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SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967). The Old Huntsman and Other Poems. London: Richard Clay and Sons, Limited for William Heinemann, 1917. 8° (219 x 145mm). Errata slip tipped onto lower margin of [A]3r. (A few leaves lightly spotted.) Original drab-grey boards, printed paper lettering-piece on spine, grey printed dustwrapper (extremities lightly bumped and rubbed, spine faded, spine of dustwrapper faded and lightly dampmarked on spine, edges slightly chipped, short tear on upper panel). Provenance: E.T. McKnight (bookplate on upper pastedown).
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 740 COPIES. 1,000 set of sheets of The Old Huntsman, Sassoon's first major collection of poetry, were printed; of these 740 sets were bound up for the first edition, and 260 sent to New York for an American edition. The work is rarely found with the dustwrapper. Keynes A15a.
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 740 COPIES. 1,000 set of sheets of The Old Huntsman, Sassoon's first major collection of poetry, were printed; of these 740 sets were bound up for the first edition, and 260 sent to New York for an American edition. The work is rarely found with the dustwrapper. Keynes A15a.
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