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Siegfried Sassoon. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Faber, 1929.
Price: US$7.67 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1929. Eighth Impression. 395 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Book has a smoky odour. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Some creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Some splits to spine ends. Brown and white marks overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Siegfried Sassoon. Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man. Faber & Faber, 1929.
Price: US$26.94 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st printing. 2 edges untrimmed. Binding grubby and marked. End papers toned. Internally fine.
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Siegfried Sassoon. Memoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man. Faber and Faber Limited, 1929.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second impression. Light wear to boards. Faded spine. Bumping to corners and spine ends. Content is aged toned with toning to page ends. No DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Siegfried Sassoon. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber and Faber, London, 1929.
Price: US$38.48 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second impression November 1929. Cream buckram covers with black titles and mounted fox-head motif to front. 7 lithographic plates, no tissue guard sheets. Illustrated endpapers are tanned. LSlight rubbing to spine. Firm binding and sharp corners. Slight fraying to spine ends. Overall Vg+. ISTING PHOTO DOES NOT NECESSARILY MATCH THIS COPY.
Seller: St Paul's Bookshop P.B.F.A., Peterborough, United Kingdom
Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of A Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.
Price: US$49.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. White cloth with lettering to front board and spine, no dust jacket. The corners bumped and the cloth darkened, tear in the cloth at spine head and light offsetting to the endpapers. Clean throughout. Illustrated edition with illustrations by William Nicholson.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sassoon,Siegfried.. Memoirs of a fox-hunting man.. Faber & Faber, London,, 1929.
Price: US$50.71 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Con illustraz.di William Nicholson. cm.15,5x23, pp.296, num.ill.bn.nt.e tavv.ft. NOTA:Scritta a penna e fotografia applicata in antiporta. / London, Faber & Faber cm.15,5x23, pp.296, num.ill.bn.nt.e tavv.ft. leg.ed. Testo in inglese.
Seller: FIRENZELIBRI SRL, Reggello, FI, Italy
Price: US$64.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: British illustrated edition, first printing, 1929. No (glassine) jacket. With illustrations by William Nicholson. All illustrations are present and in very good condition. Missing the tissue guards. Beige boards with worn black lettering to spine and black lettering to front with a design in red/black are only good with numerous marks (especially to back), rubbing to edges, a little pushing/bumping to corners, patchy browning (including to spine), a few small bumps/rubs to edges, a few patches of fading and a little wear (pushing/rubbing/bumping) to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Rough cut page edges and bottoms have the odd small mark/minor foxing. Pages bit tanned. End-papers tanned with previous owner's name in pencil to front end-paper. Few marks/odd spot of foxing to top edge of pages. Few marks to top of inside back board. Occasional small marks/scattered foxing to pages. No other faults. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$76.97 + shipping
Description: hardback, large 8vo, 296pp, owner's name on endpaper, edges and endpapers browning and slight foxing, text clean and binding sound, cream cloth, red and black titles, rubbed at spine ends, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Siegfried Sassoon. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1929.
Price: US$92.36 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cream cloth hard cover with black titles on spine and boards and no significant cover wear. Quite clean interior with 296 untrimmed pages; and illustrated by William Nicholson with 7 black and white plates of which most have a rather frayed tissue guard, and further drawings in the text. This 1st (illustrated) edition 1st printing/impression published in October 1929 is in very good to near fine condition.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Price: US$110.24 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 295, [1] pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; "Limited to three hundred numbered copies. This is number 86. [Signed]: Siegfried Sassoon, W. Nicholson." 37 illus. (1 on title-page, 2 on covers) incl. head- and tail-pieces, col. end-papers and 7 plates. Subjects; Sassoon, Siegfried 1886-1967. Sassoon, Siegfried 1886-1967. 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 ; Fiction. Fox hunting ; Fiction. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 ; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Renards Chasse ; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Fox hunting. Fox hunting ; Fiction. Poets, English 20th century ; Biography. Fox hunting. Great Britain Social life and customs 1900-1918 ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$121.86 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First illustrated edition, first impression. With 7 b/w plates, plus in-text illustrations, by William Nicholson. Cream cloth, black and red titles, fox mask to front, whip to rear, illustrated endpapers in red on white, side and bottom page edges untrimmed. Glassine wrapper, no dj. Condition: Very good. Boards and spine a little grubby. Little edgewear. Glassine wrapper also grimy, with small chips and edge tears, hole to front fold. Feps browned. Internally bright and clean, binding firm. Some of the loosely inserted tissue guards are missing. Size: 9x6in / 23x15cm. 296pp. Weight: 650g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
SASSOON Siegfried. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. faber and faber, London, 1929.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 296pp. 2nd impression. Cream buckram boards with titles and decorations in black and brown to front and spine in unclipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Eps and leading edge lightly foxed. Dustwrapper browned with light wear to extremities and small losses to top and bottom of spine. Textblock and illustrations clean tight and bright. A very nice copy.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
SASSOON Siegfried. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$128.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 296pp. White buckram boards with black and brown illustrations and titles to front and spine. No inscriptions. Boards lightly bumped and tanned. Spine sunned with wear and small discoloration to extremities. Eps lightly foxed. Otherwise textblock and illustrations clean tight and bright. A nice robust copy.
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
SASSOON, Siegfried. Memoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man. Coward-McCann, Inc., 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SASSOON, Siegfried [296] pp. Coward-McCann, Inc. 1929 First American Edition 9" x 6 1/8" w/ illustrations by William Nicholson Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is a novel by Siegfried Sassoon, first published in 1928 by Faber and Faber. It won both the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, being immediately recognised as a classic of English literature. 'Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man' by Siegfried Sassoon is the ever-popular novel featuring the young 'George Sherston', whom we follow through a series of frequently humorous stories and adventures.
Seller: The Cary Collection, Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.35 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition. Octavo. 296 pages. Title-vignette, seven plates in brown, black and grey (with several of the original loose tissue guards), several decorations in the text, pictorial endpapers in red and cover design by William Nicholson. Full cream decorated buckram. Contemporary (1929) gift inscription on verso of half-title page. Small nameplate on front free endpaper. Free endpapers tanned. Spine a bit darkened. Very good. No dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Sassoon, Siegfried,:. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man,. London Faber & Faber, 1929.
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Description: First Edition: Hardback, cream bds., fox face illustration on front bd., black titles, 150 x 230 mm., 800g., 296 pp., illustrated with 7 full-page bw. illustrations with tissue guards by William Nicholson, illustrated eps., previous owner's name on ffep., light foxing to fore-edges, light rubbing to top and tail of spine, no dw., VG copy.
Seller: Stephen Wilkinson Fine Books, Near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, IOW, United Kingdom
Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of A Fox-hunting Man. London, Faber & Faber, 1929, 1929.
Price: US$192.41 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. 296 pages. Near fine cream cloth covers in a fair pictorila dust jacket with loss to the top front panel and spine. Wrapper is unclipped. Internally fine.
Seller: WHITE EAGLE BOOKS, PBFA,IOBA,West London, london, United Kingdom
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Siegfried Sassoon. Faber and Faber, 1929.
Price: US$256.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8th printing 1929. Blue boards, spine sunned (as usual) contents very bright, clean and tight. Lovely book - and rare in this edition. Please contact us for pictures and/or further details – only too pleased to help!
Seller: A Book Is Forever, Pershore, United Kingdom
Siegfried Sassoon. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Faber, 1929.
Price: US$288.62 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First illustrated edition, second impression (November 1929, one month after the first); illustrations by William Nicholson; scarce in dustwrapper. Near Fine: tight and square binding in very sharp and clean decorative boards; some foxing to the edge of the page block, else Fine - very bright, crisp and clean. The unclipped dustwrapper (21s net stated) is Very Good+: foxing to the verso showing lightly to the recto, but generally vibrant; fading to the title box to the spine; rubbed to the spine tips and corners; three short closed tears (no more than 1cm) sealed to the verso with professional mending tissue; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. A handsome copy in excellent condition. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard.
Seller: Bradhurst Fine Editions, Framlingham, United Kingdom
Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of A Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Faber, London, 1929.
Price: US$320.42 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. First illustrated edition. White cloth with lettering to front board and spine. Spine with a faint stain and very lightly bumped spine ends, book clean and tight. Dust jacket not price clipped, with matching stain to the spine, more visible to inside of jacket but still rather light on the surface, with some rubbing to the spine foot, edges a little darkened and with light wear, but overall a very good and clean copy still. Illustrated by William Nicholson.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$481.04 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition. Octavo. 296 pages. Title-vignette, seven plates in brown, black and grey (with original loose tissue guards), several decorations in the text, pictorial endpapers in red and cover design by William Nicholson. Full cream decorated buckram. Pages unopened.Fine in very good dustwrapper with several nicks and a single closed tear at lower edge of upper panel. There are several repairs to the dustwrapper, one of which is unfortunately on the outside at the top of the spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Siegfried Sassoon. Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man. Faber, 1929.
Price: US$641.38 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st Edition 1929. Book is very good++ and very bright. Contents very good. The wrapper is very good++ and bright. Light edge rubbing. Small loss to rear bottom edge. A very bright example. More images can be taken upon request. Ref16901
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$865.86 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition, first printing. Signed Limited edition. Publisher's original vellum with titles and illustration in orange and black to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers, title-vignette, seven plates in brown, black and grey (all retaining their original tissue guard), line drawings throughout the text by William Nicholson. A very good or better copy the binding square and firm with some bumping at the bottom of the spine and a few marks and natural toning to the vellum. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Lacking the pictorial dustwrapper and plain glassine. An attractive example Limited edition of 300 copies, this example numbered 277 and signed in green ink by Siegfried Sassoon and in pencil by William Nicholson on the limitation page. The first volume in the author's celebrated World War One trilogy. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
siegfried sassoon. memoirs of a fox-hunting man. Faber and Faber, London, 1929.
Price: US$891.52 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1929 hardcover with dust jacket and glassine wrapper. Number 179 of 300 copies, signed by Sassoon and Nicholson. The book is in very good condition clean, square and tight. Inscription on bottom of ffep and inside front cover , two of the illustrations in the book are missing the cellophane protector slips. The dust jacket is in very good condition clean and bright. edges and top and bottom of spine are chipped and bumped. see photos.glassine wrapper very good, with chips and tears. see photos.
Seller: edward syndercombe, Pretoria, GAUTE, South Africa
Price: US$1026.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition 1929. First illustrated edition 1929. illustrations by William Nicholson. Ownership card of Mrs Siegfried Sassoon (Hester Gatty) Heytesbury House attached to front endpaper. Includes the uncommon wrapper. Book is very good and quite bright. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and bright. Edge rubbing with small closed tears. Light loss to edges and spine tips. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18263
Seller: Lasting Words Ltd, Northampton, UK, United Kingdom
Price: US$2499.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine condition. Decorated vellum boards with glassine wrapper and jacket. First UK with Nicholson illustrations. 57/300 printed on English hand-made paper, signed by Sassoon and Nicholson. Jacket has light wear along edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author & Illustrator
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2693.80 + shipping
Description: 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Nice clean yellow boards with black lettering, the boards not bowing, very clean rough-cut pages as issued with minimal flecking on the front block, very clean endpapers, in an unusually nice dustjacket, no tears or marks, fractionally paled lettering to the spine, with the inner glassine wrapper present. A very attractive example of Sassoon's famous fictional account of his life before, during and after the First World War, with seven full-page illustrations (with tissue guards) and chapter-heading vignettes throughout by William Nicholson. Signed on the limitation page by Sassoon and Nicholson and numbered 152 out of only 300 copies issued.
Seller: Shellhouse Books, Quinton, Northants, United Kingdom
SASSOON, Siegfried; NICHOLSON, William. MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN. Faber & Faber, 1929.
Price: US$2886.21 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition. Original publisher's white cloth with black lettering, and red and black decorations, in pictorial dustwrapper. Inscribed by Sassoon on the half-title, "Dame Nellie Burton, from SS, Nov 5th 1929". A very good copy, light splash to cover, in a good dustwrapper, a little chipped and worn. Pictorial endpapers. Seven two-tone woodcut plates under tissue guards, and numerous head- and tail-pieces throughout. Nellie Burton met Siegfried Sassoon through Robbie Ross, and had formerly been Ross's mother's maid. At the time of making Sassoon's acquaintance, she was Ross's landlady, housing him on the first floor of 40 Half Moon Street: "She was a huge, forthright woman whom Sassoon came to adore - she called him 'my beloved Saint Siegfried' - and a fierce protector of her 'gentlemen' lodgers" (Egremont). Keynes A30d.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$2886.21 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The First UK printing with the William Nicholson illustrations published by Faber and Faber in 1929. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The decorated vellum boards are very clean having been protected by the original glassine wrapper. Front board has some early bowing. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Number 107 of only 300 copies issued which were Signed by both Siegfried Sassoon and William Nicholson to the limitation page. 7 full page illustrations and headers by William Nicholson. Two of the tissue guards are not present. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Some toning to the spine and edges. Mild edge-wear with a little loss at the upper spine and rear edge. The wraparound wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The scarce plain Glassine wrapper is complete. A very scarce title with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom
SASSOON, Siegfried.. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man.. London Faber & Faber Limited, 1929.
Price: US$3025.00 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition, signed by the author and illustrator on the limitation page, number 13 of 300 numbered copies on English handmade paper; 8vo (231 x 160 mm); 7 lithographed plates, vignette half-title and title-page, head- and tail-pieces, all by William Nicholson, light spotting at extremities; original vellum binding, top edge gilt, others uncut, dust-jacket and scarce glassine wrapper, binding a bit bowed, dust-jacket lightly spotted at extremities with one small nick to upper panel, glassine wrapper creased with some tearing, very good condition overall. Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is Sassoon's lightly fictionalised account of his early years in Kent. It quickly became a literary success, winning the Hawthornden and James Tait Black memorial prizes.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom