A TOUCH OF GENIUS. The Life of T. E. Lawrence.
by [Lawrence, T. E.]; Brown, Malcolm and Cave, Julia
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1988. First Edition. With black and white photographs throughout. 4to, bound in the publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and in the pictorially decorated dustjacket. xxii, 233 pp. A pristine and very fine copy. FIRST EDITION WITH REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHS. "Recognized as an exceptional figure in his own lifetime, T.E. Lawrence never ceased to arouse intense interest, and controversy, after his death in 1935...Drawing on a wealth of material, much of it made available here for the first time, A Touch of Genius presents an authentic portrait of the real T.E. Lawrence...What emerges is a credible but still very remarkable Lawrence as opposed to an incredible 'Lawrence of Arabia.'"- Publisher
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32709
- Title
- A TOUCH OF GENIUS. The Life of T. E. Lawrence.
- Author
- [Lawrence, T. E.]; Brown, Malcolm and Cave, Julia
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J M Dent & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
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Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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