[LAWRENCE, T.E.]--HART and STORRS | Lawrence of Arabia, 1936, no. 9/12 copies

From the Library of Alan Milne
[LAWRENCE, T.E.]

HART, B.H. LIDDELL AND SIR RONALD STORRS. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. THE CORVINUS PRESS, MAY 1936

4to, first edition, LIMITED ISSUE, ONE OF 24 SPECIALLY MARKED COPIES FOR THE AUTHORS, printed on Barcham Green "Medway" paper, of which THIS IS COPY NO.9 OF 12 PRINTED FOR HART, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS (out of a total edition of 128), additionally inscribed by Hart on the colophon ("It has been given by him, as a token of long and intimate friendship, to J.J. Stone BH Liddell Hart"), inscribed on front free endpaper by Jessica Liddell Hart ("To Victor Pater | with all good wishes | from Jessica Liddell Hart..."), original half tan cloth gilt with mottled boards, top edge gilt, the others uncut, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, remains of jacket, acetate, slipcase

This work includes reprints of speeches given by Hart and Storrs at Foyle’s literary lunch held at Grosvenor House on 18 June 1935 commemorating Lawrence (he had died on 19 May). Hart’s speech is entitled ''Lawrence. 'The Artist in War and Letters'''; Storrs’s was ''Lawrence. 'Himself.'"

LITERATURE:
O'Brien E101; Nash and Flavell 2

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