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This page is designed as an on-line noticeboard for events that have a bearing on the life of  T.E. Lawrence although not necessarily run by the
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Christies auction The Book Department at Christie's South Kensington, of which I am head, is offering a very interesting Lawrence item in its 13th November sale of Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts (sale 5315, lot 319): a copy of Anna Sewell's 'Black Beauty' containing an inscription by Lawrence ('T.E. Shaw') to a member of the Yarwood family of Northwich in which he discusses his attitude to animals and to motorbikes. "Unfortunately I went off on machines," he writes, "my bike does 96 and goes on for as long as my strength lasts": poignant in view of the fact that the inscription is dated '29.iii.34', not much more than a year before his death. The book carries an estimate of £1,000-1,500. Please see files below for further information. File 1 File 2