LAWRENCE, T. E. - GRAVES, Robert, & Liddell Hart.

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T. E. Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves. First US edition, signed limited issue, number 419 of 1,000 copies. These works collect Lawrence's correspondence with two of his most famous biographers.The letters contained in these two works span 1920-35, revealing Lawrence's close connection with his biographers and his attempts to carefully control his reputation. The corrections to both Graves's and Liddell Hart's manuscripts take the form of strikethroughs and additions in italics, showing both Lawrence's attention to detail and his skill as a writer. Other matters are also discussed, such as Lawrence's opinions on the publication of I, Claudius (pp. 174-79 in Graves). The frontispiece in Graves is based on a pen-and-ink sketch he bought at the Caledonian Market.Robert Graves published the greatly successful biography Lawrence and the Arabs in 1927. Liddell Hart published his biography T. E. Lawrence in Arabia and After in 1934.

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