André MALRAUX (1901-1976) Typescript of a text on T.E. Lawrence, marked on the title page "Essai inédit"; title and 15 in-4 pages in hardback folder. This may be a draft preface to The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, beginning as follows: "There were many other things I wanted to do. There was only one, and he knew it. Giving meaning to one's life means subjecting it to a value that is undisputed by oneself" We know that Malraux had undertaken a biography of T.E. LAWRENCE, which remained a work in progress, and was published in 1996 under the title Le Démon de l'absolu in Volume II of the OEuvres complètes in the Bibliothèque de la Péliade. Press clippings about Malraux are enclosed.