T.E. Lawrence / Robert Graves - Revolt in the Desert & Revolt in the Desert - 1927





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Two first UK edition hardbacks from Jonathan Cape (1927): Revolt in the Desert by T. E. Lawrence (20 × 15 cm, frontispiece and plates, original buckram, good) and Lawrence and the Arabs by Robert Graves (18 × 15 cm, frontispiece, original buckram, good).
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1 "Revolt in the Desert" by T.E. Lawrence - Jonathan Cape, London - 1927 first UK edition, first printing - 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original buckram binding, some rubbing and soiling to spine, frontispiece and plates present
2 "Lawrence and the Arabs" by Robert Graves - JOnathan Cape, London - 1927 first UK edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some rubbing to boards, frontispiece present and ill.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918.
It was completed in February 1922 but first published in December 1926.[1] It was originally published for the US market in 1927 as Revolt in the Desert and is the only version that was commercially released while he was alive. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1935) is a longer form of the book at almost double the page count and released to the international market
1 "Revolt in the Desert" by T.E. Lawrence - Jonathan Cape, London - 1927 first UK edition, first printing - 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original buckram binding, some rubbing and soiling to spine, frontispiece and plates present
2 "Lawrence and the Arabs" by Robert Graves - JOnathan Cape, London - 1927 first UK edition - 18cmx15cm - condition: good, some rubbing to boards, frontispiece present and ill.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of British Army Colonel T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") while serving as a military advisor to Bedouin forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire of 1916 to 1918.
It was completed in February 1922 but first published in December 1926.[1] It was originally published for the US market in 1927 as Revolt in the Desert and is the only version that was commercially released while he was alive. Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1935) is a longer form of the book at almost double the page count and released to the international market

