Gawsworth, John; Machen, Arthur [introduction]; Carrick, Edward [drawing]

ABOVE THE RIVER [Inscribed to Siegfried Sassoon]

London: Ulysses Bookshop, 1931. Limited Edition, Out of Series/85. Octavo, 14 pages. In Very Good condition with slip case in Very Good minus condition. Quarter bound in red cloth with paper boards. Slip case covered in plain paper, showing mild soiling and some foxing to boards. Signed by John Gawsworth and Arthur Machen on the limitation page, with "out of series" instead of limitation number. A small Siegfried Sassoon posthumous monogram library dispersal label to front pastedown. Inscribed on the front free endpaper by Gawsworth to Siegfried Sassoon, "with the author's kindest remembrances...October 1931." Additionally with a sheet of paper reading "With The Author's Compliments" and in ink "17 Sunderland Terrace W.2." and "(alias Terence Fytton Armstrong!)." CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 0.

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $600

NOTES

Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong (1912-1970), better known as John Gawsworth, was a British writer, poet and compiler of anthologies, both of poetry and of short stories. Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (1886-1967) was an English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. A lovely connection between two leading British poets.