Selected Preface David Garnett (7 results)

Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. First Edition. London, UK: Jonathan Cape. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1951). First Edition. Cloth. second impression . Sm 8vo., 328 pp., cover rubbed, shelfwear, page toning . Frontispiece (illustrator).

Cloth. Condition: G/NO DUSTJACKET. First Edition. London, UK: Jonathan Cape. G/NO DUSTJACKET. (1951). First Edition. Cloth. Sm 8vo., 328 pp., Gently cracked with faded spine and bumped corners and foxing of end papers . Frontispiece (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Tears, scuffing, creases and dust spotting on cover and spine.

Hardcover. dj. First American edition. pp. 328. Small 8vo. Near fine, in sl. chipped, spine-browned, else vg dj, An excellent introduction to Lawrence through selections from his correspondence and writings. O'Brien A240. photo frontispiece (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Thus. First thus, first printing. 328pp, monochrome portrait plate frontispiece. Crimson cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. Top edge sprayed red. 8vo. Cloth a little discoloured around edges and joints, gently rounded on spine tips and corners. Hint of spotting on fore and lower text block edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original paper dust wrapper, darkened and marked, sunned over spine rubbed around edges, some small mild stains on verso, shelf worn. More than a selection of the writings of T E Lawrence (1888-1935), perhaps better known as Lawrence of Arabia, this is an attempt to present his life as a whole in his own words, and the extracts have been chosen the development of the gifted schoolboy into the genius of warfare and then the recluse who sought respite from the legend he had created. David Garnett contributes a preface which places T E Lawrence in the context of those who knew him best.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. In 4 parts: Patchwork Portraits. Archeology. War and Diplomacy. The Royal Air Force. With Frontispiece. Pages; 328. Height; 20.0 cm. A fine tightly bound copy. Red cloth lettered in gilt. Tanning to end-papers otherwise without markings. The cream colored jacket is bright. Light bruising to part of the edges, 1.0 cm tear to the upper front edge. Priced at 12s 6d. on the inner flap.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. The Essential T. E. Lawrence. Some writing and ticks in margin in pen to some pages. Slight foxing to end inside covers and edge. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Contents: Preface by David Garnett. Patchwork Portrait. Archaeology. War and Diplomacy. The Royal Air Force. Index. Frontispiece. 328 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).…