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LAWRENCE (T.E.)
The Mint. Notes Made in the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922, and at Cadet College in 1925. By 352087 A/c Ross, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 7 OF 50 COPIES PRINTED, Garden City, Doubleday, Doran, 1936

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LAWRENCE (T.E.)

The Mint. Notes Made in the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922, and at Cadet College in 1925. By 352087 A/c Ross, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 7 OF 50 COPIES PRINTED, untrimmed in publisher's half vellum, leather spine label, t.e.g. [O'Brien A166], small folio, Garden City, Doubleday, Doran, 1936

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LAWRENCE'S CONTROVERSIAL ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN THE R.A.F., PUBLISHED IN AN EDITION OF ONLY 50 COPIES TO SECURE COPYRIGHT IN AMERICA. Lawrence had begun taking notes for this projected insider's view of the ranks on joining the R.A.F. in 1922, but the project was set aside when he was dismissed from the Force in January 1923. After publication of Seven Pillars, whilst he was in India, Lawrence reworked his notes and send a draft to Edward Garnett, who circulated copies to Air Marshall Trenchard amongst others. The latter's response led Lawrence to promise not to publish the work until at least 1950, but towards the end of his life he made further revisions with a view to private publication. After his death, the manuscript surfaced in America and was published to protect copyright, at a prohibitive price of $500,000. The present copy is numbered 10UK, presumably meaning one of the 10 theoretically intended for sale in the UK.

Provenance: A.W. Lawrence, inscribed in ink on verso of title "The property of A.W. Lawrence, c/o Tamplin & Co., Solicitors [etc]", and "The property of A.W. Lawrence" on verso of front free endpaper; Warwick James.

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