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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.

8vo. 245 pp. Cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper, very good copy. (93957g).

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.

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.

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

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".

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].

Tall 8vo, blue cloth (spine lightly sunned). London: Faber & Faber 1930. Limited First Edition. No. 173 of 300 signed copies on hand-made paper.

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].