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Memoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man : Signed By Siegfried Sassoon And William Nicholson : With The Original Wrapper And The Glassine Wrapper: Illustrated by Sir William Nicholson
by Sassoon, Siegfried
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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.
Synopsis
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.
Reviews
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 111111111162
- Title
- Memoirs Of A Fox-Hunting Man : Signed By Siegfried Sassoon And William Nicholson : With The Original Wrapper And The Glassine Wrapper
- Author
- Sassoon, Siegfried
- Illustrator
- Sir William Nicholson
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1929
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art, Nicholson, Sassoon
Terms of Sale
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
Biblio member since 2015
Market Harborough, Leicestershire
About Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB
We trade as a family-run internet business in Market Harborough in the heart of the Midlands. We have over 10 years experience of collecting and selling a range of genres, specialising in iconic modern fiction and children's titles. Please feel free to browse our website: www.ashtonrarebooks.com. All items are fully described and if any reasonable discrepancy is noted on arrival to the customer, a full refund including payment for return to us will be made. Items over £250 may be paid for in instalments subject to agreement- however, all books remain the property of Ashton Rare Books until the full balance has been paid. Please contact us at : les@ashtonrarebooks.com if you are looking for a particular title or require further assistance.We are full members of the PBFA, ABA and ILAB.
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Erasures
- Erasures indicates marks where someone has removed bits of text or content from a book. In Book Arts, erasures can also mean a...
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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