Lawrence of Arabia by Alistair Maclean: 1962 - rare title - post. incl.

AUTHOR; ALISTAIR MACLEAN, ILLUSTRATED BY GIL WALKER.

(author of 'Guns of Naverone' fame).

Pub; WH ALLEN,LONDON,1962, 1st EDITION.

ISBN; NONE.  SIZE; 220mm X 140mm octavo

THIS BOOK WAS PUBLISHED TO COINCIDE WITH THE ROYAL PREMIERE OF THE FILM 'LAWRENCE OF ARABIA'.  INCLUDED ARE SIXTEEN PAGES OF B & W PHOTOS FROM THE FILM WITH A FRONTPIECE COLOUR PORTRAIT OF PETER O'TOOLE AS LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.  SCATTERED THROUGHOUT ARE THE ENGAGING PEN SKETCHES OF G WALKER.

'LAWRENCE OF ARABIA' IS AN ABSORBING ACCOUNT OF T. E. LAWRENCE'S TIME IN THE DESERT AS HE WAS PLUNGED INTO THE BITTER CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ARABS AND THEIR TURKISH CONQUERORS. AGANST A BACKGROUND OF DESERT WARFARE, ALISTAIR MACLEAN PRESENTS AN UNFORGETTABLE PORTRAIT OF THE GENIUS THAT BECAME THE IMMORTAL "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA".

CONDITION; there is a short neat inscription on the inside of the first flyleaf and a personal EX LIBRIS sticker neatly pasted opposite on the half-title page.   The books pages have yellowed with scattered limited blotching (foxing).   The dust jacket (unclipped) but is bumped along the edges and spine and there are some minor tears, 2mm, at the bottom of the spine and a 3mm tear on the bottom back corner.  The book must have been covered with taped plastic at one stage as the tape residual has come through from the back of the jacket; front , spine and back.  See photo for example on the ' f 'and the ' i ' of the title. Dj otherwise is  good ++, the binding is VG - overall condition is G++.