Cats & Landladies’ Husbands: T.E. Lawrence in Bridlington
74. (Fleece Press) Cats & Landladies’ Husbands: T.E. Lawrence in Bridlington. Introduced by Richard Knowles with a note by Phil Clabburn. Denby Dale. [1995.] 47p. 11″ x 6.25″. Frontispiece tip-in photograph of Lawrence in uniform, 13 tip-ins or reproductions of photographs. Bound in blue cloth. One of 350 regular copies in a total edition of 400. Fine.
“A newly discovered unsigned text, relating to Lawrence’s time in Bridlington testing armoured target boats in the winter of 1934-35,details Lawrence’s daily life in Bridlington (A queer place he wrote, where cats and landladies’ husbands keep me company). It is accompanied by an Introduction by Richard Knowles, F.S.A., which quotes from letters (one unpublished) written by Lawrence during his stay. There will be about eleven tipped-in photographs, including several newly published ones of armoured target boats, and a new photograph of Lawrence in uniform, taken by Ian Deheer, previously unpublished in a book. There will be a note by Phil Clabburn on R.A.F. 206, a seaplane tender restored by him and once worked on by Lawrence when in Bridlington.” - From the Prospectus.
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