THE GOLDEN CARPET.
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, 1943. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, on Arnold's mould-made paper. Pertelote 155. *Loosely inserted in this copy is the small broadside Golden Cockerel Press Announcement, describing The Golden Carpet and the forthcoming publication of its sequel, The Silver Crescent. The broadside, which features a floriated initial by Eric Gill, is very slightly foxed. Cock-a-Hoop LXXI. Also inserted is the small printed With Compliments slip of the Secretary R.A.F. Benevolent Fund, Hove, Sussex (which has been typed on); and a small newscutting (review of the book). Item #093466
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