crusader castles thesis letters von lawrence (7 Ergebnisse)

28,5 x 22,4 cm, Halbleinen. Zustand: Wie neu. Volume 1: 1 coloured title page, 56 pages Volume 2: 1 coloured title page, 62 pages neu und originalverpackt / Modernes Schriftbild / Dissertation of Lawrence of Arabia / Volume 1: 1 coloured title page, 56 pages With many illustrations, plans and sketches, 2 colour-printed 2 coloured folded maps Volume 2: 1 coloured title page, 62 pages With 1 frontispiece and many illustrations, plans and sketches Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1750 Faksimile-Reprint der Ausgabe von 1936 London, The Golden Cockerel Press.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. First Limited Edition. A very good bright set of the thesis on military architecture of the crusading kingdoms, submitted in 1910 the original title was "The influence of the Crusades on European military architecture - to the end of the XIIth Century" by T.E. Lawrence, together with a volume of his letters regarding his visits to castles as a young man. Includes folder with two maps again in bright clean condition. This was published shortly, in fact a year plus one day, after Lawrence's death in 1935 by arrangement with his brother A.W. Lawrence. Printed and published in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery, and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 20th May 1936. The edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies, printed in Perpetua type on British mould-made paper. Two volumes. Bound in 3/4 chestnut morocco binding (Sangorski & Sutcliffe), top edges brightly gilt. A very good tight set with clean binding. Includes the two fold out maps in folder. Maps have no chips, no tears. Altogether a nice bright set of this elusive Lawrence item. See, A History of the Golden Cockerel Press, Cave & Manson for further details regarding the publication. O'Brien A188. Whilst a set, Volume II was actually published two months after Volume 1.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Limited Edition. A very good set of the thesis on military architecture of the crusading kingdoms, submitted in 1910 the original title was "The influence of the Crusades on European military architecture - to the end of the XIIth Century" by T.E. Lawrence, together with a volume of his letters regarding his visits to castles as a young man. Includes folder with two maps again in bright clean condition. This was published shortly, in fact a year plus one day, after Lawrence's death in 1935 by arrangement with his brother A.W. Lawrence. Printed and published in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery, and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 20th May 1936. The edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies, printed in Perpetua type on British mould-made paper. Two volumes. Bound in 3/4 chestnut morocco binding (Sangorski & Sutcliffe), top edges brightly gilt. A very good set with only minoe marking to boards. Includes the two fold out maps in folder. Maps have no chips, no tears. Small neat bookplate of Bent Juel-Jensen in each volume. Medicine and bibliophily frequently go together, but never more so than in Bent Juel-Jensen, most anglophile of Danes, who came to live in Oxford and wrote many articles on bibliography. Altogether a nice bright set of this elusive Lawrence item. See, A History of the Golden Cockerel Press, Cave & Manson for further details regarding the publication. O'Brien A188. Whilst a set, Volume II was actually published two months after Volume 1.

Gr.-8°. Printed and published in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newberry, and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerell Press and completed on the20th May 1936. Limited edition to 1000 numbered copies printed in Perpetua type on British mould-made paper. Number 486. Vol. I: 55 S., 96 Abbildungen, 2 Landkarten im Umschlag und Vol. II: 62 S., zahlr. Skizzen und Abbildungen; Kopfgoldschnitt, in halbrotem Maroquin mit cremefarbenem Stoff, goldfarb. Rückentitel , auf fünf Bünden. Titelblatt Vol. I seitlich gebräunt; Einbandrückseite von Vol. II gebräunt/leicht berieben, sonst gut erhalten (fleckenfrei, ohne Eintragungen etc.) Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies in two volumes, of which this is 'Number 638' (as stated on p.2 of Vol.I). Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, as stated on front pastedowns, in half red morocco with cream cloth, backstrips lettered in gilt with five raised bands, teg others untrimmed. Crown Quarto. Printed in Perpetua type on British mould-made paper. Foreword and Preface by A.W. Lawrence and Mrs S. Lawrence. Bookplate of Michael & Phyllis Staines to front pastdowns. 166 reproductions of drawings, photographs and diagrams, two maps printed in red and black laid down within the original envelope which is lightly foxed, both maps being in Fine condition. Both volumes in Very Good condition, a little overall spotting and soiling to cloth, rubbing to extremities. Faint foxing to rear pastedown of first volume Chanticleer 112.

First edition, number 9 of 1,000 copies, of "the first of the Golden Cockerel volumes of Lawrence's 'literary remains' to be published after his death" (O'Brien). Volume 1 reproduces the thesis Lawrence wrote as an undergraduate at Oxford University in 1910, having gathered much of the material on a solitary walking trek in the Near East in the summer of 1909. Volume 2 contains his letters on military architecture, accompanied by his drawings and photographs, written to his mother during his travels and research in England, Wales, France, Syria, and Palestine. Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press 112; O'Brien A188 & A189. 2 vols, quarto. Half-tone photographic frontispiece in vol. 2, many further illustrations including half-tones, maps, and charts. Vol. 1 with publisher's loosely inserted rear pocket containing 2 folding maps. Title pages printed in red. Original red half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines lettered in gilt, light brown buckram sides, sides and corners ruled in blind, top edges gilt, fore and bottom edges uncut. Housed in a custom brown cloth slipcase. Spines bright, contents fresh, vol. I cloth edges with toning and occasional wear. A very good set.

Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Two volumes. First edition, number 96 of a limited 1,000 copies. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in original three-quarter crushed terra cotta morocco over yellowish-tan cloth. Lacking the laid in pocket and two folding maps it houses. Near Fine with light soiling and toning to cloth, spines faded and lightly worn, contents faintly foxed. Volume I with stain to spine; Volume II with area of front paste down lifted from board. Volume I reproduces Lawrence's undergraduate thesis, written at Oxford University in 1910 with material mostly gathered on a solitary trek on foot in the Near East in the summer of 1909. Volume II contains his letters on military architecture, accompanied by his drawings and photographs, written to his mother during his travels and research in England, Wales, France, Syria, and Palestine.