The Weald of Youth
by Sassoon, Siegfried
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (soiling at edges, marks on spine), gilt spine titling bright; text block
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1942. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (soiling at edges, marks on spine), gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, but forward lean; pages unmarked and crisp. Owner's plate on front pastedown (Douglas Service).. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Siegfried Sassoon, CBE, MC (1886 Ð 1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches, and satirised the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war in his ""Soldier's Declaration"" of 1917, culminating in his admission to a mental hospital; this resulted in his forming a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the ""Sherston trilogy"", in which he branched out into prose, with Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, the anonymously-published first volume of a fictionalised autobiography, which was almost immediately accepted as a classic, bringing its author new fame as a humorous writer. The book won the 1928 James Tait Black Award for fiction. Sassoon followed it with Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) and Sherston's Progress (1936). In later years, he revisited his youth and early manhood with three volumes of genuine autobiography, which were also widely acclaimed. These were the volume offered here, The Old Century, and The Weald of Youth and Siegfried's Journey.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132183
- Title
- The Weald of Youth
- Author
- Sassoon, Siegfried
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, blue clothbound boards (soiling at edges, marks on spine), gilt spine titling bright; text block
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 278
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, autobiography, memoir, war poets, Sassoon, Georgian poets
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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