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T.E. LAWRENCE AND THE CORVINUS PRESS
Lot 224

LAWRENCE (T.E.)
The Odyssey of Homer, [translated by T.E. Lawrence], LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "G[eorge]. L[loyd]. from T.E.S., 1933" on the front free endpaper, Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers, 1932

19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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LAWRENCE (T.E.)

The Odyssey of Homer, [translated by T.E. Lawrence], LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "G[eorge]. L[loyd]. from T.E.S., 1933" on the front free endpaper, 26 woodcut roundels printed in gold and black including title vignette and headpieces to each of the 24 books, original black morocco by W.H. Smith, gilt-lettered on spine, t.e.g., others untrimmed [O'Brien A144], 4to, Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers, 1932

Footnotes

PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE TO LORD LLOYD, his close companion from the campaign in Arabia. "Bruce Rogers' Odyssey is indisputably amongst the most beautiful books ever produced" (Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers: A life in letters, 1987).

Provenance: George Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Dolobran (1879-1941), presentation inscription from the author. See Lot XXX for relationship between Lloyd and Lawrence; by descent to the present owner.

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