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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Glynn Boyd Harte; Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First edition. A beautiful set of first, limited editions, Visiting Dieppe by Edward Ardizzone and A Weekend in Dieppe by Glynn Boyd Harte, celebrating two author-illustrators" vibrant reflections on Dieppe. In the publisher's original quarter cloth bindings with pictorial paper boards, housed in a blue cloth slipcase.These copies are both first, limited editions of these works celebrating two parallel visits to Dieppe, thirty years apart. This set consists of:Visiting Dieppe by Edward Ardizzone, with an introduction by Lynton Lamb. This copy is a limited edition being number sixty one of on hundred and twenty five numbered copies. It features Ardizzone"s signature charming and expressive line drawings, capturing the character and atmosphere of Dieppe with warmth and wit.A weekend in Dieppe by Glynn Boyd Harte is also a limited edition, this being copy number fifteen of just 100 produced. Signed by the author on the colophon, it showcases Harte"s vibrant and evocative color lithographs, offering a visually rich and affectionate portrait of the seaside town. In the publisher's original quarter cloth bindings with pictorial paper boards. Externally, lovely. One or two very slight handling marks to the boards of "Visiting Dieppe". The slightest rubbing to extremities. Slipcase smart, with the odd slight handling mark and very minor rubbing. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. "A Weekend" signed by the author on the colophon. Near Fine. signed by author. book.