Somerset de Chair — The Silver Crescent

London, The Golden Cockerel Press, 1943 . First edition. Cloth. Somerset de Chair's limited edition account of his experiences in World War Two, in a quarter morocco binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. A limited edition work, limited to five hundred copies, of which this is number 79.Somerset de Chair's reminiscences on World War Two, in particular his experiences as a desert campaigner and on the Levant-Caspian front.A remarkable first-hand account of the hardships of the Second World War. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and with numerous full page and vignette monochrome illustrations throughout.In quarter morocco signed binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with their stamp to the head of the front free endpaper verso. In a signed quarter morocco binding, with cloth covered boards. Externally, excellent, but with a touch of fading to back strip, as is common with blue morocco. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .