TITLE: The Mint
SUBTITLE: A Day-book of the R.A.F. Depot between August and December 1922 with later notes by 352087 A/c Ross
AUTHOR: T E Lawrence
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1955
EDITION: First English Edition
NUMBERED: 1585 from a limited edition of 2000
NO.OF PAGES: 206
BINDING: Publisher's blue morocco-backed buckram morocco boards in original printed card slip-case. Printed on fine laid paper with marbled endpapers, deckle edges, top edge gilt..br.SIZE [WITH SLIPCASE]:
Height: 26.5 cm
Width: 21 cm
Depth: 3.5 cm
"The Mint" was written by T E Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia. It concerns the period following the First World War when Lawrence decided to disappear from public view. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force under an assumed name and became Aircraftman Ross.
Lawrence's "The Mint" is a memoir of his experiences as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. Working from a notebook he kept while enlisted, Lawrence wrote of the daily lives of fellow servicemen and about his feelings towards the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Lawrence stated that the book should not be published until after his death. When "The Mint" was finally published posthumously in 1955, edited by his brother Prof. A W Lawrence, there were two editions - the expurgated edition and a limited edition containing the full uncensored text.
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