Siegfried Sassoon's copy of the first, unexpurgated issue of Robert Graves's Good-bye To All That (1929), annotated and with clippings. Sassoon's annotations include personal comments, many critical, and factual corrections, most relating to Graves's account of his service in the war. Clippings, pasted in and loose, include reviews, illustrations, and letters to the editor. With one typescript reply to Sassoon from publisher Jonathan Cape, dated November 1929, identifying corrections to be made, at Sassoon's request, to the remaining, undistributed copies of the first issue.
Description:
Chiefly in English; some clippings in Swedish, Dutch, and French., Purchased from Christie's on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2007., Robert Graves (1895-1985), English author., and Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), English author.
Subject (Name):
Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. Good-bye to all that., Graves, Robert,--1895-1985., Jonathan Cape (Firm), and Sassoon, Siegfried,--1886-1967.
Subject (Topic):
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, English.
Elde, Ansgar, 1933-2000 Jong, Jacqueline de Nash, Jørgen
Published / Created:
1962]
Call Number:
BrSides Box 2008 19
Image Count:
2
Alternative Title:
Danger! Do not lean out!, Det är livsfarligt att luta sig ut!, E pericoloso sporgesi!, Ne pas se pencher au dèhors [stet], Niet naar buiten hangen!, and Situationist times.
Description:
First line of text reads: Paris, a witches' cauldron of political instigations and demonstrations, armoured cars in the streets, the bloody shadow of the Algerian war, OAS, FLN, clearing murders and torture., Originally appeared February 13, 1962, as a leaflet in protest of the February 10, 1962 exclusion of the German art group, Spur, from the Internationale Situationniste 1962, which in turn led to the formation of a 2nd Situationist International. Also published in the Situationist times no. 1 (1962). Cf. Infopool.org.uk website, viewed on June 10, 2008., Printed on green paper., and Signed at end: Paris 13th February 1962. Jacqueline de Jong, Jörgen Nash, Ansgar Elde.