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London: Faber & Faber, 2017. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, 334 pages, pages tanned, near fine in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.

London, Faber, 1954.. 314pp. 8vo. Original cloth in very slightly silver-fished dustwrapper A very good copy. . An elegant production.

Folio Society,, [1971. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and illustrations in the text; pictorial cloth, gilt back, green top, green endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's slip-case.

[London]: The Limited Editions Club, 1977., 1977.. Very good. - Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 7 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in brown cloth with a gilt device stamped on the front cover and backed with a red leather spine titled in gilt. The book is housed in a peach slipcase titled in gilt on its spine. The top edge is gilt. The slipcase is soiled and the head of the book's spine is lightly bumped. 284 & [2] pages plus the colophon, illustrated with black and white textual illustrations and 8 color plates by Paul Hogarth. Near fine in a very good slipcase. Number 368 of a limited edition of 1600 copies. The book was printed at The Curwen Press, London. It was illustrated with lithographs by Paul Hogarth and is SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

Folio Society, 1974. ~TITLE CONTINUES: With an Introduction by Sir Alan Lascelles and Drawings by Lynton Lamb & John Lawrence. ~Vol I is 3rd impression thus, Vols II and III are 1st editions thus. With three fine slipcases. No ownership marks. No dustwrappers as issued. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Hardback. Fine. 21.5 x 14cm. Binding sound, text unmarked.

London: The Folio Society, 1993.. Three volumes. 8vo. Publisher's beige pictorial cloth, gilt lettered red spine panels, top edges red, red slipcase, gilt lettered to one side. Black and white illustrations. Some fading and a few marks to the case, else very good.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1977. Hardcover. Fine. Paul Hogarth. Bound in publisher's original quarter red leather with brown cloth. Spine and cover stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Publisher's original slipcase in peach colored paper with some insect damage to extremities. One of 1600 numbered copies signed by Paul Hogarth.

Folio Society,, 1971-74. 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), 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… Read More

London: Faber and Gwyer / Faber and Faber [through 1936], 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. 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… Read More

Faber,, [1928-1936]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; handsomely bound in uniform burgundy full crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame borders, backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant set of first editions of Sassoon's 'fictitious' autobiography in which his story is told by 'George Sherston'.

Faber,, 1928-1930-1936. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, free endpapers lightly browned as often; original blue buckram, gilt backs, gilt tops, uncut, backstrips lightly sunned (but all gilt wholly bright and legible), a very good, bright, clean set. EDITIONS LIMITED TO 260/750/300 NUMBERED COPIES RESPECTIVELY, ALL SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (THESE COPIES NOS. 181, 201, 242 RESPECTIVELY). Sassoon's classic fictional autobiographical trilogy comprises: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1928), Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) and Sherston's Progress (1936). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Keynes, A30b, A33b, A40b respectively.

The First UK printing with the William Nicholson illustrations published by Faber and Faber in 1929. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The decorated vellum boards are very clean having been protected by the original glassine wrapper. Front board has some early bowing. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Number 107 of only 300 copies issued which were Signed by both Siegfried Sassoon and William Nicholson to the limitation page. 7 full page illustrations and headers by William Nicholson. Two of the tissue guards are not present. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition. Some toning to the spine and edges. Mild edge-wear with a little loss at the upper spine and rear edge. The wraparound wrapper artwork looks very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The scarce plain Glassine wrapper is complete. A very scarce title with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.