[Item #59934] The Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence and His Brothers. T. E. LAWRENCE, Winston Churchill, introd, Thomas Edward, ed M R. Lawrence.

The Home Letters of T.E. Lawrence and His Brothers

New York: Macmillan, 1954. First American Edition. First printing (from British sheets). First state, with title page a cancel, in the original Blackwell dustwrapper and with the Blackwell imprint in gilt at base of spine. Octavo. Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xvi,731pp; illus. Light bumps to board corners; spine crown slightly pushed, still a tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (with £3.3s. net at base of front flap, as issued), slightly discolored at margins and with some staining to spine panel, about VG.

A selection of mostly pre-War letters, selected and edited by Lawrence's brother M.R. Lawrence; includes also letters written by brothers Frank and Will, both of whom died in WW1. Winston Churchill's "Allocution" appears as a foreword; it was originally written in 1936 as a speech at Oxford High School. O'BRIEN A247.

Price: $125.00

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