Somerset de Chair — The Silver Crescent

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. Leather. A limited edition work by Somerset de Chair, recounting his experiences in World War Two, in the binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is numbered two-hundred and twenty-six. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.Somerset de Chair's reminiscences on World War Two, in particular his experiences as a desert campaigner and on the Levant-Caspian front.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and full-paged illustrations throughout. De Chair was a notable author, politician, and poet, known for editing the memoirs of Napoleon. In the original publisher's quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Externally, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Spine is a little faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .