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Military Report on the Sinai Peninsula
The Mint, 1928 text
Translation
The Forest Giant
Letters
T. E. Lawrence Letters series
Correspondence with Bernard and Charlotte Shaw
Correspondence with Henry Williamson
Correspondence with E. M. Forster and others
12 November 2008
T. E. Lawrence
'The Mint' and Later Writings about Service Life
Edited by Jeremy and Nicole Wilson
Introduction by Jeremy Wilson
Large-format fine-press edition printed for subscribers
SPECIFICATION
Edition of 277 numbered copies, of which 200 were offered to
subscribers
Trimmed page-size 282 x 200 mm
x,342 (=352) pages, coloured frontis. printed letterpress
Designed and typeset in 12pt Caslon by Castle Hill Press
Bound by The Fine Book Bindery
Quarter-cloth binding
ISBN: 978-1-873141-56-4 £350.00
150 copies quarter-bound by The Fine Book Bindery with a cream Rohalbleinen canvas spine and grey Fabriano Tiziano boards, to complement the 1997 Castle Hill Press edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 Text. Head and tail bands, place-mark ribbon, endpapers with seaplane design printed letterpress. Issued in a cloth-covered slipcase
Quarter-cloth binding - click on the images below to view them larger in a new window.
Above: copies of the quarter-cloth issue, with a copy of our 1997 Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 Text centre-right, bottom shelf
Above: Title page and letterpress-printed frontispiece
Above left: shown alongside a copy of Jonathan Cape's 1955 edition of the revised text of The Mint. Above centre and right: top and fore-edge, showing the grey-paper section for the Uxbridge chapters (Parts I and II)
Above top: The Uxbridge chapters (Parts I and II of The Mint) are printed on grey paper. Above bottom: The remainder of the book is printed on white paper
Above: endpaper, printed letterpress, showing a seaplane
Above: matching quarter-cloth set: Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 Text (left) and 'The Mint' and Later Writings about Service Life (right)
Quarter-goatskin binding
Out of print
50 copies were bound for subscribers by The Fine Book Bindery in quarter dark-grey goatskin with blue cloth sides
Above: Quarter-goatskin copies of Military Report on the Sinai Peninsula (2008), Towards 'An English Fourth' (2009) and 'The Mint' and Later Writings About Service Life (2009)
Above: Full-goatskin copies (top) and quarter-goatskin copies (bottom)
Full goatskin binding
ISBN: 978-1-873141-55-7 £600
This issue contains 8 pages of additional text.
50 copies (numbered 1-50) bound by The Fine Book Bindery in full dark grey goatskin with raised bands, to complement the 1997 Castle Hill Press edition of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 Text. All edges gilt, head and tail bands, place-mark ribbon, endpapers with seaplane design printed letterpress.
Cloth-covered slip-case.
Above: Full goatskin copies of 'The Mint' and Later Writings about Service Life (centre and right) with the corresponding set of Seven Pillars of Wisdom, The Complete 1922 Text (1997)
Copies 251-275, 'A' and 'B'
There are 25 reserved copies. These contain the additional text found in the full-goatskin copies. Two copies lettered 'A' and 'B' are reserved for the publishers.
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