T. E. Lawrence Copyrights

T. E. Lawrence copyrights

Page 2. How to obtain permission to publish T. E. Lawrence copyright material

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Please note. If you intend to publish in the US and wish to obtain permission to quote from the subscribers' abridgement of Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926, 1935 etc.) or The Mint you should contact the Permissions Dept at Doubleday (RandomHouse). This does not apply to quotations from the Complete 1922 Text of Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1997, 2003, 2004), for which you should apply to the Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust, as below.

Your request should be sent in writing to

Mr. M. V. Carey
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Trust

The Trust address has recently changed, and may soon change again. For the moment, if you need contact details please send us an email.

You should state:

The title, nature, and publication details of the work in which you wish to quote T. E. Lawrence copyright material.
The exact source(s) of the quotation(s) you wish to use, including page references for a printed source.
The text of each quoted passage (unless these are very long, e.g. an anthology extract of a whole letter or chapter from Seven Pillars)
The number of words in each quotation, and the overall total.

If you are need permission to quote copyright material by other English-language authors, you may be able to find the current copyright owner by consulting WATCH (writers and their copyright holders), at:

www.watch-file.com

WATCH also carries useful information on the law of copyright, and links to other relevant websites.