LAWRENCE, T. E. - LIDDELL HART, Basil Henry, & Sir Ronald Storrs.

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Lawrence of Arabia. Signed limited edition, number 103 of 128 copies signed by Liddell Hart and Ronald Storrs, inscribed on the front free endpaper "To E. M. Forster, from Carlow. The printer of this book. Nov 22 1936". This copy retains the rare jacket, unknown to O'Brien.The Corvinus Press was established in 1936 by Viscount Carlow, who had formed a friendship with Lawrence in the early 1930s based on a shared interest in book collecting, fine printing, and languages. They had even discussed setting up a private press - a plan that foundered due to Lawrence's premature death. E. M. Forster and Lawrence first met in 1921 at the house of Emir Feisal. Forster was impressed by Lawrence, who was already famous for his exploits in the Arab Revolt. Three years later Siegfried Sassoon asked Forster to read the as-yet unpublished Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which left him so inspired that he wrote a letter of effusive praise to Lawrence: "You will never show it to any one who will like it more than I do: its subject and incidentals suit me: also my critical sense never stops telling me it's fine" (Lawrence, 9). This kindled a friendship that lasted until Lawrence's death, as one of Forster's many queer relationships forged through the intimate exchange of literature. They continued most of their correspondence through letters, discussing and critiquing each other's work, but also visiting in person a number of times. In 1927, Forster dedicated The Eternal Moment and Other Stories, "To

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