poems wifred introduction siegfried de owen wilfred (2 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Second Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo. 6 7/8 inches x 8 6/8 inches; half-title; frontispiece photographic portrait of Owen in uniform, printed in sepia, with the tissue guard present; title-page; introduction by Siegfried Sassoon; short preface by Owen; contents; second half-title; [12]pp., pp 33, with printer's name on the reverse of p. 33. Original publisher's maroon red cloth printed paper title label on the spine. The tissue guard shows very slight browning, with slight offsetting to the title-page light tanning to endpapers light wear and slight tanning to the spine title label, top corners very slightly bumped. A very good copy of the second edition of the author's only book, the finest collection of WWI verse. With rather tatty, used original good only d/w with loss at spine and rear. Front cover of the jacket has the Sassoon quote - "He was a man of absolute integrity of mind. He never wrote his poems (as so many poems did) to make the effect of a personal gesture. He pitied others; he did not pity himself. In the last year of his life he attained a clear vision of what he needed to say, and these poems survive him as his true and splendid testament." Connolly, The Modern Movement 36. Printed by Morrison and Gibb Ltd. Edinburgh.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Printed by Morrison and Gibb Ltd. Edinburgh. First Edition. 6 7/8 inches x 8 6/8 inches; half-title; frontispiece photographic portrait of Owen in his uniform, printed in brown tones, with the tissue guard present; title-page; introduction by Siegfried Sassoon; short preface by Owen; contents; second half-title; [12] pp., pp. 1-33, with printer's name on the reverse of p. 33. Red cloth over boards, printed paper title label on the spine. The tissue guard shows some age-related tanning, with slight offsetting to the title-page; light tanning to endpapers, half-title, page edges; light wear to the spine ends, light wear to the title labe; a small buckle to the cloth on the upper left of the back cover, some light fading, tanning to the spine and cover margins. A very good copy of the author's rare, fragile, and only book. Connolly, The Modern Movement 36. Contents: Titles of the Poems: Strange Meeting, Greater Love, Apologia pro Poemate Meo, The Show, Mental Cases, Parable of the Old Men and the Young, Arms and the Boy, Anthem for Doomed Youth, The Send-off, Insensibility, Dulce et Decorum est, The Sentry, The Dead-Beat, Exposure, Spring Offensive, The Chances, S. I. W., Futility, Smile, Smile, Smile, Conscious, A Terre, Wild with Regrets, Disabled. "For the preparation of this book thanks are primarily due to Miss Edith Sitwell. [-]" (-From the reverse of the half-title).