T. E. Lawrence, The Mint

PUBLICATION HISTORY

Edition to protect American copyright, 1936

In 1936 The Mint was published by Doubleday, Doran in America in an edition of 50 copies (O'Brien A166). The object was to protect copyright following the sale of the manuscript to an American Collector. The price was deliberately set at a prohibitive level so that no copies sold. This early printing follows the manuscript that Lawrence gave to Edward Garnett in 1928.

Early editions published for general circulation:

Towards the end of his life, Lawrence made detailed revisions to the text. This amended version was published in 1955.

Early English editions

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955, limited edition of 1,000 copies containing the full text (O'Brien A172)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1955, trade edition containing an expurgated text (O'Brien A173)

In 1962, following release of David Lean's film Lawrence of Arabia, Panther books published a paperback edition of the expurgated text.

Early American editions

Garden City, New York, Doubleday, 1955, limited edition of 1,000 copies containing the full text (O'Brien A168)

Doubleday published an American trade edition of the full text in 1957 (O'Brien A 169).

In 1963, Following release of David Lean's film Lawrence of Arabia, an American paperback edition of the full text was published by W.W. Norton (O'Brien A170)

Recent editions

London, Jonathan Cape, 1973 (O'Brien A177). A new edition containing the full text.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1978, 'Penguin Modern Classics' series, containing the full text (O'Brien A178). This was reprinted several times and remained available until about 2000.

Translations

Mønten, Danish translation (København, Det Schønbergske Forlag, 1956, O'Brien A181)

La Matrice, French translation by Etiemble (Paris, Gallimard, 1955. O'Brien A182. Reprinted in other series)

Unter dem Prägestock, German translation by Rolf Schroers (München, Paul List, 1955, O'Brien A185. Reprinted)

L'Aviere Ross, Italian translation (Milano, Garzanti 1969, O'Brien A186. Reprinted.)

El Troquel, Spanish translation by Victoria Ocampo, (Buenos Aires, Sur, 1955, O'Brien A179)

Slagen till slant, Swedish translation by Clas Brunius (Stockholm, Albert Bonniers Förlag, 1955, O'Brien A187)