The pages of the text are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are solid, and the spine is square and tight. The slip case has one tiny bump, but is otherwise clean and undamaged. Book appears new/ unread, and is in excellent condition inside and out. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
VG/VG-. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (spine slightly canted & lightly discoloured, edges a little rubbed, faint prev. owner's details to FFE, a few spots to outer leaves, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed with wear to extremities and some fraying, backstrip & foldovers a little soiled); pp. 280. A very good copy in the uncommon dustwrapper, quite presentable.
First Edition. 280 pp. Blue cloth in jacket, not price clipped. Slight discolouration to spine and edges of boards. Jacket is yellowed at edges and spine, with light rubbing to edges, small loss to head of spine and chips to top corners. Generally internally clean with one or two marks. Final book of Sassoon's semi-autobiographical trilogy. 12mo.
Signed by Author. 280 pages. Name inside the front cover is marked out. Some staining and wear to the covers. Pages are yellowed, a strong cigarette smell inside else a good solid reading copy. No jacket. Limited edition signed and limited, numbered 19/300. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 225134.
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man [with] Memoirs of an Infantry Officer [with] Sherston's Progress. [The 'George Sherston' trilogy complete]. With an Introduction by Sir Alan Lascelles. [Illustrated by Lynton Lamb and John Lawrence]. NEAR FINE SET OF THE SHERSTON TRILOGY
SASSOON Siegfried
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man [with] Memoirs of an Infantry Officer [with] Sherston's Progress. [The 'George Sherston' trilogy complete]. With an Introduction by Sir Alan Lascelles. [Illustrated by Lynton Lamb and John Lawrence]. NEAR FINE SET OF THE SHERSTON TRILOGY
SASSOON Siegfried
Publisher: Folio Society, 1971-74
Date published: 1971
Format: Hardcover
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with three frontispieces and very numerous illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth, gilt backs, coloured tops and endpapers (green/brown/terracotta respectively), one case split at top edge else a near fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. Comprises 'Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man' (ill. Lynton Lamb; 1971), 'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer' (ill. Lynton Lamb; 1974) and 'Sherston's Progress' (ill. John Lawrence; 1974). First editions of one of the most successful recent publications from the Folio Society. All three volumes have been several times re-issued individually and again as a 'boxed set' in 1993. Crisp set of Sassoon's 'fictitious' autobiography (first published 1928-30-36) in which his story is told by 'George Sherston'. The acclaimed trilogy was later published in a single volume as 'The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston' (1937) and subsequently complemented by further volumes of autobiography in his own name. COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE SCARCE.
Octavo, 280pp. Full blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First published in September Mcmxxxvi" on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to corners, sunned spine, faint toning to endpapers. Publisher's advertising slip laid in at front. In the publisher's dust jacket, 7s. 6d. retail price on front flap. Sunning to spine, faint dampstain to top corner. This is the final volume in Sassoon's trilogy of fictional autobiographies from the point of view of George Sherston, a World War I veteran.
First edition, proof copy. 8vo., original printed wrappers. London, Faber and Faber. With the colophon leaf from the large paper issue, but printed on resolutely small paper. Advance Proof, Publication date September 3, Price 7/6".
Pp. 280; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards slightly canted and lightly foxed, edges slightly rubbed and with a couple of tiny bruises, the spine cloth lightly faded; top edges brown; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of tiny chips, the backstrip browned; with the publisher's wrap-around (Evening Standard book of the month, recommended by the Book Society and by the Book Guild); book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown, bookseller's stamp on upper free endpaper, some foxing (heaviest on edges of leaves); Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1936. First [trade] edition. Keynes A40a. *With publisher's postcard loosely inserted. Third volume of the Sherston trilogy, following Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
Complete with uncommon "Evening Standard" wraparound band [as originally issued]. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Blue boards with gilt titles. Brown topedge as issued. Pale blue typographical dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. Some light occasional spotting to leading textblock edge. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper has lightest edgewear with no chipping or tearing. Some dusting to panels with some tiny occasional spots. Wraparound band in fresh and clean condition. Original price of 7s6dnet to front flap. An attractive copy. Third & final volume in Sassoon's classic trilogy of the complete memoirs of George Sherston from aristocratic upbringing, war hero to anti-war martyr and wounded veteran.
First edition. 12mo. 280pp. Blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt and publisher's postcard laid in. Near fine with some toning to the boards, couple small bumps and light wrinkle to the rear board in near fine lightly toned dust jacket with the uncommon publisher's wraparound band light faded at the spine. The story of George Sherston, the semi-autobiographical figure, also featured in Sassoon's *Memoirs of Fox-Hunting Man* and *Memoirs of an Infantry Officer*. [Keynes A40a].
First edition. 12mo. 280pp. Blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt and publisher's postcard laid in. Near fine with some toning to the boards, couple small bumps and light wrinkle to the rear board in near fine lightly toned dust jacket with the uncommon publisher's wraparound band light faded at the spine. The story of George Sherston, the semi-autobiographical figure, also featured in Sassoon's *Memoirs of Fox-Hunting Man* and *Memoirs of an Infantry Officer*. [Keynes A40a].
Pp. 280; tall demy 8vo; blue buckram, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards faintly soiled and rubbed, top corners a trifle bruised, lower board flecked; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1936. First limited edition, being one of 300 numbered copies on hand-made paper, signed by the author. Keynes A40b. *Third volume of the author's trilogy, following Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
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