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Works by T. E. Lawrence: chronological listing
1. Major works and translations
2. Essays, introductions, and other minor writings
3. Works edited by Lawrence
1. Major Works and Translations, listed in order of completion
(The editions listed contain the most complete or authoritative texts)
The Influence of the Crusades on European Military Architecture - to the End of the
XIIth Century
Lawrence's BA thesis (1910) published as Crusader Castles (first
published 1936). Best edition: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988 (contains additional material by Lawrence
found in no other edition, and an introduction and notes by D. Pringle).
The Wilderness of Zin
By C. L. Woolley and T. E. Lawrence (first published 1915). London, Jonathan Cape,
1936; NY Charles Scribners' Sons, 1936.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
'Oxford text' (1920-2), 334,600 words. Eight proof copies of this draft were printed for Lawrence in 1922 by
the Oxford Times printing works. The text contains important material
omitted from the final abridged version. It was first published by Castle Hill Press in
1997, using a 'best text' edited by Jeremy Wilson from both the manuscript and
Lawrence's corrected copy of the 'Oxford
Times' proof.
Abridged subscribers' revision (privately printed 1926, first published for general
circulation 1935), 250,600 words. Best published edition: London, Jonathan Cape,
1973 (this contains passages omitted
from earlier trade editions, while retaining the dates in the page headlines which were
omitted from later Cape printings).
The Forest Giant
Translation of Le Gigantesque by Adrien le Corbeau (first published 1924).
Best edition: London, Jonathan Cape; Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 1935 (contains the text of the
dedication, omitted from the original edition).
Revolt in the Desert
Abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). London, Jonathan Cape; New York,
George H. Doran, 1927.
The Mint
Manuscript given to Edward Garnett (1927-8). Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran &
Co., 1936 (fifty copies privately printed to secure American copyright).
Revised text (1929-35, first published 1955). Best edition: London, Jonathan Cape, 1973,
also in paperback,
with a preface by J. M. Wilson, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, Penguin Books, 1978.
The Odyssey of Homer
Translation (1928-31, first published in an edition of 530 copies in 1932). New York,
O.U.P., 1932, London, O.U.P., 1935.
The 200 Class Royal Air Force Seaplane Tender, Provisional Issue of Notes
Issued for restricted circulation in 1932, first published in A History of Royal Air
Force Marine Craft 1918-1986 by G. D. Pilborough, Appendix 1b: 'The 200 Class Seaplane
Tender' (London, Canimpex, 1986).
Excludes serials and reprints of articles from one journal in another. Listed under the
date of writing. The reprints noted are the most accessible or authoritative source.
1904
'Playground football'
School magazine contribution, signed 'Goalpost', believed to be by T. E. Lawrence, O.H.S.
Magazine Vol. I, No. 5, March 1904. Reprinted in JTELS Vol. III, No. 1, Summer
1993, pp. 6-7.
'Playground cricket'
School Magazine contribution, signed 'L.ii.', O.H.S. Magazine Vol II, No. 2,
July 1904. Reprinted in JTELS Vol. III, No. 1, Summer 1993, pp. 7-8.
1906
'The bastion'
School magazine contribution, signed 'Two Calcotripticians' [i.e. T. E. Lawrence and C.
F. C. Beeson], O.H.S. Magazine Vol. III, No. 5, February 1906. Reprinted in
JTELS Vol. III, No. 1, Summer 1993, pp. 8-10.
1907
'How to win a scholarship'
Brief contribution by Lawrence to a school magazine article compiled by C. F. C.
Beeson, O.H.S. Magazine Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1907.
1910
Two Arabic folk tales
Privately printed, Corvinus Press, 1937 (30 copies). Translations, written late 1910 or
early 1911 while Lawrence was studying Arabic at Jebail.
1911
Mores Romanorum
Printed in Wilson pp. 93-4. Reprinted in JTELS Vol. III, No. 1, Summer
1993, pp. 10-11.
The diary 1911
Privately printed, 1937. Reprinted with explanatory notes by A. W. Lawrence in Oriental
Assembly, London, Williams & Norgate, 1939. N.Y., Dutton, 1940.
'Vandalism in upper Syria and Palestine'
Letter to the editor of The Times, The Times (London) 9.8.1911. Reprinted
in Wilson pp. 92-3.
1912
'The kaer of Ibu Wardani' [sic]
Jesus College Magazine Vol. I, No. 2, January 1913. Reprinted in JTELS Vol. 3
No. 1, Summer 1993, where the title is correctly printed 'The Kasr of Ibn Wardani'.
1914
Carchemish, report on the excavations at Jerablus . . .
Contains contributions by T. E. Lawrence (written between 1911 and 1922): London, The
British Museum, 3 vols, 1914-52.
Military report on the Sinai Peninsula
Compiled by T. E. Lawrence (originally published for restricted circulation by the War
Office General Staff, Geographical Section, in 1914). A new edition is in preparation.
1916
Arab bulletin (1916-19)
Lawrence edited the first issues, and contributed regularly thereafter. A very small
edition of this secret Intelligence publication was published by the Arab Bureau.
Facsimile edition: Gerrards Cross (Buckinghamshire), Archive Editions, 1986, 500 copies.
Most of Lawrence's contributions have been reprinted elsewhere, notably in Secret
Despatches from Arabia, published in a limited edition in 1939, new enlarged edition,
London, Bellew Publishing, 1991.
1917
Military handbook on Palestine
Unsigned contributions by T. E. Lawrence. There were two or three printings, produced
by G.S.(I), E.E.F. and the Arab Bureau, 1917.
1918
H. Pirie-Gordon (ed): A brief record of the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary
Force
Contains unsigned contributions on the Arab Revolt by Lawrence. (Cairo, Palestine
News, 1918, London, HMSO 1919.
'Release of Damascus'
Palestine News (Cairo) 10.10.1918
'The Arab march on Damascus'
The Times (London) 17.10.1918.
'The Arab campaign: land and sea operations: British navy's help'
The Times (London) 26.11.1918. Reprinted in EOR.
'The Arab epic: Feisal's battles in the desert: on the threshold of Syria'
The Times (London) 27.11.1918. Reprinted in EOR.
'The Arab epic: doom of Turk power in Syria: wrecking the Hedjaz Railway'
The Times (London) 28.11.1918. Reprinted in EOR.
1919
'Demolitions under fire'
The Royal Engineers' Journal (Chatham) Vol. XXIX, No. 1, January 1919. Reprinted
in ETEL.
Diary of the Peace Conference
Printed in DG, pp. 273-4.
'Sidelights on the Arab war'
The Times (London) 4.9.1919.
'The Syrian question'
Letter to the editor of The Times, The Times (London) 11.9.1919.
Reprinted in EOR.
1920
'Secrets of the war on Mecca'; 'The war of the departments'
Daily Express (London) 28-29.5.1920. Reprinted in EOR.
'The Middle East: how we are losing prestige'
Sunday Times (London) 30.5.1920. Reprinted in EOR.
'With Feisal at court and afield', 'Arabian nights and days' (etc)
Extracts from the uncompleted first abridgement of Seven pillars of wisdom,
(1920) The World's Work, Vol. XLII, Nos. 3-6, July - October 1921. Reprinted in EOR.
'A set piece, January 1918'
Extract from the unpublished first abridgement of Seven pillars of wisdom (1920)
Army Quarterly Vol. II, No. 1, April 1921.
'Sherif Feisal, King of the Irak'
Biographical note written in the summer of 1920, The Landmark (London) Vol. III,
No. 10, October 1921. Reprinted in JTELS Vol. III, No. 2, Spring 1994, pp. 6-8.
'France, Britain, and the Arabs'
Observer (London) 8.8.1920, Reprinted in EOR.
'Ferment for freedom'
Daily Herald (London) 9.8.1920.
'Emir Feisal'
The Times (London) 7 and 11.8.1920. Reprinted in EOR.
Mesopotamia: the truth about the campaign'
Sunday Times (London) 22.8.1920. Reprinted in DG and EOR.
'The Egyptian problem'
Observer (London) 19.9.1920. Review of a book of the same title by Sir Valentine
Chirol. Reprinted in JTELS Vol. I, No. 2, Winter 1991-2, pp. 11-13.
'The changing East'
The Round Table (London) Vol. X, No. 40, September 1920. Reprinted in Oriental
Assembly, London, Williams & Norgate, 1939, N.Y. Dutton, 1940.
'The evolution of a revolt'
Army Quarterly (London), Vol. I, No. 1, October 1920. Reprinted in EOR.
Introduction to Travels in Arabia Deserta by C. M. Doughty
London, Jonathan Cape and the Medici Society, 1921. Reprinted in SML.
1921
'If you keep unstained the honour of your house . . . '
Translation of a poem in Arabic by Emir Feisal written in Sir Edward Marsh's
commonplace book and dated 26.1.1921. Published in L. Russell (ed), The Saturday Book
11, London, Hutchinson, 1951.
Preface to Catalogue of an exhibition of Arab portraits by Eric Kennington
Written in Aden, August 1921. London, The Leicester Galleries, 1921. The preface was
later used in an abridged form for a second exhibition held in 1927. It was reprinted in
its entirety in Oliver Brown: Exhibition, London, Evelyn, Adams & Mackay, 1968,
and later in SML. In its abridged form it is included in Oriental Assembly,
London, Williams & Norgate, 1939; N.Y., Dutton, 1940.
1922
'Arabian politics: resignation of Colonel T. E. Lawrence as adviser'
Letter from T. E. Lawrence to Sir J. E. Shukburgh 4.7.1922, published in the Morning
Post (London) 20.7.1922. Reprinted in DG.
1923
'A sea-trip'
Published in Wilson, pp. 715-6.
Dust-jacket blurb for Sturly by Pierre Custot
Written for Jonathan Cape in October 1923, London, Jonathan Cape, 1924. Reprinted in DG
and SML.
1924
Introduction to The twilight of the gods and other tales by Richard Garnett
London, John Lane, the Bodley Head; New York, Dodd, Mead, 1924. Reprinted in SML.
1925
'My estimate of the time required . . . '
Privately printed letter to the subscribers of Seven pillars of wisdom, dated
1.6.1925.
Essay on Flecker
Written about 1925, first published privately in 1937. Reprinted in JTELS Vol.
III, No. 1, Summer 1993, pp. 15-19, and in SML.
1926
'Ramping'
Article signed `J.C.', submitted anonymously to motorcycling journals but rejected,
finally published in Journal of the Royal Air Force College (Cranwell), Vol. XI,
No. 1, Spring 1931. Reprinted JTELS Vol. II, No. 1 Summer 1992, pp. 33-6.
1927
History of seven pillars
Bibliographical note dated 1.1.1927, published in Texas Quarterly Vol. V, No. 3,
1962.
Some Notes on the Writing of the seven pillars of wisdom
Privately printed 1927, reprinted in editions of Seven pillars of wisdom after
1935.
Contribution to Lawrence and the Arabs by Robert Graves
Graves's biography contains extensive contributions and corrections by T. E. Lawrence (see T. E. Lawrence to his
biographer Robert Graves, 1938), London, Jonathan Cape, 1927. American
edition titled Lawrence and the Arabian adventure, Garden City, N.Y.,
Doubleday, Doran, 1928.
[Note on the text of] 'Seven pillars of wisdom'
Now and Then (London) No. 25, autumn 1927.
'D. H. Lawrence's novels'
Book review signed 'C.D.', The Spectator (London) 6.8.1927. Reprinted in ETEL,
SML and in JTELS Vol. I, No. 2, Winter 1991-2, pp. 14-17.
'Mixed biscuits'
Book review signed 'C.D.', The Spectator (London) 19.8.1927. Reprinted in SML
and in JTELS Vol. I, No. 2, Winter 1991-2, pp. 18-19.
'A critic of critics criticised'
Review of the works of Walter Savage Landor signed 'C.D.', The Spectator
(London) 27.8.1927. Reprinted in SML and JTELS Vol. I, No. 2, Winter 1991-2,
pp. 20-22.
'Hakluyt - first naval propagandist'
Book review signed 'C.D.', The Spectator (London) 10.9.1927. Reprinted in SML
and in JTELS Vol. I, No. 2, Winter 1991-2, pp. 23-25.
1928
'The Wells short stories'
Book review signed 'C.D.', The Spectator (London) 25.2.1928. Reprinted in SML
and in JTELS Vol. I, No. 2, Winter 1991-2, pp. 26-30.
Prefatory letter to The Imperial Camel Corps with Colonel Lawrence . . . and,
Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, by D. G. Pearman
Lecture slide notes, with a prefatory letter by T. E. Lawrence received by Pearman on
5.3.1928. London, Newton & Co, 1928. Lawrence's letter published in full in DG.
1931
Foreword to Arabia felix, by Bertram Thomas
London, Jonathan Cape; New York, Charles Scribners' Sons, 1932. Reprinted in SML.
1932
Contribution to No decency left by Barbara Rich [pseud. of Robert Graves
and Laura Riding]
Novel, containing an unsigned description of an imaginary autogyro by T. E. Lawrence
written in April 1931. London, Jonathan Cape, 1932. Lawrence's contribution reprinted in B:RG.
1933
Contributions to 'T. E. Lawrence' in Arabia and after by B. H. Liddell Hart
Liddell Hart's biography contains extensive contributions and corrections by T. E. Lawrence (see T. E. Lawrence to his
biographer Liddell Hart, 1938) London, Jonathan Cape, 1934; New York, Dodd, Mead,
1934, titled Colonel Lawrence, the man behind the legend.
1934-5
'Leaves in the Wind'
Notes, probably destined for a book about the RAF, published in DG.
Prefatory letter to River Niger, by Simon Jesty
Prefatory letter by T. E. Lawrence [to C. J. Greenwood, Jesty's publisher, dated
20.5.1934] London, Boriswood, 1935. Reprinted in SML.
'Myself'
Notes for his own obituary (sent to Robert Graves on 4.2.1935), Evening Standard
(London) 20.5.1935. The full text reprinted in DG and B:RG.
Minorities, edited by J. M. Wilson
Lawrence's commonplace-book of poetry, 1919-27. London, Jonathan Cape, 1971; Garden
City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 1972.
Garroot, Adventures of a Clydeside Apprentice, by Ian McKinnon [pseud. of Ian
Tyre]
Edited for Jonathan Cape by T. E. Lawrence. London, Jonathan Cape, 1933.
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