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SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967). Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. London: Faber & Faber, 1930. Tall 8°. Original blue cloth (faded at spine). Pencilled marginalia by Julian Morrell identifying some of the characters, including Robert Graves, Bertrand Russell and Philip Morrell (although the MP mentioned on p.290 is more probably H. Lees-Smith). Photograph of First World War army mess hall full of Tommies affixed to front pastedown. ONE OF 750 COPIES PRINTED ON HAND-MADE PAPER AT THE CHISWICK PRESS, NUMBERED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. EXCEPTIONAL PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed in green ink on the half title: 'To Ottoline Morrell, who inspired and befriended me when the war was at its worst', with the author's monogram. Keynes A33b.
The support for the pacifist movement and for Siegfried Sassoon in particular offered by Philip and Ottoline Morrell at Garsington is a significant part of the legend of the First World War.
The support for the pacifist movement and for Siegfried Sassoon in particular offered by Philip and Ottoline Morrell at Garsington is a significant part of the legend of the First World War.
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