LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). A Letter from T.E. Lawrence to his Mother . [London]: The Corvinus Press 'for Mrs Lawrence', 1936. 4° (287 x 234mm). Initial printed in red. 3 collotype plates after Lawrence printed by the Oxford University Press, retaining tissue guards. Original light brown buckram-backed boards [probably by Sangorski & Sutcliffe], top edge gilt, others uncut, original card slipcase, inscribed by Viscount Carlow 'These books were printed for Mrs Lawrence and are not in general circulation. Carlow' and further inscribed by him 'Medway Copy' (slipcase lightly faded on outer areas). Provenance : Sarah Lawrence (1861-1959, who received copies 2-23 of the 24 numbered copies) -- Bertram Rota, London (loosely-inserted letter offering the volume and letter below to Lionel Dakers). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 30 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 19 OF 12 PRINTED ON MEDWAY AND SIGNED BY CARLOW ON THE COLOPHON. Nash and Flavell 4; O'Brien A192. Sarah LAWRENCE (1861-1959). Autograph letter signed ('S. Lawrence') to Viscount Carlow, The Lacket, Lockeridge, Marlborough, 2 July [1937], 2 pages, 8°. A VERY FINE COPY OF A LETTER WITH SARAH LAWRENCE'S LETTER OF THANKS TO THE PRINTER. A Letter (written on 28 August 1908) describes Lawrence's response to Chartres cathedral, and was thought by David Garnett to be 'the most beautiful and emotional of his early letters' (M. Brown (ed.) The Letters of T.E. Lawrence , London: 1988, p.16). The book was printed for T.E. Lawrence's mother, Sarah Lawrence, in an edition of 24 copies by Viscount Carlow; copy no. 1 was retained by Carlow, no. 24 was given to G.B. and Charlotte Shaw, and copies 2-23 were sent to Sarah Lawrence (Carlow printed a further 6 copies for himself, lettered A-F, which did not include the plates). The letter from Sarah Lawrence (which is quoted in part by Nash and Flavell), thanks Carlow for her copies of A Letter , and praises the production of the book: 'What a perfectly lovely book you have made ... This is too beautiful ... Print & paper & the illustrations are all perfect ... How he [i.e. T.E. Lawrence] would have gloried in what you have done'. 4 of the 24 illustrated copies are in institutional collections (cf. Nash and Flavell). (2)
LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888-1935). A Letter from T.E. Lawrence to his Mother . [London]: The Corvinus Press 'for Mrs Lawrence', 1936. 4° (287 x 234mm). Initial printed in red. 3 collotype plates after Lawrence printed by the Oxford University Press, retaining tissue guards. Original light brown buckram-backed boards [probably by Sangorski & Sutcliffe], top edge gilt, others uncut, original card slipcase, inscribed by Viscount Carlow 'These books were printed for Mrs Lawrence and are not in general circulation. Carlow' and further inscribed by him 'Medway Copy' (slipcase lightly faded on outer areas). Provenance : Sarah Lawrence (1861-1959, who received copies 2-23 of the 24 numbered copies) -- Bertram Rota, London (loosely-inserted letter offering the volume and letter below to Lionel Dakers). FIRST EDITION. LIMITED TO 30 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 19 OF 12 PRINTED ON MEDWAY AND SIGNED BY CARLOW ON THE COLOPHON. Nash and Flavell 4; O'Brien A192. Sarah LAWRENCE (1861-1959). Autograph letter signed ('S. Lawrence') to Viscount Carlow, The Lacket, Lockeridge, Marlborough, 2 July [1937], 2 pages, 8°. A VERY FINE COPY OF A LETTER WITH SARAH LAWRENCE'S LETTER OF THANKS TO THE PRINTER. A Letter (written on 28 August 1908) describes Lawrence's response to Chartres cathedral, and was thought by David Garnett to be 'the most beautiful and emotional of his early letters' (M. Brown (ed.) The Letters of T.E. Lawrence , London: 1988, p.16). The book was printed for T.E. Lawrence's mother, Sarah Lawrence, in an edition of 24 copies by Viscount Carlow; copy no. 1 was retained by Carlow, no. 24 was given to G.B. and Charlotte Shaw, and copies 2-23 were sent to Sarah Lawrence (Carlow printed a further 6 copies for himself, lettered A-F, which did not include the plates). The letter from Sarah Lawrence (which is quoted in part by Nash and Flavell), thanks Carlow for her copies of A Letter , and praises the production of the book: 'What a perfectly lovely book you have made ... This is too beautiful ... Print & paper & the illustrations are all perfect ... How he [i.e. T.E. Lawrence] would have gloried in what you have done'. 4 of the 24 illustrated copies are in institutional collections (cf. Nash and Flavell). (2)
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