1928 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

Description

First Edition, Leather Binding, Signed Binding

The first edition, sixth impression, published in November 1928. The first impression was printed in September 1928.

Smartly bound by Birdsall.

'Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man' is a notable novel following the youth of George Sherston, as he learns to ride and grows into a love for hunting.

Written by Siegfried Sassoon, the First World War poet who was known for his bravery on the Western Front. Sassoon's name is not stated to the title page, his name appeared in later impressions.

From the library of W. A. Foyle at Beeleigh Abbey. William Foyle was the co-founder of Foyles bookshop, founding the leading bookshop in 1903 alongside his brother. He purchased Beeleigh Abbey during the Second World War, an impressive twelfth century monastery in Essex, which became home to his library, one the largest private libraries in England.

Bookplate of Scottish bibliophile Alexander Stone to the front paste down.