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Sassoon, Siegfried.
Description
- A collection of 21 volumes comprising:
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note
Additional volumes are as follows:
The Heart's Journey. New York: Crosby Gaige / London: Heinemann, 1927, one of 599 copies of which this is one of 590 copies on rag paper, signed by the author, also signed by the writer's future wife ("Hester Gatty | 1928") on front free endpaper, [Keynes A28a], some browning and spotting, some loss to spine; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Gwyer, 1928, number 24 of 260 copies, signed by the author, original buckram, [Keynes A30b], some browning to endpapers, spine faded; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. New York: Coward-McCann, 1929, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Keynes A30c], dust-jacket soiled and worn with some loss; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Faber, 1929, first illustrated edition, original decorated cloth, [Keynes A30d], one plate loose, four additional photographs of pencil drawings, three of which have been laid-down to illustration plates; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Faber & Faber, 1932, reprint, annotated by the author with a small number of corrections ("Misprints (corrected in the 'Complete' edition)" noted on front free endpaper), original cloth, [see Keynes pp.71-72]; Early Morning Long Ago. Chiswick Press, 1941, one of 50 copies, original wrappers, [Keynes A46]; Common Chords. Stanford Dingley, 1950, one of 107 copies, original cloth, [Keynes A54]; Common Chords. Stanford Dingley, 1950, one of 107 of which this is one of seven copies on white parchment, the author's own copy ("This copy belongs to Siegfried Sassoon" printed on page [v] together with the date in Sassoon's hand "17.7.51"), original buckram, [Keynes A54], some adhesive tape marks; The Tasking. Cambridge: University Press, 1954, one of 100 copies of which this copy is lettered "E", original cloth-backed boards, original glassine wrapper, [Keynes A56]; Faith Unfaithful. Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, [1954], single leaf tipped-in to wrappers, [unrecorded by keynes] (two copies); Renewals. Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, [1954], single leaf tipped-in to wrappers, [unrecorded by keynes]; Sequences. Faber & Faber, 1956, one of 25 copies privately printed for the author of which this copy is unnumbered, original cloth-backed boards, cellophane dust-jacket, [Keynes A58b]; Lenten Illuminations. Cambridge: University Press, 1959, one of 35 copies, original buckram-backed boards, original glassine wrapper, [Keynes A60a], loss to glassine; Lenten Illuminations. Bath: Downside Abbey, 1959, one of 200 copies of which this copy is unnumbered, original wrappers, [Keynes A60c]; The Path to Peace. Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1960, number 15 of 500 copies of which this is one of 20 copies on handmade paper, signed by the author, original full vellum, slipcase [Keynes A62b]; An Octave. Shenval Press, 1966, number 81 of 350 copies, original green boards, slipcase; Letters to a Critic. Nettlestead: Kent Editions, 1976, number 371 of 420 copies, original wrappers--Wavell, A.P. Other Men's Flowers. Cape, 1952, "memorial edition", signed by Sassoon "Given me by A.J.W., 8-10-53", original cloth, dust-jacket