A Thomas Hardy Title from the library of his long-time friend T.E Lawrence. Better known by his moniker ‘Lawrence Of Arabia.’ Signed by Lawrence "TEL." affixed with his posthumous bookplate. Reprint, London: Macmillan and Co., 1915. Some light toning to the text block, previous owner signature of Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, endpapers slightly spotted, original green cloth gilt, spine faded and rubbed at ends, some light edge wear, 8vo. T.E. Lawrence British archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author best known for his legendary war activities in the Middle East during World War I and for his account of those activities in the legendary autobiography ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom.’ Immortalised in the classic 1962 David Lean film ‘Lawrence Of Arabia’ and used as the inspiration for the Indiana Jones franchise. A title from Lawrence’s library at Clouds Hill is often viewed as the pinnacle of collecting TEL material and they are scarce on the market. With this representing a significant association seldom seen between Hardy and Lawrence. Winston Churchill, after Lawrence’s death stated “The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame.” The company Lawrence craved was that of writers, including George Bernard Shaw, E.M. Forster and Robert Graves. He was particularly impressed with Thomas Hardy, who lived nearby in Dorchester. The contents of the library at Clouds Hill, a small cottage in Dorset where Lawrence lived during the final years of his life, was carefully inventoried after his death and published in 1937 in T. E. Lawrence By His Friends, pp.476-510. This volume is recorded on p190-191 as (“Satires Of Circumstances: lyrics and reveries, T Hardy, London, Macmillan, 1915, 7 1/2 in. “T.E.L).” With this being signed "T.E.L.", it is a book acquired before 1923 since he changed his identity to T.E. Shaw after that date and signed his books TES from then on. T. E. Lawrence was a major collector of literature and his home at Clouds Hill was filled almost exclusively with books. In 1910 he wrote to his mother: "Why cannot one make one's books live except in the night, after hours of straining? And you know they have to be your own books too, and you have to read them more than once. I think they take on something of your personality, and your environment also - you know a second-hand book sometimes is so much more flesh and blood than a new one - and it is almost terrible to think that your ideas, yourself in your books, may be giving life to generations of readers after you are forgotten". An important work by Hardy from the library of one of history's most studied figures.