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Sassoon (Siegfried) The War Poems, new impression, Autograph Letter signed by the author dated 27.2.49 "The generally accepted view is that R[upert] B[rooke], Owen & self are the names which remain conspicuous - as representing the '1914 spirit' & the subsequent reaction and disillusionment. Grenfell's pem belongs with Brooke's sonnets... Edmund Blunden... will have a special & important place in the history of that war... Sidney Keyes was a genius, killed at 21" loosely inseted, original cloth, paper labels to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, 1920; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (4)
*** An excellent letter by Sassoon discussing his admiration for the work of his war poet contemporaries.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/95962d0c-9b90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/0cc2a1c6-6891-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "194
Sassoon (Siegfried) The War Poems, new impression, Autograph Letter signed by the author dated 27.2.49 \"The generally accepted view is that R[upert] B[rooke], Owen & self are the names which remain conspicuous - as representing the '1914 spirit' & the subsequent reaction and disillusionment. Grenfell's pem belongs with Brooke's sonnets... Edmund Blunden... will have a special & important place in the history of that war... Sidney Keyes was a genius, killed at 21\" loosely inseted, original cloth, paper labels to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, 1920; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (4)
*** An excellent letter by Sassoon discussing his admiration for the work of his war poet contemporaries.")
Description
Sassoon (Siegfried) The War Poems, new impression, Autograph Letter signed by the author dated 27.2.49 "The generally accepted view is that R[upert] B[rooke], Owen & self are the names which remain conspicuous - as representing the '1914 spirit' & the subsequent reaction and disillusionment. Grenfell's pem belongs with Brooke's sonnets... Edmund Blunden... will have a special & important place in the history of that war... Sidney Keyes was a genius, killed at 21" loosely inseted, original cloth, paper labels to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, 1920; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (4)
⁂ An excellent letter by Sassoon discussing his admiration for the work of his war poet contemporaries.
Lot 194
Sassoon (Siegfried) The War Poems, new impression, with A.L.s. by the author, 1920; and 3 others (4)
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Sassoon (Siegfried) The War Poems, new impression, Autograph Letter signed by the author dated 27.2.49 "The generally accepted view is that R[upert] B[rooke], Owen & self are the names which remain conspicuous - as representing the '1914 spirit' & the subsequent reaction and disillusionment. Grenfell's pem belongs with Brooke's sonnets... Edmund Blunden... will have a special & important place in the history of that war... Sidney Keyes was a genius, killed at 21" loosely inseted, original cloth, paper labels to spine and upper cover, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, some creasing to head, 1920; and 3 others, similar, 8vo (4)
⁂ An excellent letter by Sassoon discussing his admiration for the work of his war poet contemporaries.
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