The large volumes measure 11.25 x 9 inches. The production value is excellent and aesthetically appealing. Castle Hill first published a three-volume limited edition of 752 sets of this Oxford Text. Lawrence's annotated copy of the 1922 Oxford Times printing. Castle Hill Press took this text from the manuscript in the Bodleian Library and T.E. The 1922 'Oxford Text' - a third longer - would not be published in an edition available to the public until this 1997 edition. But the text released to the world as 'Complete and Unabridged' in 1935 and which became so famous is, in fact, a significantly abridged version.

It was only in the summer of 1935, in the weeks following Lawrence's death, that the text of the Subscribers' Edition was finally published for circulation to the general public. To recover the loss, Lawrence finally authorized an edition for the general public - but one even further abridged, titled Revolt in the Desert. The process cost Lawrence far more than he made in subscriptions. In 1926, a further edited 250,000 word 'Subscriber's Edition' was produced by Lawrence - but fewer than 200 copies were made, each lavishly and uniquely bound. Nonetheless, Lawrence was unready to see it distributed to the public. George Bernard Shaw called it 'a masterpiece'. In 1922, a 335,000 word version was carefully circulated to select friends and literary critics - the famous 'Oxford Text'. This punishing burst of writing was followed by an equally brutal process of editing by Lawrence. At a fever pitch, Lawrence wrote a new 400,000 word draft in 1920. He nearly completed a massive first draft in 1919, only to lose it when his briefcase was mislaid at a train station.

Lawrence famously resisted publication of his magnum opus for the general public during his lifetime. Lawrence's (1888-1935) remarkable odyssey as instigator, organizer, hero, and tragic figure of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, which he began as an eccentric junior intelligence officer and ended as 'Lawrence of Arabia.' This time defined Lawrence with indelible experience and celebrity, which he spent the rest of his short life struggling to reconcile and reject, to recount and repress. Seven Pillars of Wisdom is the story of T. The publisher s slipcase, which typically scuffs and soils easily, is bright and clean, with only incidental scuffing. The jackets are now protected beneath removable, archival quality clear covers. The dust jackets are crisp and complete, with only a few incidental spots of trivial soiling. The volumes are pristine, appearing unread. This set s limitation page is hand-numbered '739' by the publisher. This edition marked the first time that Lawrence's full text was made available to the public since its original circulation to a select few in 1922. This is an as-new set of the three-volume Castle Hill Press limited edition of the full 1922 'Oxford' text, one of 752 sets total and 650 issued thus.

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