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Collection of various proofs, from unknown stages of the 1926 edition of Seven pillars of wisdom. Includes: Proof of p. 161, inscribed on back: "T.E. Lawrence Seven Pillars. Proof by Grabhorn for Rothchild. Given to me by David Mager[?] Sept. 14, 1940. Proof pages for 75-76, 85-86, 89-91, 109-110, 123-124 (include drawings by Wm. Roberts), colored proof portrait of Rear Admiral William Henry Dudley Boyle (ms. inscription on back: Rear Admiral W. E. H. [sic] Boyle, from a portrait by Eric Remmington). 2 proof illustrations. Proof page of lay-out with Kennington illustration and text, with ms. notation possibly by Kennington.
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In the run-up to publication of Seven Pillars in Britain in 1926, when he hired a private printer to make his book, Lawrence felt the urgent need to avoid the book being pirated in the USA. He therefore arranged to have the text printed there in an edition of 22 copies in order to establish copyright protection. Two books were sent to the Library of Congress to establish publication, and copies nominally offered for sale on the publisher's list - but to deter purchase however, they were priced at $20,000 each. In fact 28 copies were made - none of them sold - and the book tells the complex, intriguing story of the publication, while also tracing the history of each copy.
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