'The Mint' and Later Writings about Service Life. Edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson
Fordingbridge, Castle Hill Press, 2009.
Quarto, xiv, 340 pages with a tipped-in colour frontispiece portrait of Lawrence by Augustus John.
Quarter beige cloth and grey papered boards with a gilt-lettered leather title-label on the spine; small name-stamp (and private library number) on the front free endpaper; a fine copy.
Number 249 of only 277 copies printed for subscribers (the first 77 copies were issued in two deluxe editions). + LAWRENCE: The Mint. A Day-book of the RAF Depot between August and December 1922, with Later Notes by 352087 A/c Ross. London, Jonathan Cape, 1955 [first British edition]. Quarto, [ii], 206 pages. Original quarter morocco and cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, others uncut; covers lightly rubbed and sunned; ownership details as above; an excellent copy. Number 104 of 2000 copies (this limited edition contains the unexpurgated text, while the trade edition omitted many of the profanities). [2 items].
Item #116274
Price (AUD):
$650.00