The Diary of T.E. Lawrence MCMXI

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A Fine example in the superb vellum binding. One of 40 copies on Medway paper of a total edition of 203. Quarto. Original limp vellum, lettered in gilt on front cover, 4 silk ties, original slipcase. A fine copy, the slipcase slightly marked and with a contemporary pencil gift inscription. Apart from the 3 special copies kept by Carlow, which were illustrated with original photographs rather than the collotypes used here, this is the most desirable of the 3 main states. The 130 copies printed on parchment substitute paper were issued in a perfectly attractive half reddish brown morocco, and the 30 Canute paper copies were in a full binding of the same material. Both of these make for fine books, but cannot hold a candle to the full vellum binding on the present issue which, with the lettering in gold makes for an attractive book. ( 292*236 mm). (O'Brien A194. Nash and Flavell 16). The cover title states: The Diary Kept by T.E. Lawrence While Travelling In Arabia During 1911