Volume one of a projected three volume set, volume two having been published in 2003. One of 45 copies bound in quarter brown goatskin. Top edge gilt. Slipcase; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 227 pages View More...
Boards a bit browned and with light rubbing to extremities. Former owner's name in front; Seligman was the first critical American reviewer of Lawrence's work; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 76 pages View More...
From around the time of the play "Ross" and the film "Lawrence of Arabia" comes this timely biography ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages View More...
Light shelf wear to DJ. Boards with light rubbing to extremities; Some say the best ever - Lawrence Taylor, noted footballer, has had his ups and downs. Read his candid story here; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 225 pages View More...
DJ shows rubbing with chipping and small closed tears; After having finished Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T. E. Lawrence decided to go 'underground' and enlist in the RAF first under the name Ross, then using Shaw. George Bernard Shaw had just finished Back to Methuselah and was recharging his creative batteries, when, in March 1922, the two men met and formed a friendship that lasted until Lawrence's passing in 1935. Both Shaws are presented here in the context of that friendship; 8vo; 302 pages View More...
Boards with light shelfwear. Hinges have a bit of play. Light foxing to first few pages. Rear fold out map has a bit of marginal wear ; More accessible abridged version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, detailing author's clandestine trip to Mecca; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 446 pages View More...
Slight wear to DJ. Binding could be tighter; Comprehensive source of precise information about Lawrence's published writing as well as critical and biographical works, over one hundred in all. Divided into sections; books written by Lawrence and books written about him ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 724 pages View More...
In worn slipcase which is missing part of the top. Bookplate; Limited to 500 copies printed for Arrow editions November 1938 ; Narrow 4to--10" tall; 95 pages View More...
Boards worn and dampstained. Light fraying to spine ends. ; From the collection of Gloria Vanderbilt, with her name on front endpaper ; 8vo; 318 pages View More...
DJ shows light wear with some browning and small open tears. Very light foxing to fore edge ; INSCRIBED to half-title page. Author Langner has an impeccable pedigree in the theater, having founded the Theater Guild and the American Shakespeare Festival. With his wife he started the respected Westport Country Playhouse and in 1958, won a Tony award for Sunrise at Campobello. In this book, each and every page is full of useful advice to the playwright, although the author rather disdains the recent 'realism' of the theater. Still, anyone who aspires to be or is in fact a playwright should read t... View More...
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. One corner lightly bumped. Light foxing to first and last few pages. Front hinge with a little bit of play; Navy boards with gilt lettering and pictorial design in gilt, olive and yellow. Top edge gilt. 51 Tissue-guarded watercolors by Norman Wilkinson. 10 watercolors of costumes by J. Jellicoe. Among the rarest titles of A&C Black. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 378 pages View More...
Boards faded and discolored with fraying. Rear hinge started. Previous owner's blind stamp to half-title page; The adventures of a peripatetic archaeologist over a period of sixteen years; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages View More...