Somerset de Chair — The Golden Carpet

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of Somerset de Chair's first hand account of his World War II campaign in the desert. A limited edition work, in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding. Limited to five hundred copies, with numbers 31-500 in quarter morocco bindings. The present copy is bound in quarter morocco, and is no. 451.The first edition of this work, in which Somerset de Chair offers a personal account of a British desert campaign during World War II. The aim of the campaign was to relieve Habbaniya and capture Baghdad.The campaign saved Iraq from German domination. A remarkable first-hand account of the hardships of the desert war. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with maps to the endpapers.In quarter morocco signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp to the head of the front free endpaper verso. In the publisher's original quarter morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent. Back strips age toned, as is common with green morocco. Light spotting to head and fore edge of rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only one or two spots. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .