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First edition

Revolt in the Desert

'T. E. Lawrence'
George H. Doran Company, 1927. 1st american edition, first printing.
$45One copy · this copy
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RCB-16e2e7b9aa5e
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-16e2e7b9aa5e · 10 photographs of this copy
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First American edition, George H. Doran Company, New York
examined on the copy in hand
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Title page dated MCMXXVII (1927)
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Copyright page states 'FIRST PRINTING IN AMERICA, MARCH, 1927'
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Copyright, 1926, 1927, by George H. Doran Company
examined on the copy in hand
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Doran GHD colophon and code '—B—' at foot of copyright page
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Brown cloth boards, camel-caravan colour endpapers, Lawrence portrait frontispiece
examined on the copy in hand
✓
True world first is the London Jonathan Cape edition of the same year
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
fraying/wear to head and tail of spine
see it — photograph 2
2
bumped and rubbed upper corner of front board with exposed board
see it — photograph 1
3
foxing and staining to endpapers and title/half-title area
see it — photograph 5
4
toned/soiled page-block edges
see it — photograph 10
5
sunning/soiling to cloth
see it — photograph 1
6
pencil annotations to front endpaper
see it — photograph 3
This copy
First edition

What a true first shows: The true world first is London: Jonathan Cape, March 1927. This copy is the first AMERICAN edition, George H. Doran Company, New York, 1927, whose first printing is identified by the line 'FIRST PRINTING IN AMERICA, MARCH, 1927' on the copyright page.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.