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Lawrence, Thomas Edward Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph. [London: Privately Printed by Manning Pike and H. J. Hodgson], 1926 4to (10 x 7 3/8 in.; 254 x 187 mm). Decorative initials by Edward Wadsworth (those at the beginning of each book printed in red), 66 plates including frontispiece portrait of Faisal by Augustus John 4 double-page, by Eric Kennington William Roberts Augustus John William Nicholson Paul Nash and others, many colored or tinted, 4 folding colored maps with original linen backing, 58 text illustrations (including 1 colored) by Roberts, Nash, Kennington, Blair-Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and others; "Camel March" closely trimmed touching border. Original rose morocco, gilt-lettered on front cover and spine, by Bumpus, original endpapers by Kennington, edges gilt, in a green morocco drop-box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. [With, in mylar sleeves:] Carbon typed note by booksellers John and Edward Bumpus, 19 June 1927; a 3-page typed account of the printing of Seven Pillars by H.J. Hodgson; and 1-page typed extract of a letter from John Byrne of Bertram Rota Ltd., quoting Lawrence's biographer Jeremy Wilson, to Have O'More, discussing the rarity of this copy.