The Old Century and seven more Years. [With a title-vignette by Reynolds Stone]. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
by SASSOON Siegfried
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber & Faber,, [1938]. 8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, endpapers very lightly spotted; original cloth, gilt back, green top, an unusually bright, clean copy. This 'daisy of a book' was Sassoon's personal favourite of all his prose works. It is dedicated to Max Beerbohm who materially assisted Sassoon by punctuating the text at proof stage. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Keynes, A42a.
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- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12950
- Title
- The Old Century and seven more Years. [With a title-vignette by Reynolds Stone]. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
- Author
- SASSOON Siegfried
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber,
- Date Published
- [1938]
- Keywords
- modern firsts, sassoon, autobiography, biography, sherston, ww1 literature, war poets, reynolds stone, siegfried sassoon, modern first editions, old, century, seven, more, years
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