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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.

Faber & Gwyer Limited; London, 1928-1936. Hardcover. Complete 3 Volume Set. First UK Editions. A Fair to Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spines, binding intact, sunning to spines and along board edges, some scattered foxing to board and spine buckram, bit of fraying and crimping to spine edges, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, age toning to pages, some scattered foxing to front and back matters, tear to rear joint buckram of Sherstons Progress also has spine lean and previous owner small bookplate affirmed to front pastedown, without Dust wrapper. A good and overall clean set. 16mo[sextodecimo or approx. 5.25 x 7.5], (Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man) 395pp., (Memoirs of an Infantry Officer) 334pp., Sherstons Progress) 280pp. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.

8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back with raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the third volume of Sassoon's first autobiographical trilogy. Keynes, A40a.

Limited edition, no. 45 of 300 copies, signed by Sassoon. 8vo. 280 pp. Publisher's blue buckram, gilt lettered to the spine, top edge gilt, with the original glassine wrapper. Some sunning and spotting to the spine, very good overall. A deluxe large paper edition published simultaneously with the first trade edition. Keynes, A40, b.

First edition, deluxe large paper issue. One of 300 copies signed by Sassoon, this copy issued out of series. Full publisher's blue buckram, lettered gilt to the spine. A near fine copy, spine slightly faded.

395p,334p,280p octavo, A very good set in very good dust jackets Volume 2 having been aggressively price clipped. Volume 1 nicked on the spine of the jacket, and darkened . The first volume has the "A" on the preliminary leaf indicating 'second issue'

An uncommonly handsome set of Sassoon's celebrated World War I trilogy, one of the great classics of English literature (Fox-Hunting Man was awarded both the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Prize). First Impressions of the three separately published volumes. Crown 8vo (186 x 122mm): 395,[1]; 334,[2]; 280pp. Uniformly bound in publisher's French blue cloth, spines lettered in gold, top edges stained, respectively, saffron, pink, and reddish brown; plain paper dust jackets, all priced 7/6, cream printed in blue (Fox-Hunting Man), pale yellow printed in black (Infantry Officer), and French blue printed in black and red. Fox-Hunting Man: Published anonymously, in an edition of only 1500 copies. Misprint on line 1 of p. 191 ('merey' for 'merely'), but 'platoon' spelled correctly on penultimate line of p. 365. (According to Keynes, the "typographical irregularities have no significance whatever.") End sheeted spotted and offset, spine a touch embrowned, skillfully closed short triangular tear to front panel, else an excellent example, Near Fine or better. Infantry Officer: A superb copy, binding square and tight (lightly read, if at all), contents clean throughout, jacket lightly rubbed to top of spine panel. Sherston's Progress: Another superlative copy, the jacket especially so; certainly unread. Bibliotheca Bibliographici 3701, 3709, 3754. Keynes A30, A33, A40. Falls, pp. 295, 306-07. In the late 1920s, Sassoon turned to the prose sequence that occupied him for nearly two decades, the trilogy published as The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston, in 1937, in which the central character is a lightly fictionalized version of the young author. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

An uncommonly handsome set of Sassoon's celebrated World War I trilogy, one of the great classics of English literature (Fox-Hunting Man was awarded both the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Prize). First Impressions of the three separately published volumes. Crown 8vo (186 x 122mm): 395, [1]; 334, [2]; 280pp. Uniformly bound in publisher's French blue cloth, spines lettered in gold, top edges stained, respectively, saffron, pink, and reddish brown; plain paper dust jackets, all priced 7/6, cream printed in blue (Fox-Hunting Man), pale yellow printed in black (Infantry Officer), and French blue printed in black and red. Fox-Hunting Man: Published anonymously, in an edition of only 1500 copies. Misprint on line 1 of p. 191 ('merey' for 'merely'), but 'platoon' spelled correctly on penultimate line of p. 365. (According to Keynes, the "typographical irregularities have no significance whatever.") End sheeted spotted and offset, spine a touch embrowned, skillfully closed short triangular tear to front panel, else an excellent example, Near Fine or better. Infantry Officer: A superb copy, binding square and tight (lightly read, if at all), contents clean throughout, jacket lightly rubbed to top of spine panel. Sherston's Progress: Another superlative copy, the jacket especially so; certainly unread. Bibliotheca Bibliographici 3701, 3709, 3754. Keynes A30, A33, A40. Falls, pp. 295, 306-07. In the late 1920s, Sassoon turned to the prose sequence that occupied him for nearly two decades, the trilogy published as The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston, in 1937, in which the central character is a lightly fictionalized version of the young author. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

3 volumes. 8vo. Bound in blue buckram with gilt spine lettering. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, volume 2 mostly unopened. Volume 2 and 3 spines sunned, volume 1 spine with heavier fading. Light browning to the endpapers of vols. 1 and 3. Ink name to endpaper in volume 3. Limited edition set, each book numbered and signed by Siegfried Sassoon. Limitation runs 231/260; 386/750; 158/300.A very good set.