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LAWRENCE (T.E.) - CLOUDS HILL LIBRARY CELLINI (BENVENUTO) The Life... Translated by John Addington Symonds, 2 vol. bound in 1, Ballantyne Press, sold by Hacon and Ricketts, 1900
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LAWRENCE (T.E.) - CLOUDS HILL LIBRARY
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A BOOK FROM T.E. LAWRENCE'S LIBRARY AT CLOUDS HILL, signed by Lawrence with his initials ("T.E.L."). A complete listing of the books held in the library on Lawrence's death was made. This list is reprinted in T.E. Lawrence by His Friends (1937), noting set correctly as bound in one volume, initialled by Lawrence, the correct dimensions (11.5 inches) and that the binder was McLeish. Charles McLeish worked for Riviere, then the Doves Bindery before establishing his own business with his son, Charles Jr. in 1909. When Lawrence was deciding on the different binders to use for the first edition of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom it was to McLeish that he sent more copies of the loose sheets than any other single binder. It is perhaps not too far-fetched to think that Lawrence's admiration for the binding on his copy of Cellini's Life influenced this decision.
With grateful thanks to Richard Knowles, of Rickaro Books, for his input in cataloguing this item. Richard is in possession of a photograph of the interior of Clouds Hill taken shortly after Lawrence's death, showing our copy of Cellini on the book shelves.



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