Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. With Illustrations by Barnett Freedman. [First English Illustrated (Limited) Edition.] 320 COPIES WERE PRINTED
by SASSOON Siegfried
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About This Item
Faber and Faber,, [1931]. 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.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12954
- Title
- Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. With Illustrations by Barnett Freedman. [First English Illustrated (Limited) Edition.] 320 COPIES WERE PRINTED
- Author
- SASSOON Siegfried
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber,
- Date Published
- [1931]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, sassoon, siegfried sassoon, ww1, wwi, great war, ww1 literature, war poets, barnett freedman
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