Sherston’s Progress.

SASSOON, Siegfried.

Item Number: 124560

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1936.

Publisher’s advance proof of the final book of Sassoon’s semi-autobiographical trilogy, preceded by Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer. Octavo, original wrappers, with the publisher’s advance proof slip tipped in dated September 3 with a price of 7/6. In very good condition. With the original publisher’s order form laid in. Housed in a custom slipcase.

English poet, writer, and soldier Siegfried Sassoon was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fueled war. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalized autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston trilogy".