MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN

London: Faber and Gwyer. 1929. First illustrated edition, first printing. First illustrated edition, first printing. Signed Limited edition. Publisher's original vellum with titles and illustration in orange and black to the upper board and spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers, title-vignette, seven plates in brown, black and grey (all retaining their original tissue guard), line drawings throughout the text by William Nicholson. A very good or better copy the binding square and firm with some bumping at the bottom of the spine and a few marks and natural toning to the vellum. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Lacking the pictorial dustwrapper and plain glassine. An attractive example Limited edition of 300 copies, this example numbered 277 and signed in green ink by Siegfried Sassoon and in pencil by William Nicholson on the limitation page. The first volume in the author's celebrated World War One trilogy. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.