![]() ![]() The authorities who rejected him can be forgiven, for not even Lawrence himself had guessed that he added, to the unusual combination of archaeologist, philosopher, diplomat and student of military affairs, the genius of a surpassing leader of irregular cavalry. Lawrence's knowledge of Arabic and the Arabian peoples brought him a commission as a subaltern in the Intelligence Service of the British command at Cairo. "Rejected as physically unfit for military service, T. A fine copy in a fine publisher's slipcase. pictorial cloth covers designed by Edward Bawden, spine lettered in gilt. Lawrence and others and sketches by Edward Bawden, map endpapers showing Lawrence's Desert Campaigns, orig. Lawrence, 13 other illustrations including photographs by T.E. ![]() 8vo., viii, 326pp., photographic portrait frontispiece of Colonel T.E. ![]()
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