Mount Batten R.A.F. Station: 1933. Autograph letter, signed. This is an original, autograph signed letter dated 2 March 1933 from T. E. Lawrence to his friend and fellow writer Henry Williamson. The 125-word letter entirely in Lawrence’s hand is fascinating in multiple respects, penned at Mount Batten R.A.F. station, providing... More
Castle Hill Press, 2016. First edition. Full leather. This is the first and limited edition of the first version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom intended for general publication. It was prepared in autumn 1922 by T. E. Lawrence and his literary mentor and friend, Edward Garnett, abridged from the 1922... More
Castle Hill Press, 2016. First edition. Full leather. This is the first and limited edition of the first version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom intended for general publication. It was prepared in autumn 1922 by T. E. Lawrence and his literary mentor and friend, Edward Garnett, abridged from the 1922... More
Manor Farm, Andoversford, Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press, 1988. First and limited edition. Full Nigerian Goatskin. This is the strikingly beautiful and scarce full Nigerian goatskin issue of the 1988 Whittington Press edition, hand-numbered copy “XLII” (42 for you non-Romans) of only 80 issued thus. This contents are printed on “a... More
Salisbury, England: Castle Hill Press, 2003. Quarter goatskin. This is the finely bound, first one-volume limited edition of the full 1922 'Oxford' text from Castle Hill Press, the premier editors and fine press publishers of material by and about T.E. Lawrence, founded by Lawrence’s official biographer, Jeremy Wilson (1944-2017). Of... More
London: Corvinus Press, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is the extraordinarily beautiful 1937 Corvinus Press limited first edition of The Diary of T.E. Lawrence, which has been called “the most ambitious and handsome volume published by the Corvinus Press.” The edition was bound in quarter brown leather over beautifully speckled... More
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1935. Leaflet. This is an original publisher’s prospectus for one of the most anticipated publications of the twentieth century - the 1935 publication of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which occurred just six weeks after T. E. Lawrence’s death at age 46 in a motorcycle accident. This... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1933. First edition, first printing. Full leather. This first edition, first printing set is inscribed in Volume I in the month of publication to Churchill’s close friend and artistic mentor, French painter and “last of the Impressionists” Paul Maze. The four-line, inked half-title... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. This is a U.S. first edition set of the first two volumes of Churchill’s Marlborough in the first state dust jackets and publisher’s slipcase. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher chose to split the first... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1933. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of the first volume of Churchill's Marlborough, the most elusive volume to filling a first printing set. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of his great ancestor, John Churchill, the... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd. 1938. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, only printing of the fourth and final volume of Churchill's Marlborough. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of his great ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was initially conceived a.... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the penultimate volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times, the U.S. first edition in the scarce and distinctive first state dust jacket. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher chose to... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed U.S. first edition of the sixth and final volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times, the U.S. first edition, only printing, a particularly clean copy, suitable for helping fill a superior U.S. first edition... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is the penultimate volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times, the U.S. first edition, only printing, a particularly clean copy, suitable for helping fill a superior U.S. first edition set in the uniform issue blue and gold... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed U.S. first edition of the third volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher chose to split the first two volumes into two... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed U.S. first edition of the second volume of Churchill's Marlborough: His Life and Times. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher chose to split the first two volumes into two... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd. 1938. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, only printing of the fourth and final volume of Churchill's Marlborough - a premium copy suitable for filling a superior first edition set. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of his great... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1934. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, second printing of the second volume of Churchill's Marlborough. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of his great ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was initially conceived a full 40... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1934. First edition, third printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, third and final printing of the first volume of Churchill's Marlborough, notable not only for being a jacketed copy, but also for being a previously unknown binding variant. Winston Churchill's... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. This is a U.S. first edition set of the first two volumes of Churchill’s Marlborough in the first state dust jackets. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher chose to split the first two volumes into... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1936. First edition, only printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, only printing of the third volume of Churchill's Marlborough - suitable for helping to fill a jacketed first edition set. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of his great ancestor, John Churchill... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. This is a jacketed British first edition, first printing of the second volume of Churchill's Marlborough. Winston Churchill's monumental biography of his great ancestor, John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, was initially conceived a full 40... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. This is a U.S. first edition set of the first two volumes of Churchill’s Marlborough in the first state dust jackets. The British first edition was issued in four volumes. The U.S. publisher chose to split the first two volumes into... More
London: Macmillan and Co. 1894. John Lockwood Kipling. First edition. Hardcover. This is a compelling set of British first editions of perhaps Kipling’s most famous works – the first and second Jungle Books. These copies were previously owned by Churchill’s friends and publishers, Frank and Nelson Doubleday, and apparently used... More
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1906. First edition. Hardcover. This is a magnificent copy of the British first edition in the exceptionally scarce dust jacket. Puck of Pook’s Hill is Kipling’s abidingly English collection of ten stories and sixteen poems, informed by English history and animated by English mythology, for... More
