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BENSON-GYLES**, DICK: : THE BOY IN THE MASK: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

IRELAND.DUBLIN.THE LILLIPUT PRESS,2016.

ISBN 9781843516569.

IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black inscrptn: '08.vi.16 Plymouth To David Foster,who loves a good read,with best wishes,(author's) signature' below title on title page and no price-clip (absence of publisher's price) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,monochrome subject and subject's familial biographical photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with blue+b/w lettering to front,yellow+ white lettering to spine; with negligible shelf- wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog- ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain orange cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black/blue ink letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.IRELAND,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xivpp+3-298pp [paginated] includes separate contents+illustrations lists/ tables,a T. E. Lawrence chronology,a foreword by Malcolm Brown,21 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp82/3 and pp146/7 respectively, other contemporary b/w facsimile reproduction illustrations (Middle East maps etc),photographs and genealogical family trees amongst the appendices),appendices 1-7,notes,a bibliography, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title and author SIGNED title page. Was T. E. Lawrence a truly great man or just an unlikely soldier,whose extraordinary exploits in the desert during the First World War made him the perfect hero to restore the battered morale of a nation devastated by the horrors of the Western Front? Whatever posterity's verdict,Lawrence of Arabia continues to fascinate.Each year since his death in a motor-cycle accident in 1935 further biographies have appeared,his legend burnished by David Lean's Oscar-laden film of 1962. The life of this complex,charismatic figure contains all the ingredients of high romance - derring-do,bravery, chivalry,mystery,surprise. His tale is that of a brilliant young scholar, archaeologist and desert fighter,who rose through the ranks from Lieutenant to Colonel in just two years,leading an army of Beduoin to the gates of Damascus.Then,after promoting the Arab cause at the Paris Peace Conference and the Cairo Conference of 1921,he astonished public and friends alike by spurning honours and the prospect of high office to seek obscurity as a humble aircraftman. Dick Benson-Gyles's exhaustively researched biography reveals a remarkable story that throws fresh light on this reluctant hero,on his tortured identity and strangely enduring fame. The author's quest begins in Dublin and rural Ireland during the early 1960s with a lost Anglo-Irish family.It is well known that Lawrence was one of five sons of an Irish aristocrat,who deserted his wife and four daughters to elope with their governess,Sarah Lawrence,to England.Few,however,realize the depth of the shock Lawrence felt on discovering his illegitimacy and antecedents,and the abiding effect that this had on him. The reader is also taken to Arabia,to decipher the identity of S.A.,cryptic dedicatee of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom.',Lawrence's famous account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-18 and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East. This compelling narrative is supported by unique photographs of Lawrence's Irish family and forbears across several generations.Other previously unseen photographs show us Lawrence as a child,his pre-war years in Syria and his service with the RAF at Uxbridge and in Plymouth during the early 1930s. The uncovering of Lawrence's heritage,which led him to consider himself Irish,not English,melds with a reviving concern for the geopolitics of a region now part of a greater European spectrum. 'The Boy in the Mask.' becomes the story of all our yesterdays,demonstrating how the past is always present,and can sometimes determine the future. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to theses destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'08.vi.16 Plymouth To David Foster,who loves a good read, with best wishes,(author's) signature'

BENSON-GYLES**, DICK: : THE BOY IN THE MASK: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]

IRELAND.DUBLIN.THE LILLIPUT PRESS,2016.

ISBN 9781843516569.

IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black inscrptn: '08.vi.16 Plymouth To Rosie,for your father's friend,Dick,(author's) signature' below title on title page and no price-clip (absence of publisher's price) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,monochrome subject and subject's familial biographical photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with blue+ b/w lettering to front,yellow+white lettering to spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain orange cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked black/blue ink letters to spine/backstrip,a black headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.IRELAND,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,vi-xivpp+3-298pp [paginated] includes separate contents+illustrations lists/ tables,a T. E. Lawrence chronology,a foreword by Malcolm Brown,21 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w auto+biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp82/3 and pp146/7 respectively, other contemporary b/w facsimile reproduction illustrations (Middle East maps etc),photographs and genealogical family trees amongst the appendices),appendices 1-7,notes,a bibliography, acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title and author SIGNED title page. Was T. E. Lawrence a truly great man or just an unlikely soldier,whose extraordinary exploits in the desert during the First World War made him the perfect hero to restore the battered morale of a nation devaststed by the horrors of the Western Front? Whatever posterity's verdict,Lawrence of Arabia continues to fascinate.Each year since his death in a motor-cycle accident in 1935 further biographies have appeared,his legend burnished by David Lean's Oscar-laden film of 1962. The life of this complex,charismatic figure contains all the ingredients of high romance - derring-do,bravery, chivalry,mystery,surprise. His tale is that of a brilliant young scholar, archaeologist and desert fighter,who rose through the ranks from Lieutenant to Colonel in just two years,leading an army of Beduoin to the gates of Damascus.Then,after promoting the Arab cause at the Paris Peace Conference and the Cairo Conference of 1921,he astonished public and friends alike by spurning honours and the prospect of high office to seek obscurity as a humble aircraftman. Dick Benson-Gyles's exhaustively researched biography reveals a remarkable story that throws fresh light on this reluctant hero,on his tortured identity and strangely enduring fame. The author's quest begins in Dublin and rural Ireland during the early 1960s with a lost Anglo -Irish family.It is well known that Lawrence was one of five sons of an Irish aristocrat,who deserted his wife and four daughters to elope with their governess,Sarah Lawrence,to England. Few,however, realize the depth of the shock Lawrence felt on discovering his illegitimacy and antecedents,and the abiding effect that this had on him. The reader is also taken to Arabia,to decipher the identity of S.A.,cryptic dedicatee of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom.',Lawrence's famous account of the Arab Revolt of 1916-18 and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East. This compelling narrative is supported by unique photographs of Lawrence's Irish family and forbears across several generations.Other previously unseen photographs show us Lawrence as a child,his pre-war years in Syria and his service with the RAF at Uxbridge and in Plymouth during the early 1930s. The uncovering of Lawrence's heritage,which led him to consider himself Irish,not English,melds with a reviving concern for the geopolitics of a region now part of a greater European spectrum.'The Boy in the Mask.' becomes the story of all our yesterdays,demonstrating how the past is always present,and can sometimes determine the future. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or postage FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

IRELAND,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
'08.vi.16 Plymouth To Rosie,for your father's friend,Dick,(author's) signature'

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