£3,250.00
A scarce signed inter-war work by Siegfried Sassoon, reflecting the celebrated war poet’s later turn toward memory, autobiography, and the moral legacy of the First World War.
Publisher’s original red cloth, titles in dark lettering to upper board. Condition: cloth with expected rubbing and light handling; interior clean, signature strong and clear.
Year: 1933
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Published between the wars, this volume stands within the later, reflective phase of Sassoon’s career. Having become one of the defining poetic witnesses of the First World War, he moved in the inter-war period toward autobiography, memory, and the moral aftermath of conflict.
Signed copies are markedly scarcer than unsigned trade examples. Sassoon’s readership is deep, institutional, and international; demand is anchored both in literature and in military history collecting.
Sassoon signatures are steadily absorbed into long-term collections. Unlike many modern poets, he bridges multiple collecting audiences: literature, war memoir, and British cultural history. Signed first printings from the early 1930s sit in the centre of that demand curve.
In commercial terms, this is core inventory: recognisable author, proper first, undeniable autograph.
