Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
Publisher’s advance proof of Siegfried Sassoon's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer.
SASSOON, Siegfried.
Item Number: 125483
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1930.
Publisher’s advance proof of the second volume in the author’s autobiographical trilogy. Octavo, original wrappers, one of 750 numbered copies printed on English hand-made paper. In very good condition. Housed in a custom slipcase. Scarce.
A fictionalized account of Sassoon's own life during and immediately after World War I, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer was heralded as a classic upon release and soon became even more successful than its predecessor, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. "A book of deep beauty and abiding significance. A book which will, I hope and believe, be read by millions" (Harold Nicolson).
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