Poems
by Owen, Wilfred
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly sunned and worn, silverfish damage to boards.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly sunned and worn, silverfish . damage to boards.. 1921. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon. Red cloth with printed paper spine label. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Owen with tissue guard. xi, 34pp. Some pages unopened. A collection of Owens poems published posthumously after he was killed in action in France in 1918. The iconic World War I poem Dulce et Decorum est is included in this volume (but is printed on one of the unopened pages.) Verso of half-title notes that For the preparation of this book thanks are primarily due to Miss Edith Sitwell. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42147
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Owen, Wilfred
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly sunned and worn, silverfish damage to boards.
- Edition
- First Edition; Second Printing
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1921
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- World War I Poetry, World War I Poets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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