The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
Heinemann, 1919.
First edition. Publisher's bright red cloth, title labels to upper cover and spine, in the original orange dustwrapper printed in red. A bright, near fine copy, with a contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpapers, in a very good dustwrapper indeed, the spine a little toned, with some wear to the extremities.
An attractive copy of one of the most significant collections of poetry to come from the First World War. 2,000 copies were published on 30th October 1919. In a letter of that December, Sassoon described the book as "a tract against war".
Keynes A20.
Stock ID: 45982
£2,000.00
