Edward Ardizzone — Diary of a War Artist

London, The Bodley Head, 1974 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of Edward Ardizzone's illustrated account of his life during the Second World War. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated throughout with the vignette illustrations of Ardizzone himself, an English painter, print-maker and war artist, who sometimes signed his work 'DIZ&apos.Beginning with the 1943 invasion of Sicily, Ardizzone's offers a detailed first hand account of the final years of the war, during which he was under the employ of the War Office as a War Artist, sending watercolours to London throughout his service.In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally, fine. Light rubbing to back strip head, with a small number of minor closed tears to tail of rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: Edward Ardizzone. Fine/Near Fine.