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The Sherston Trilogy: Memoirs of A Fox-Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, Sherston's Progress in 3 volumes
by Sassoon, Siegfried
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, Limited [Faber & Gwyer Limited] 1928, 1930, 1936. 8vo. First Editions of each volume; 395, 334, 280 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spines, under tan, yellow and blue jackets, not price clipped. A fictionalised autobiography of Siegfried Sassoon, who depicts his life through the upper-middle class George Sherston as he grows up and loses his innocence in the First World War. All three volumes are in very good condition, with only very slight discolouration to edges of boards and minimal wear to jacket edges; internally clean and bright with slight yellowing to endpapers in volume 2 ('Infantry Officer'). Volume 3 ('Sherston's Progress') has ink owner's name on ffep., dated September 1936. An amazing set of independent first editions brought together. . Very Good. Cloth. First Editions. 1928.
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- Bookseller
- Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67252
- Title
- The Sherston Trilogy: Memoirs of A Fox-Hunting Man, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, Sherston's Progress in 3 volumes
- Author
- Sassoon, Siegfried
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Editions
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited [Faber & Gwyer Limited] 1928, 1930, 1936
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 8vo.
- Keywords
- First World War,World War 1,WW1,Siegfried Sassoon,War poetry,War,, Class,First Editions,Anti-War,,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Modern First Editions;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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