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Poems. 1911
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Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)
Poems. 1911
SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967). Poems. London: [Privately printed for the author at the] Chiswick Press, [1911].
First edition, one of only 35 copies. Presentation copy inscribed by the author: ‘J.S.N. from / S.S. Nov. 1911’. The recipient was John Stewart Norman, founder of the New Beacon School in Sevenoaks, Kent, where Sassoon received his preparatory education. Later, writing about his experiences at this early stage of his writing career, Sassoon wrote: ‘I had no one to whom I could show any poems in MS. & these little books were a sort of private hobby. The odd thing is that I felt much more of a poet then than I do now!’ (The Best of Friends, 1955; quoted in Keynes, p.25) RBH/ABPC record no copies at auction since 1995. Keynes A6.
Quarto (187 x 144mm). Original stiff crimson paper wrappers (slight fading to spine, spine ends just splitting, a few faint marks). Provenance: John Stewart Norman (presentation inscription from the author) – Sotheby’s, London, 22 July 1983, lot 507.
Poems. 1911
SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967). Poems. London: [Privately printed for the author at the] Chiswick Press, [1911].
First edition, one of only 35 copies. Presentation copy inscribed by the author: ‘J.S.N. from / S.S. Nov. 1911’. The recipient was John Stewart Norman, founder of the New Beacon School in Sevenoaks, Kent, where Sassoon received his preparatory education. Later, writing about his experiences at this early stage of his writing career, Sassoon wrote: ‘I had no one to whom I could show any poems in MS. & these little books were a sort of private hobby. The odd thing is that I felt much more of a poet then than I do now!’ (The Best of Friends, 1955; quoted in Keynes, p.25) RBH/ABPC record no copies at auction since 1995. Keynes A6.
Quarto (187 x 144mm). Original stiff crimson paper wrappers (slight fading to spine, spine ends just splitting, a few faint marks). Provenance: John Stewart Norman (presentation inscription from the author) – Sotheby’s, London, 22 July 1983, lot 507.
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