Eric Linklater — Private Angelo

London, Privately Printed [for Sir Allen Lane and Richard Lane], 1957. Hardback. A limited private printing of this comic World War II novel from Scottish author Eric Linklater. This privately printed edition limited to two thousand copies, printed at Christmas 1957 for Sir Allen Lane and Richard Lane. In the original paper covered boards. Printed on India paper, with illustrated endpapers designed by David Gentleman.'Private Angelo' follows the (mis)adventures of an Italian soldier during World War II, opening with the Italian armistice of 1943. It was written and first published in 1946 by Scottish author Eric Linklater and later made into a 1949 film produced by and starring Peter Ustinov. This book is stated as being the first to have been produced in Great Britain by means of photocomposition on the Intertype Fotosetter. In the original paper covered boards. Externally, very smart, with minor handling marks to the boards and a mark to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .