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Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man [with] Memoirs of an Infantry Officer [with] Sherston's Progress. [The 'George Sherston' trilogy complete]. THE 'SHERSTON' TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO

Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man [with] Memoirs of an Infantry Officer [with] Sherston's Progress. [The 'George Sherston' trilogy complete]. THE 'SHERSTON' TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO

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Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man [with] Memoirs of an Infantry Officer [with] Sherston's Progress. [The 'George Sherston' trilogy complete]. THE 'SHERSTON' TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO

by SASSOON Siegfried

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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'.

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George was born into a world of village cricket matches and fox-hunting, but his failing income and the onset of war threatens his way of life. A touching depiction of pre-First World War Britain, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is also a coming-of-age story which follows George from a shy and awkward childhood, through shiftless adolescence, to an officer just beginning to understand the horrors of trench warfare...Written after Siegfried Sassoon's return from the First World War but looking back at happier times, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man was published anonymously in 1928. Already established as a poet, this was Sassoon's first attempt at fiction - and Faber & Faber's first bestseller.

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On Feb 16 2017, a reader said:
First read it I my 20's and have read it every decade since. I am now 79.Says it all

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man [with] Memoirs of an Infantry Officer [with] Sherston's Progress. [The 'George Sherston' trilogy complete]. THE 'SHERSTON' TRILOGY IN FULL MOROCCO
Author
SASSOON Siegfried
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Faber,
Date Published
[1928-1936]
Keywords
modern first editions, modern firsts, sassoon, siegfried sassoon, george sherston, autobiography, fox hunting, hunting, ww1, wwi, great war, war poets, war poetry

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