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170pp - covers slightly rubbed and soiled/foxed - light wear and chipping to edges and hinges - spine lightly tanned - content edges slightly foxed - Penguin 676 - INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED FOR THIS BOOK - EMAIL FOR DETAILS

Orange bands no 676

Fine H/b [ no insc] in near Fine Slip-Case [ margin fade line to rear open edge, no other defect ] Wrap-around illustrated war hospital scene to cloth boards. Orange end papers.First printed by Faber & Faber our copy is a First Folio edition 1974. Contents;- Rivers, Liverpool & Limerick, Sherston's Diary: 4 Months and Final Experiences. 172pp. 215x145mm approx. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

First edition Folio Society edition. Octavo hardback. 172 pp. Illustrated by John Lawrence. Fine condition in Very Good+ slipcase. No inscriptions.

First Folio Edition / Second Print (first folio published 1974). Hardback copy in pictorial tan cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. No dustjacket as issued. 171pp. B/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations throughout. Housed in brown marbled card slipcase. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (17/3)

1936, First Edition, 280 pp. Hardcover, blue cloth, 8vo., gilt title. Faint sunning and rubbing to spine; slight leant to spine as well. Light foxing to text-blocks; previous owner's erasable pencil note on fly leaf; clean and unmarked text. The final book of Sassoon's most famous trilogy.

Stated first edition. Jacket, in a mylar wrap, has some edgewear and is not price-clipped. Pages clean, but a gift inscription is on the FEP, dated June 23, 1943.

DJ in archival cover chips. 245 pages Stated first edition.

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 PRINTINGS OF ALL THREE VOLUMES OF ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF WORLD WAR ONE LITERATURE. The first volume is by Faber & Gwyer with the second two bearing the imprint of Faber and Faber after the firm name changed. All three volumes in fine condition with dustjackets in near fine condition. The jackets show traces of shelf wear and the spine of Infantry Officer is slightly rubbed; jackets otherwsie clean and intact with original prices. A much nicer set than normally found, particularly the scarce first volume. Sassoon's trilogy of autobiographical novels is not only a masterpiece of Great War Literature but also considered to be one of the finest works of 20th century English literature.