T. E. LAWRENCE LETTERS TO E. T. LEEDS With a Commentary by E. T. Leeds Edited and with an Introduction by J. M. Wilson With a Memoir of E. T. Leeds by D. B. Harden

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Edizione: one of only 80 copies and a pristine set with the added portfolio. e. t. leeds became assistant to the keeper at the ashmolean museum in 1908, and soon thereafter met lawrence, a young man with a keen interest in mediaeval archaeology. in short order, he would become one of lawrence's most valued friends. these letters, reproduced here as exactly as possible, are especially insightful into lawrence's time at carchemish, the archeological reasons for that excavation, and lawrence's relationship with d. g. hogarth.