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.
"Les cartes géographiques et les figures insérćes dans le texte sont celles de l'édition flamande de 1630"--Willems, Les Elzevier, 1880, no. 497., "This French translation of Laet contains many materials not to be found in the original Dutch, chiefly vocabularies of Indian tribes"--Sabin., First edition published in Dutch at Leyden, 1625, under title: Nieuvve wereldt ofte Beschrijvinghe van West-Indien., Printer's mark (the hermit) on t.-p., and T.-p. in red and black.
Publisher:
Chez B. & A. Elseuiers,
Subject (Geographic):
America--Description and travel, America--Discovery and exploration, and West Indies--Description and travel
Plates and maps partly folded. Paged continuously. and Translation of the author's "Reizen over Moskovie ..." 1711.
Publisher:
Freres Wetstein,
Subject (Geographic):
East Indies--Description and travel., Iran--Description and travel., Lavant (Ont. : Township)--Description and travel., Middle East--Description and travel., Russia--Description and travel., and Soviet Union--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Chardin, John,--Sir,--1643-1713., Ides, Evert Ysbrandszoon,--ca.1660-1705., Ides, Evert Ysbrants., Kaempfer, Englebert,--1651-1716., Keyser, Jacob, fl. 1704-1738., Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723., Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733., Pool, Matthys, 1670-ca. 1732., and Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651 or 2-1726.