Beschreibung
Sixth impression of the 1930 reset edition, published in May 1937. The first title in the author's semi-autobiographical 'Sherston Trilogy', which draws heavily on his pre-war life, with riding and hunting being among the favourite pastimes of the author. The book was originally published anonymously by Faber & Gwyer in 1928 ***Very good in light-blue cloth-covered boards with red titles to the spine. The boards are clean, but the edges are faded. The spine is very mottled and faded, but the titles are still clear. The edges of the page block are also foxed. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, but there are no tears to the cloth. Corners quite sharp. Very slight reading lean to the book. Spine tight. Internally also very good with no inscriptions. Some light sporadic foxing to the first and last few pages, but interior pages clean. ***In a very good original illustrated dustwrapper, that has been price-clipped by the publisher, and has a new printed price of 4/- net. The dustwrapper is largely complete, but there is some loss affecting the top and bottom of the spine, and slight loss also to the top of the folds. The spine of the dustwrapper is browned, and the back panel is slightly marked, but the illustrated front panel is nice and bright. Some creasing and edge wear commensurate with age and handling, with some creasing to the fore-edge of the front foldover flap. There is a Faber 4/- net re-pricing label on the spine of the dustwrapper [with signs of the original 3/6 printed price underneath]. ***344 pages. 195mm x 130mm. ***Contents: I. Early Days, II. The Flower Show Match, III. A Fresh Start, IV. A Day with the Potford, V. At the Rectory, VI. The Colonel's Cup, VII. Denis Milden as Master, VIII. Migration to the Midlands, IX. In the Army, X. At the Front. ***The Sherston Trilogy is the author's most respected prose work. The collected three novels are named after the protagonist, George Sherston; a young Englishman of the upper middle-class, living immediately before and during the First World War. The books are in fact 'fictionalised autobiography', wherein the only truly fictional things are the names of the characters. The story contained within "Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man" is a series of episodes in the youth of George Sherston, ranging from his first attempts to learn to ride to his experiences in winning point-to-point races. The title is somewhat misleading, as the book is mainly concerned with a series of landmark events in Sherston/Sassoon's childhood and youth, and his encounters with various comic characters. "The Flower-Show Match", an account of an annual village cricket match - an important fixture for those involved - in which young Sherston plays a significant part, was later published separately by Faber as a self-contained story. The book as a whole is a frequently humorous work, in which fox-hunting, one of Sassoon's major interests, comes to represent the young man's innocent frame of mind in the years before war broke out. The book ends with his enlistment in a local regiment, the Sussex Yeomanry, and his subsequent transfer, with a commission, to the Flintshire Fusiliers, a battalion of the Royal Welsh which was sent to France. The story is continued in two sequels: "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" and "Sherston's Progress". Much of the material for the novel came from Sassoon's own diaries. [Wiki] ***A sixth impression of the second reset edition, in very good condition. Pre-war copies are very hard to find in their original fragile dustwrappers, and the illustration used for this printing differs from earlier printings. Of interest to collectors of the work of First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8386x
Verkäufer kontaktieren
Diesen Artikel melden
