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First Australian Edition. This book is not listed in any of Philip M. O�Brien�s three bibliographies of T.E. Lawrence. Australian publisher, George J. Hicks, made a deal with American publisher, Doubleday Doran, to release Revolt In the Desert in Australia. Using bound books of the second American printing which were shipped to Melbourne, Hicks created his own dust jacket and issued the book. The front panel of the jacket has the title, Lawrence�s name, the classic Augustus John drawing of Lawrence in Arab garb, with George J. Hicks & Co. printed along the bottom edge. The back panel describes the book (using the text printed on the rear panel of the dust jacket of the first American edition, and beneath which is reference to the volume as the �Australasian Edition 15/- Net�. Underneath is printed Hicks publishing information noting offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Wellington, N.Z.� The printed flaps of the dust jacket are most curious. The front flap has the printed text that is found on the front flap of the British first edition as published by Jonathan Cape. The rear flap contains the text of the front flap of the first American edition as published initially by George H. Doran. 16 plates and the map. Some slight mottling to the title page else a very good plus to near fine copy in a very good plus to near fine dust jacket with a tiny bit of dust soiling and a few very tiny nicks and tiny tears. Extremely rare.