Lovely pictorial cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine, map endpapers. Rich with additional photographs, and illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in very good+ lightly rubbed ivory slipcase. Overall, very good+.…

Octavo, blue buckram boards with cream buckram spine, gilt lettering on leather plate to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 365pp + 3pp adverts, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, light discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims). …

Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slipcase: Light shelf wear. Overall case condition is Very Good Plus. Book: First Folio Society edition. Illustrated blue buckram binding. Unread copy in first class condition throughout. Folio 75: 1642. Overall book condition is Fine. Size: 6.75 x 8.75 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiii,226.…

hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. hardback, two volumes, both carrying a January 1949 printing, quartos, 10 1/8" x 8", brown cloth lettered gilt to the spines, fore and bottom edge rough-trimmed, top edge of volume one uncoloured, that of volume two coloured brown. Tightly bound, bookplate of a previous owner to the front pastedowns, gift inscription to the same on facing endpaper. The contents are otherwise clean and unmarked. Both volumes with a dust jacket, through that of volume one we suspect might be from a 1950's printing as it carries a five guineas price, that of volume two is overprinted 4 14/- 6d. Both jackets in protective non-adhesive archival film sleeves. Maps, illustrations. A heavy set which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from some locations outside the United Kingdom. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Oleander Press, Cambridge, UK. 1986. 362 pages. This handbook was first compiled in 1917 for British Intelligence and to serve as a guide for intelligence officers and politicians, from the West. A most interesting historical document that reads more like gossip pages from the Middle East. Oleander re-published this updated version in 1986 with much of the meat still present, just less topographical detail on the region, and more of a who's who, and which families are aligned with whom, alongside historical differences, etc. Book is about fine with no flaws of note other than a speck here or there. The bright attractive DJ is preserved in an acid-free protector with flaws limited to sunning to orange hue on spine and along base on front, with minor thin scratch on rear. A very nice tight, clean copy.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Oleander Press, Cambridge, UK. 1986. 362 pages. This handbook was first compiled in 1917 for British Intelligence and to serve as a guide for intelligence officers and politicians, from the West. A most interesting historical document that reads more like gossip pages from the Middle East. Oleander re-published this updated version in 1986 with much of the meat still present, just less topographical detail on the region, and more of a who's who, and which families are aligned with whom, alongside historical differences, etc. Book is about fine with no flaws of note other than a speck here or there. The bright attractive DJ is preserved in an acid-free protector with flaws limited to sunning to orange hue on spine. A very nice tight, clean copy.…

Hardcover. pp. viii, 326. Octavo. Bound in the publisher's original printed pictorial cloth over boards with bronze lettering to the spine; map endpapers. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece of Lawrence accompanied by various additional full-page black-and-white photographs, portraits, illustrations, etc. An excellent copy: bright, clean and unmarked with firm, sound binding and housed in its original brown slipcase, as issued. Fine. …

Hardcover. pp. xiii, 226. 8vo. Illustraetd teal buckram with black and silver lettering and decoration to spine, and front board. Beautifully illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, illustrations throughout. Fine, and housed in original, near fine, black slipcase.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Week-End Library. 1st thus (1927). 328pp. VG/VG copy, binding square and tight, corners gently bumped, blind address stamp to ffep, jacket lightly edge worn with some minor chipped losses to spine ends, a little toned, now preserved in archival jacket protector.…

Hardback. Condizione: VG. No DW. Reprint. Brown publisher's cloth, lettered in gold. 1943 reprint of the 1936 edition. AN EX LIBRARY SET with typical library marks. Else Set is in very good (or better) condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (2025) GB £9. Packed weight 3200g.…

Hardcover with dust jacket. Both volumes: Wear on all edges of text with browning on upper edge of text; Dust jacket in mylar. Volume II: Slight stain on outer and lower edges of text; Dust jacket slightly stained on lower end of spine. Else good. 674 and 696 pages pp.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good +. New and Definitive Edition. New and Definitive Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes, this very presentable 1943 printing of the New and Definitive Edition of Charles Montagu Doughty's classic travelogue comes illustrated in a frontispiece portrait, 2 large fold-out color maps, and 8 plates, two of which fold-out as well, with an introduction by the book's champion, T. E. Lawrence, who writes of Travels in Arabia Deserta: "I have studied it for ten years, and have grown to consider it a book not like other books, but something particular, a bible of its kind." 10 1/4" X 8". 674pp; 696pp. Bound in brown cloth over boards, with spines lettered in gilt. Very gentle bumping to extremities, with heavier sunning to Volume I. Gift inscription dated 1944 to half-title of Volume I, with penciled bookseller annotations to front pastedown. Bindings are firm and sound. Light scattered foxing to versos of fold-out maps. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable complete, illustrated 1943 set of Charles Montagu Doughty's (1843-1926) classic travelogue of his time spent in the Middle East and among the Bedouins in the late 19th century.…

Brown hardback cloth cover. Condizione: Good. New Edition. G: in good condition without dust jackets. Covers rubbed. Spines faded. Closed tear at fold out map of volume one, no loss. Ownership stamps on prelims and title page. 260mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). 674pp; 696pp + plates & maps. 9 b/w plates (1 fold-out) + 2 fold-out colour maps. New and definitive edition. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.…

2 vols. Large 4to. (25.5 x 19 cm). pp.674; 696. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges brown, others untrimmed, in the unclipped dust-jackets. Title-pages printed in red and black. Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 large folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes (one at the end of each volume). Some light traces of adhesive to jacket and endpapers, generally a very good copy. The second issue of the handsomely produced new and definitive edition published by Cape in 1936. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888, "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence was instrumental in getting the second English edition published and his introduction first appeared in that edition of 1921.…

2 vols. Large 4to. (25.5 x 19 cm). pp.674; 696. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges brown, others untrimmed, in the unclipped dust-jackets. Title-pages printed in red and black. Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 large folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes (one at the end of each volume). From the Library of the late Sir William Whitfield who designed Richmond House, home of the Department of Health, in Whitehall, the Mappa Mundi Museum in Hereford, St Albans Cathedral Chapter House and much more besides. He was also Surveyor to St Paul's. However these volumes not featuring his bookplate. Some trivial light wear to extremities of dust-jackets (one with a few signs of minimal damp to spine), some faint tape residue to endpapers and jackets, generally a very good set. A reprint of the handsomely produced new and definitive edition published by Cape in 1936. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888, "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence was instrumental in getting the second English edition published and his introduction first appeared in that edition of 1921.…

FIRST EDITION THUS. Being the first impression of the new and definitive edition. 2 vols. Large 4to. (25.5 x 19 cm). pp.674; 696. Publisher's original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges brown, others untrimmed. Title-pages printed in red and black. Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 large folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes (one at the end of each volume). Foyle's old booksellers label to front pastedowns. Some fading to cloth, notably along the spines, some light scattered spotting to prelims and edges, generally a very good set. A reprint of the handsomely produced new and definitive edition published by Cape in 1936. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888, "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence was instrumental in getting the second English edition published and his introduction first appeared in that edition of 1921.…

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Indeed. A uniform trio of lavishly illustrated 1920s classics of Garnett, Ovid, and Balzac in first and limited editions, complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers and vibrant Art-Deco era plates. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.A handsome uniform trio of illustrated literary editions compromising:1924 The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales by Richard Garnett. The first illustrated edition.Illustrated with a monochrome lithographic frontispiece and twenty-seven monochrome lithographic plates by Henry Keen. Collated, complete. A collection of Garnett"s rich, imaginative short stories blending folklore, fantasy and learned wit, introduced by T. E. Lawrence.1925 The Love Books of Ovid translated by J. Lewis May. A limited edition, being copy number six hundred and sixty-four of three thousand copies for sale. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, a further fifteen coloured plates, and eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete. A collection of Ovid"s erotic verse, Amores, Ars Amatoria, Remedia Amoris and Medicamina Faciei Femineae, enriched by de Bosschere"s alluring illustrations.1926 Ten Droll Tales by Honoré de Balzac. A limited edition, being number two thousand nine hundred and ninety-four of three thousand copies. With a coloured frontispiece, a further fourteen coloured plates, and eight monochrome plates. Collated, complete. An engaging selection of Balzac"s lighter, humorous short fiction introduced by André Maurois. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Externally, lovely. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Slight shelf wear to extremities. One or two very minor handling marks to boards. Dust wrappers very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping resulting in one or two small chips, closed tears, and creasing to extremities, more so to heads and tails of spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine. Jean de Bosschere; Henry Keen (illustratore). book.…

Leather. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. The second edition of Charles Montagu Doughty's account of his time living in the Middle East in the mid nineteenth century, illustrated throughout. In half morocco bindings. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Only 500 copies of this second edition were produced.'Travels in Arabia Deserta' is a detailed and exciting travel work, documenting the author's travels in the Middle East, where he spent some time in the 1870s living with the Bedouins.This is the author's best known work.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, folding map to the rear, five folding plates, and many in-text and full page illustrations. Volume II illustrated with many in-text and full page illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by Charles Montagu Doughty, an English poet and explorer.With a preface from T. E. Lawrence, the noted British explorer and archaeologist. In half morocco bindings, with cloth covered boards. Back strips age toned, as is common with green morocco. Otherwise, externally fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with instances of light spotting throughout. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

First edition, first impression One of a limited edition of 25 numbered copies signed by the author on the limitation leaf. O'Brien A163-4. Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. Binding rubbed and a little darkened at extremities, a small amount of wear to the head of the spine, uneven tanning to free endpapers. An excellent copy.…

The new and definitive edition, first impression. Doughty's masterpiece was first published in 1888 and is "an unrivalled encyclopaedia of knowledge about all aspects of nineteenth-century and earlier Arabia" (ODNB). Lawrence's introduction appeared in 1921, in the second English edition. O'Brien A017. 2 vols, large octavo (245 x 187 mm). Half-tone portrait frontispiece of Doughty, 8 plates and illustrations throughout, 2 folding coloured maps showing Doughty's routes; title pages printed in red and black. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in brown morocco, spines with raised bands, gilt lettering in compartments, turn-ins ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Foxing to edges and occasionally to contents and folding maps, otherwise clean. A very good set.…