SASSOON Siegfried. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. With Illustrations by Barnett Freedman. [First English Illustrated (Limited) Edition.] 320 COPIES WERE PRINTED. Faber and Faber, [1931], 1931.

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Description: 8vo., First Edition thus, on English hand-made paper, with coloured frontispiece, monochrome vignettes on title and half-title, 15 coloured plates, numerous monochrome illustrations and decorations in the text and coloured pictorial endpapers; parchment over pictorial designs and lettering, gilt top, uncut, parchment lightly clouded and chipped (without material loss) at head and tail of backstrip else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 320 COPIES (300 FOR SALE) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST (THIS COPY NO. 248). The publisher's dustwrapper and slip-case are not present with this copy. Keynes, A33e.

Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom

SASSOON, Siegfried.. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. By the Author of Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man.. London Faber & Faber, 1931.

Price: US$3025.00 + shipping

Description: Limited edition, number 48 out of 320 copies signed by the Author and the Illustrator; 8vo; 15 colour plates by Barnett Freedman, fore-edges to four leaves crudely cut but not affecting text, otherwise fine; publisher's pictorial vellum, top edge gilt others untrimmed, pictorial dust-jacket, mild fading to spine and head slightly bumped, original slip-case, edges rubbed, especially on corners, otherwise an exceptionally good and clean copy. Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), one of the major First World-War poets, was exceptionally courageous on several occasions and in consequence was decorated for his bravery. This novel is a fictionalised account of Sassoon's experiences during and immediately following the First World War; it was an instant success, eclipsing his earlier work, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, and remains a literary classic of the period.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom