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Siegfried Sassoon
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Sherston's Progress, inscribed
Siegfried Sassoon
SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967). Sherston’s Progress. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1936.
First edition, trade issue, inscribed to his mother: “Dearest Ash, with love from Sig.” Sassoon's mother Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft was known affectionately as "Ash." Sherston's Progress was the final book in Sassoon's semi-autobiographical trilogy.
Octavo. Original blue cloth (spine with slight lean, minor rubbing and edgewear). Provenance: Georgina Theresa Thornycroft, 1853-1947, painter (authorial inscription) (by descent to): – Siegfried Sasson (Sotheby's, 15 October 1982, lot 46).
Siegfried Sassoon
SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967). Sherston’s Progress. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1936.
First edition, trade issue, inscribed to his mother: “Dearest Ash, with love from Sig.” Sassoon's mother Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft was known affectionately as "Ash." Sherston's Progress was the final book in Sassoon's semi-autobiographical trilogy.
Octavo. Original blue cloth (spine with slight lean, minor rubbing and edgewear). Provenance: Georgina Theresa Thornycroft, 1853-1947, painter (authorial inscription) (by descent to): – Siegfried Sasson (Sotheby's, 15 October 1982, lot 46).
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