Hoping this sort of post is allowed as I have no idea where else to turn.
My mother has asked for a very specific version of TE Lawrence’s _Seven Pillars of Wisdom_ for Christmas. She wants one equivalent to the edition her mother owned, even if it’s not the same exact one. It should have:
– the original 1922/1926 text in full (not the abridged 1935 text)
-maps showing Lawrence’s movements in the Middle East and the places he mentions
-various color illustrations
I’ve been doing my best to find a new hardcover version with all these features but the only ones I can find don’t mention maps or illustrations (and reviews often say the books look like they were printed from badly OCR’ed scans). I’ve found a few used copies that fit all the criteria but they’re out of my price range—I can afford to spend maybe $150 at most on both the book and the shipping.
Does anyone have suggestions for how to find this elusive book for my mother? Or, better yet, could anyone who owns a recent-ish copy that matches this description share the ISBN and publisher of their book?
by belladonna_echo