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London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is David Garnett's copy with his Hilton Hall heraldic bookplate inside front board of each volume. A very good set of the thesis on military architecture of the crusading kingdoms, submitted in 1910 the original title was "The influence of the Crusades on European military architecture - to the end of the XIIth Century" by T.E. Lawrence, together with a volume of his letters regarding his visits to castles as a young man. Includes folder with two maps. This was published shortly, in fact a year plus one day, after Lawrence's death in 1935 by arrangement with his brother A.W. Lawrence. Printed and published in Great Britain by Christopher Sandford, Francis J. Newbery, and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, 10 Staple Inn, London, and completed on the 20th May 1936. The edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies printed in Perpetua type on…