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Pp. [98], pictorial headpiece printed in gilt & black, plus 13 full-page black & white captioned photographic illustrations, all with loose tissue guards; med. 4to; gilt-lettered and decorated limp vellum with yapped edges and silk ribbon ties, a trifle marked; t.e.g., others uncut; within card slipcase which is slightly soiled and lightly worn at edges; Corvinus Press, London, 1937. First edition, limited to 203 numbered copies; this being one of 40 copies printed on 'Medway' paper handmade by J. B. Green & Son. O'Brien A194; Nash & Flavell (Corvinus Press) 16. *After graduating from Oxford with a First in history, Lawrence was employed at an archaeological dig in northern Syria. This is the text of a diary he kept during a solitary journey made on foot through Syria during the 1911 'off-season'. The photographs were also taken by Lawrence, and several of them are referred to in the text. The diary is preceded by a poem To T.E.L. written by his late brother, W. G. Lawrence, and followed by three letters written by T. E. Lawrence to his mother during his travels. The headpiece is after a drawing by Eric Kennington.