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Oriental Assembly; Edited by A.W. Lawrence. With Photographs by the Author
by Lawrence, T.E
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1940. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First American edition of Oriental Assembly by T.E. Lawrence.. Octavo, xii, 291pp. Red cloth boards, title in gilt on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Solid text block, dust remnants to top edge, remnants of newspaper clipping on verso of front free endpaper, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.00 retail price on front flap, light soiling to covers, chipping to edges, thin scratch to center of front panel. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Features over 100 photographs by T.E. Lawrence.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12710
- Title
- Oriental Assembly; Edited by A.W. Lawrence. With Photographs by the Author
- Author
- Lawrence, T.E
- Illustrator
- First American edition of Oriental Assembly by T.E. Lawrence.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- TE Lawrence, signed book TE Lawrence, Revolt in the Desert, The Odyssey of Homer Lawrence, Essay on Flecker, Lawrence of Arabia, Seven pillars of wisdom, Oriental Assembly
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Fine
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Copyright page
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