sir oliver leese siegfried sassoon (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. A very good copy in a good dust jacket of the first edition of this collection of verses by members of the 8th Army 1943-4. Dust Jacket: green paper with whit lettering and red design to front and spine and Harrap logo to rear; bright and clean; no fading; some rubbing to all edges and loss to all front corners; not price clipped (now protected). Cover: purple cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spine; in very good condition for its age; no fading; very clean and bright; few signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly bound; neat gift inscription to front fly leaf, dated 1945; no other markings, inscriptions or book plates; perhaps slight darkening to page edges; slightest bump to small section of front edges; otherwise in very good condition for its age. 92 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 91, [1] pp., 8vo, full dark blue crushed morocco, gilt spine title, t.e.g., foredge untrimmed. Mounted on the upper cover is a portion of the silk ribbon from the Italy Star medal, a military campaign medal awarded to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Italian Campaign from 1943-1945. The volume contains 72 poems by 47 writers. They were among 596 entries submitted in poetry competitions, all written in Italy (including Sicily) during the first nine months of the campaign. No. 108 of a limited edition of 110 copies only; SIGNED with full signature by Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), one of the soldier poets of the Great War. A very good, well-preserved copy; contents fine, some offsetting from turn-ins onto facing blanks, spine darkened, hinges rubbed, a touch of rubbing and darkening to some cover edges.