The Golden Carpet

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. Hardback, quarter morocco with cloth back boards, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. 25.5cm x 20cm. 128pp. Frontis, maps to end-papers. Number 211 of a limited edition of only 500 copies. Spine slightly faded. Bookplate of George Hugh Recknell to front pastedown only. A wonderful copy. (h6). Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter green morocco and white linen cloth, backstrip evenly faded to brown. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 128 pages 25.5 x 20 cm. Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter in 14pt. Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper. Limited edition, copy 90 of 500. An… Read more about this item

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. Published by permission of the War Office. Pp. 128, frontispiece (reproduction of a bronze bust of the author by Lanyi), endpaper map; cr. 4to; qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, cream art-canvas boards, faintly marked; t.e.g., others uncut; the endpapers a trifle offset, a little light foxing; The Golden Cockerel Press, London,… Read more about this item

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 8" . Not Stated . The first edition of this first-hand account of a World War II campaign in the desert, a signed edition, limited to five hundred copies. The first edition of this work, offering a personal account of a British desert… Read more about this item

Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. One of 30 copies bound in full Morocco and signed by Somerset De Chair. A very good+ copy. Wear to extremities with tanning to spine & some offsetting to boards. Internally deckle edge handmade paper leaves - all in very good+ condition with no inscriptions. Map endpapers original and unsplit. A personal account of a… Read more about this item

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. One of 30 copies bound in full-morocco and signed by Somerset de Chair. Frontispiece, photo of a bronze bust of the author by Lanyi. 128pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound full green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Endpaper map of the Levant-Caspian Front by the author.. Spine shows some, uniform fading. One of… Read more about this item

London, Faber And Faber, (1944).. First Trade Edition; 8vo; pp. 224; map endpapers, frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, fold-out map at read, index; yellow boards, title in gilt on spine, illustrations in gilt on front, bottom of pages uncut, spine and corners bumped, a good copy. O'Brien F0255.

Harcourt Brace, 1945. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: . 252 pages. Bent cover, moderate wear and yellowing; name inside; a good solid book. No jacket. Some illustrations. Illustrated endpapers of "Route followed by Kingstone's column." Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Countries & Travel; Inventory No: 202708. .… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber. 1945. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Yellow boards with title patch to spine. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Maps on Endpapers. Previous owner's name/details to prelims. Bookplate to front pastedown. Fold-out Map to rear. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber. Very Good-; Foxing to surface of book.. 1944. Hardcover. Third impression 1955. Coloured maps on endpaper, foldout map looks as never opened. Index, appendix. 450gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages .

Faber, London. 1944. First one-volume edition. 8vo, 224pp, with black and white illustrations, coloured maps to endpapers and one coloured fold-out map to rear. A good hardback copy in edgeworn and foxed dust jacket with loss to spine ends and screasing to edges. Foxing to fore edges and endpapers.

Faber & Faber, London 1945 Reprint of the 1st trade edn. Hardback without dustwrapper. 8vo pp224. Orig yellow cloth gilt to spine & front board. Somewhat grubby & bumped but sound, contents F, and the foldout map is intact and virtually pristine; eps maps of the WWII campaign routes taken. The author was in Intelligence in the never before… Read more about this item

Harcourt Brace and Co 1945. First US edition octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable.They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1945. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth. About Fine, in lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket by E.McKnight Kauffer. First American edition. 1 vols. 8vo.

Faber, 1946. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1946. Fourth Impression. 224 pages. Dust jacket over yellow cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Pages and plates are bright and clear with mild foxing and tanning to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters with netting slightly exposed but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber [1945], 3rd printing. (Hardcover) 224pp. Good to very good, no dust jacket. Map endpapers, frontispiece, photographs, folding map, appendix, index. Locale: Baghdad; Iraq; Middle East; Palestine; Syria; Trans-Jordan. (World War 2).

Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York., 1945. First U.S. edition. Octavo. pp xvi, 252. Frontispiece. The illustrations include a series of reconnaissance photographs. Endpaper maps. The account of the capture during the Second World War of the city of Baghdad by the hugely outnumbered ''Kingcol'' column for which the author acted as Intelligence Officer.Some tanning to front free endpapers.… Read more about this item

The Golden Cockerel, 1943. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. This is limited edition number 108 of 500 copies made.The boards are shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked. Despite this, they remain strong and square. Internally, there are ink markings on the front end pages, and sporadic, light foxing throughout. Aside from this, the pages within are clean and… Read more about this item

Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 Leather Spine. No. 296 of 500 Copies. Sl. Scuffed. Clean, No Markings. Good

London: Faber & Faber,, 1944. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Original yellow cloth slightly foxed, some perishing to front endpaper, otherwise near very good indeed in a very good, slightly used, price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of edge chips.