Lawrence of Arabia by Julian Biddulph Arnold

Los Angeles: Thomas Perry Stricker, 1935. First Edition. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Signed presentation copy inscribed: “To Miss Florence Cunningham, With Respectful Compliments of Julian B. Arnold, July 1935”. Paperbound booklet. 10 pages.1935. Cover creased at the edges. Minor stains to back cover. Pages clean throughout. Published a month after T.E. Lawrence’s sudden death, the author relates a memorable evening his wife spent accompanying T.E. Lawrence to a lecture he gave in London and a remarkable dinner afterwards at the Savoy that connected (truncated) him back to Arabia. A booklet whose rarity indicates that all copies were not distributed. The author was the son of English poet Edward Arnold. (Inventory #: 16370J)