Siegfried Sassoon, a Life
by Egremont, Max
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, 1st US edition (1st printing), unclipped d/j (vg); beige boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp a
- ISBN 10
- 0374263752
- ISBN 13
- 9780374263751
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. 1st USA. hardback. Near fine, 1st US edition (1st printing), unclipped d/j (vg); beige boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked. Slightest of bumps on base edges.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). A biography of the soldier and poet who inspired Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, and Thomas Hardy, among others, reconstructs the life of this twentieth-century icon in vivid detail.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132513
- Title
- Siegfried Sassoon, a Life
- Author
- Egremont, Max
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, 1st US edition (1st printing), unclipped d/j (vg); beige boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages crisp a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st USA
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374263752
- ISBN 13
- 9780374263751
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Pages
- 639
- Keywords
- 1st USA, biography, history, poetry, Sassoon, war poets, Egremont
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 1.06 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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