1. Add MS 45930
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45930
- Title:
- THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER, translated into English prose by Thomas Edward Lawrence, afterwards (1927) Shaw, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', between 1927 and 1931. Autograph. First published in 1932 by Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers in a limited editon and without the author's name. Although in the author's statement on f. 1 (see below) the present MS. is declared to be 'the fair and final copy, sent to Emery Walker the publisher', comparison with the printed text reveals that innume...
- Scope & Content:
- Thomas Edward Lawrence, afterwards Shaw; called 'Lawrence of Arabia': Homer, 'Odyssey', translated by: 1931.: Autogr. Homer: 'Odyssey', translated by T. E. Lawrence: 1927-1931. includes: f. ii Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Correspondence of G. B. Shaw of Sir Harold Id...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1927-1944
- Extent:
- 1 item