T.E. LAWRENCE: The Selected Letters by Lawrence, T.E - 1989

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Edited by Malcolm Brown. Two maps. First American edition. Approximating the closest work to an autobiography by the enigmatic British military hero, archaeologist, and writer, this collection of 470 letters written between 1905 and 1935 includes correspondence by T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) to Lady Nancy Astor, Robert Graves, E.M. Forster, John Buchan, Winston Churchill, Bernard Shaw, and Shaw's wife, Charlotte, the confidant with whom Lawrence revealed a great deal about his feelings concerning women and sexuality. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.