Autograph Letter, signed “T E Lawrence” , to Mr. J. L. Garvin, editor of the Observer, agreeing to talk about the Middle East but declining to write for him

by Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia

$11,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Two pages on a bifolium. 1 vols. 8vo. Old folds, some soiling, two tiny patches of thinning from old adhesion? on first page, a minute strip of cellotape on verso, not affecting signature page. Good plus. Item #366927 Lawrence of Arabia, at the height of his acclaim and celebrity in Britain, treads a careful line in his response to a letter from editor James Louis Garvin 1868-1947 , editor of the Observer newspaper and a leading spokesman for

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