Siegfried Sassoon | The War Poems, London, 1919, first edition, signed by the author

Siegfried Sassoon

The War Poems. London: William Heinemann, 1919

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (and scarce thus), 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket, some spotting, binding slightly bumped, dust-jacket slightly discoloured

A very good copy in a very good dust-jacket. Perhaps Sassoon's most complete comment on the war, including the first trade appearance of 12 poems, alongside 64 more of Sassoon's most powerful poems from previous works.

LITERATURE

Keynes A20