Search Results: the sherston trilogy memoirs of a by siegfried sassoon

Folio Society, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good condition. Slight foxing on fore and bottom edges of Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man, otherwise all books in Fine condition/Insignificant rubbing on slipcases.

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 & 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.

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'.

London: Faber & Gwyer; Faber & Faber,, 1928-36. A way of life which had gone forever First editions, first impressions, retaining the dust jackets. This lightly fictionalized trilogy details the author's lonely youth, his idle years as a country gentleman, and his military service on the Western Front. The first instalment was readily considered a "classic of its kind - an elegy for a way of life which had gone for ever" (ODNB) and was awarded the Hawthornden and James Tait Black Memorial prizes. "Like Tolstoy's War and Peace, which he was also reading while he wrote his own book, it is the combination of factual detail and direct personal experience vividly rendered that makes Infantry Officer a convincing and compelling picture of war. As he told Ottoline [Morrell], he wanted to give 'a really truthful inner-narrative'. He believed that this had not yet been achieved by an English writer, apart from Blunden" (Wilson, p. 238). Sassoon considered the final instalment, Sherston's Progress, his best.… Read More

London : Faber & Gwyer / Faber & Faber, (1928-1936). A first edition set of the three separately published volumes - "This is fiction, but with a difference - for the author, who wishes at present to remain anonymous, has himself lived the life of a hero" - the first two volumes were published anonymously, the first in an edition of just 1,500 copies. "The most satisfying piece of autobiography to be published in our time. All the equipment of a novelist is Sassoon's. But what novel could equal in fascination this true story? The three books give him a place unique in English letters" (Howard Spring in the Evening Standard, 3rd September 1936). Three volumes. Crown 8vo (183 x 113mm). (396),[iv]; 334,[ii]; 280pp. Bound, without one initial blank leaf, in a handsome recent full navy crushed morocco, banded and gilt; all edges gilt; a couple of tiny marks; mild tanning of outer leaves in one volume, but a very good set.

London: Faber and Faber, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. FIRST PRINTINGS OF ALL THREE VOLUMES OF ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF WORLD WAR ONE LITERATURE. The first volume is by Faber & Gwyer with the second two bearing the imprint of Faber and Faber after the firm name changed. All three volumes in fine condition with dustjackets in near fine condition. The jackets show traces of shelf wear and the spine of Infantry Officer is slightly rubbed; jackets otherwsie clean and intact with original prices. A much nicer set than normally found, particularly the scarce first volume. Sassoon's trilogy of autobiographical novels is not only a masterpiece of Great War Literature but also considered to be one of the finest works of 20th century English literature.

Faber and Gwyer, then Faber and Faber, London., 1928-1936. First editions. Three volumes. Royal octavo. pp 395; 334; 280. Blue buckram covers, top edges gilt. The first volume is partially unopened.Limited editions, each being numbered and signed by the author and printed on handmade paper. The first volume is one of 260 copies, the second one of 750 copies and the third one of 300 copies.The endpapers of the first and third volumes are tanned. Fading to the covers, mainly at the spine, of the first two volumes. A very good set.

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.