Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence (August 1935)
LAWRENCE, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom: a triumph. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.
Second impression, August 1935 (first published for general circulation July 1935; privately printed 1926).
672pp, 4 folding maps, b/w plates, text drawings. 4to, original cloth, gt. Front hinge beginning to crack, but firm. A very good copy.
In his classic book, T.E. Lawrence—forever known as Lawrence of Arabia—recounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab world. At first an Oxford scholar and archaeologist with a talent for languages, he joined and went on to lead the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Turks while the rest of the world was enmeshed in World War I. With its richly detailed evocation of the land and the people Lawrence passionately believed in, its incisive portraits of key players, from Faisal ibn Hussein, the future Hashemite king of Syria and Iraq, to General Sir Edmund Allenby and others, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a towering achievement of both autobiography and military history, as well as a first-rate adventure story.