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One of only 35 copies printed for the authors

Sassoon, Siegfried ~ Lenten Illuminations – Sight Sufficient

University Press Cambridge For Siegfried Sassoon & Geoffrey Keynes : 1958

The First UK printing published by University Press Cambridge for Siegfried Sassoon & Geoffrey Keynes in 1958. One of only 35 copies printed for the authors. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Free from inscriptions. The publisher's plain glassine WRAPPER is in near Fine condition with just a little edge wear at the spine tips and edges. Extremely scarce. With the wrappered edition which was published a year later in 1959 by Downside Review Publication, Bath in an edition of 200 copies. This copy is also in near Fine condition with just a hint of toning to the edges. Provenance : Siegfried Sassoon then through family descent

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Near Fine
JACKET: Near Fine

£1250

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Keywords: Illuminations, Keynes, Lenten, Sassoon


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