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The War Poems.
by SASSOON, Siegfried
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- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann,, 1919. A collection of the author's best known war poems First edition, first impression. Collects a number of the author's best known war poems and much previously unpublished work. This in many ways is Sassoon's key poetical statement on the war. The volume includes 63 poems of the war, most written while Sassoon was in hospital recovering from his injuries. "Sassoon's savagely realistic and compassionate war poems had established his stature as a fully fledged poet, and despite all his later prose and verse, and his growing aversion to the label, it was mainly as a war poet that he was regarded for the rest of his life" (ODNB). 12 of the poems included appear in print for the first time here, the others having been published in two previous collections: The Old Huntsman (1917) and Counter-Attack (1918). Small octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, white morocco title label to spine and front board lettered in black, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, dark green endpapers, top edge gilt. A fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 151880
- Title
- The War Poems.
- Author
- SASSOON, Siegfried
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- London: William Heinemann,
- Date Published
- 1919
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Peter Harrington
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London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...