The Golden Carpet.

£1,250 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Special presentation copy bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. The march from the Mediterranean to the Tigris to capture Baghdad during WWII. This copy is numbered 5 and therefore is one of the special copies ( nos 1-30) bound by Sangorski Sutcliffe in full green morocco gilt. Numbers 31-500 are bound in quarter morocco. It is also signed by the author and reads For Oliver from Somerset on the limitation page. Limited edition numbered 5 of 30 specially bound copies from an edition of 500. Small 4to (26 x 20 cm), frontispiece portrait, presentation signature from the author in ink on limitation page, binder's stamp on front pastedown, pages uncut, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers; bound in full green morocco by Sangorski Sutcliffe, gilt edged, spine gilt lettered with raised bands, spine faded, housed n cream cloth slipcase, slightly marked and soiled; overall a very good copy. 127pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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