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LAWRENCE, T.E. Letters to E.T. Leeds with a commentary by E.T. Leeds ... with a memoir of E.T. Leeds by D.B. Harden , edited by J.M. Wilson, Andoversford, Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press, 1988. 2°, title printed in brown and black, mounted half-tone frontispiece, illustrations after Richard Kennedy and Lawrence, 9 full-page, those after Kennedy printed in red, 6 plates of half-tone illustrations after Lawrence and others (pp.53, 56 and 49 duplicated in place of pp. 57, 60 and 61), original black nigerian goatskin by The Fine Bindery, the upper cover inlaid with a design after Kennedy, suede pastedowns, t.e.g., additional suite of 10 signed proofs of the illustrations after Kennedy loose in portfolio as issued, 12 mounted photographs after Lawrence and others, original wrappers, all contained within a folding box. FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 6 OF 20 WITH ADDITIONAL PROOFS AND PHOTOGRAPHS. LAWRENCE, T.E. Letters to E.T. Leeds ... , Andoversford, Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press, 1988. 2°, title printed in brown and black, mounted half-tone frontispiece, illustrations after Richard Kennedy and Lawrence, 9 full-page, those after Kennedy printed in red, 6 plates of half-tone illustrations after Lawrence and others, original nigerian goatskin gilt by The Fine Bindery, the spine titled in gilt, the upper cover with a gilt design after Kennedy, t.e.g., others uncut, additional suite of 10 proofs of the illustrations after Kennedy loose in portfolio as issued, both contained within a slipcase. FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 73 OF 80 WITH ADDITIONAL PROOFS. An interesting series of fifty-three letters from Lawrence to Leeds (the Assistant to the Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford), dating from 1909 to 1935, and relating principally to archeological matters. (2)