Crusader Castles by Lawrence, First Edition (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Thus. pp XIII, 226. 1st printing. An unread book in a fine condition slipcase - lower face marked.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A good clean copy of this book with a likewise slip case.

Condition: Very Good. 2010. First Edition Thus. 226 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Blue cloth with decorations and slipcase. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages are bright and clear with no visible markings. Boards have light edgewear with corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor markings to panels.

Hb. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Joe McLaren (illustrator). Second Printing. Dark turquoise buckram on boards, printed silver & black castle design & title by Gavin Morris. Frontis: b/w photograph of T.E. Lawrence. Nice clean glossy contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 226p Box slipcase: NF: dark green.Light dusting of a little rubbings. Solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. 1936. Number 228 of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 4to., titles printed in red, collotype frontispiece in volume 2, collotype and line facsimiles, illustrations, maps and plans after Lawrence in the text, many full-page, some colour-printed. 2 fine folding maps after H. Pirie-Gordon contained in envelope. Original red crushed half morocco over cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Handsome set. The classic text on Crusader castles and their relation to the military architecture of the West, written by T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) while still an undergraduate at Oxford in 1910. His thesis was to guarantee him a first-class degree in Modern History. The original title was "The influence of the Crusades on European military architecture - to the end of the XIIth Century" by T.E. Lawrence, together with a volume of his letters regarding his visits to castles as a young man. This was published shortly, in fact a year plus one day, after Lawrence's death in 1935 by arrangement with his brother A.W. Lawrence. Lovely tight and clean copies. Bright gilt titles and bright leather. Boards relatively clean (they are often a little grubby). Very good plus, of this scarce and coveted and seminal Lawrence work. Direct orders welcome.

FIRST PRINTING. FINE COPY IN VERY GOOD SLIPCASE. INTRODUCED BY MARK BOSTRIDGE.SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Black and white illustrations. Introduction by Mark Bostridge. First edition thus. Fine in a fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo.pp.xiii + 226 = photographs and plans.Bound in blue decorated cloth in black slipcase. The classic text on Crusader castles and their relation to Western military architecture was written by T.E. Lawrence in 1910. After 100 years it was republished, being the doctoral thesis of the great Lawrence of Arabia. Ex Libris A. Rousseau.

First edition. Quarto: Two volumes / Vol. 1: The Thesis: [118] pp. / Illustrations / Vol. 2: The Letters: 96 pp / Illustrations / 2 maps laid in pocket at end / one of 1000 copies / half morocco over cloth boards, gilt lettering spines, upper edges gilt / very good condition / (96812).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 2 volume set. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 3/4 red morocco over beige cloth, raised bands, top edge gilt. Good binding. A small pen worm hole. Lacks the 2 folding maps. Minor spotting to end pages. This is the first printing of Lawrence's undergraduate history thesis of 1910. In this work, Lawrence argues that the Crusaders, after seeing the fortifications built in the Middle East, went back to Europe to build their own battlements along the same lines. Numerous castle plans and photos. The second volume includes an introduction by Lawrence's mother and reprints his letters to her. Includes additional ephemera, including early photographs of castles/country scenes. Chanticleer 112. O'Brien A188.

First edition, number 9 of 1,000 copies, of "the first of the Golden Cockerel volumes of Lawrence's 'literary remains' to be published after his death" (O'Brien). Volume 1 reproduces the thesis Lawrence wrote as an undergraduate at Oxford University in 1910, having gathered much of the material on a solitary walking trek in the Near East in the summer of 1909. Volume 2 contains his letters on military architecture, accompanied by his drawings and photographs, written to his mother during his travels and research in England, Wales, France, Syria, and Palestine. Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press 112; O'Brien A188 & A189. 2 vols, quarto. Half-tone photographic frontispiece in vol. 2, many further illustrations including half-tones, maps, and charts. Vol. 1 with publisher's loosely inserted rear pocket containing 2 folding maps. Title pages printed in red. Original red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, light brown buckram sides, sides and corners ruled in blind, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut. Housed in a custom brown cloth slipcase. Spines bright, contents fresh, vol. I cloth edges with toning and occasional wear. A very good set.