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LAWRENCE (T.E.) Autograph letter signed ("TE Shaw"), to Mrs Scott-Paine, saying it gives him "unholy glee" to tell people that no signed copies of Revolt in the Desert exist, which is "a nasty little book that I had to publish for money reasons, but which I have never ceased to resent", [Hythe, Southampton, 1931-2]; with a copy of the book
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LAWRENCE (T.E.)
Autograph letter signed ("TE Shaw"), to Mrs Scott-Paine, saying it gives him "unholy glee" to tell people that no signed copies of Revolt in the Desert exist, which is "a nasty little book that I had to publish for money reasons, but which I have never ceased to resent"; adding nonetheless: "Very occasionally I am sorry not to sign a copy: and then I scribble a note saying so. That way all parties get something!", 1 page, integral blank, foxed and with paper-clip stain, loose in a copy of the book in question, 4to, [Hythe, Southampton, 1931-2]
Footnotes
'A NASTY LITTLE BOOK THAT I HAD TO PUBLISH FOR MONEY REASONS' – LAWRENCE ON REVOLT IN THE DESERT. This letter is addressed to Brenda Scott-Paine whose husband Hubert was founder and owner of the British Power Boat Company Ltd., responsible for development of RAF high-speed rescue launches. Lawrence, who had come to Calshot in 1929 to help with the Schneider races, had witnessed an ineffectual rescue being effected by a conventional launch that year and had successfully urged that high-speed boats be developed. In consequence he was seconded to Scott-Paine's factory at Hythe and worked closely with him in the development of the 200 Class Seaplane Tender, a 37½ foot vessel capable of 27 knots. While there, he rented rooms from the steward of Scott-Paine's private yacht, but spent a good deal of time at the Scott-Paine's house. In later newspaper clippings, Scott-Paine's wife Brenda describes how the present letter came to be written, and indeed found: 'Lawrence made himself a home in her house because he was free to work uninterrupted at his writings. Although he often came for a meal, he usually settled himself by the fire with a bowl of apples and refused a cooked meal. "Once I produced a copy of his books, 'Revolt in the Desert,' and asked him to autograph it for me," she said. "He said he had never autographed this book for anyone and referred to it as 'a little book I cordially detest.' I put the book back on the shelf and forgot about it. Some time later I took it down to read again and found a note inside..." (The Umtali Post, 30 March 1955).