POEMS FROM ITALY

Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1945

Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaKay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller

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Verses written by members of the Eighth Army in Sicily and Italy, July 1943-March 1944. With a Foreword by Lieutenant-General Sir Oliver Leese, Bart. K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., formerly Commander of the Eighth Army, and an Introduction by Siegfried Sassoon. Pp. 92; demy 8vo; full dark blue morocco, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, small ribbon insignia in Italian colours mounted within a single rule gilt border on the upper board, boards a trifle marked, fore-corners of upper board faintly bruised, the spine slightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, tiny ink mark to upper free endpaper, free endpapers and outer blanks offset at edges (from the leather binding); George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1945. First [limited] edition, being one of 110 numbered copies on hand-made paper; this copy signed by Sassoon on the limitation page. Keynes B18, footnote (not calling for the author's signature). *72 poems selected from a total of 596 entries submitted to a competition organized in the Eighth Army by the Army Educational Corps. All were written in Italy or Sicily during the first nine months of the Italian campaign.…

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Title
POEMS FROM ITALY
Author
Sassoon, Siegfried [Introduction]
Publisher
George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London
Publication year
1945
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Literature, Military, Naval, Aviation History

Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller

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Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller Pty Ltd 156 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Australia books@kaycraddock.com +61 3 9654 8506 ABN: 16 007 334 312 Director: Kay Craddock Established in 1965, a salon-style bookshop in the heart of Melbourne's central business district. The shop has a large and varied stock of antiquarian and secondhand books, ranging from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries, covering most subjects and price ranges. Specialities include fine press and illustrated books, literature, children's books, books about books and militaria.…

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