Cecil Aldin — Time I Was Dead: Pages from My Autobiography

London, Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 1934. First edition. Leather. A smartly bound first edition of this illustrated autobiography from Cecil Aldin, a signed limited edition copy. First edition. Limited to one hundred copies of which this is number forty-three. Signed by the author to the limitation page. Illustrated with colour frontispiece, eight colour plates, sixteen back-and-white plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. An autobiography from British artist and illustrator Cecil Aldin, best known for his paintings and drawings of animals and sports. With chapters on hunting, the war years, theatrical adventures, dogs, and the golden isles. Bound in quarter red calf with red cloth boards. Externally, very smart with minor wear and light bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the first and last few pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Cecil Aldin. Near Fine .