Louis de Bernieres — A Day out for Mehmet Erbil

London, Belmont Press, 1999. Hardback. A very smart limited edition copy of this illustrated story, doubly signed. A limited edition, bound in charming pictorial boards, with coloured endpapers. This short tale, following two botanists, is fittingly illustrated throughout with a colour frontispiece, colourful floral vignette illustrations throughout, and a single unlisted colour plate towards the rear of the work. No other collation record available, A limited edition; one of 150 cloth copies printed, this being No. 35. Signed by both author and illustrator to colophon. Only 2 records on Jisc. Bound in original quarter cloth and pictorial boards. Externally, very smart. Very mild shelf wear. The odd minor mark to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Very minor creasing to inner page corner towards spine head throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: Eileen Hogan. Near Fine .