Siegfried Sassoon — Collected Poems 1908-1956

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1961 . Cloth. The first edition of this expanded collection of Siegfried Sassoon"s poetry, accompanied by a warm and personal signed letter from Sassoon addressed to one W. J. Jones. In the publisher's original cloth binding.  Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.  First enlarged edition with the inclusion of the poems published separately in 1956 under the title Sequences.  Loosely inserted is an autograph letter signed by Sassoon, written from Heytesbury House, Wiltshire, to a Mr Jones, granting permission for the use of his poems in a school anthology programme and mentioning Brian Gardner"s wartime anthology, which Sassoon helped with, noting difficulties finding a publisher. Complete with the original posted envelope addressed in Sassoon"s hand and postmarked Warminster, 1964. A substantial collected edition bringing together nearly half a century of Sassoon"s poetry.  In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers with one or two light spots. Dust wrapper, excellent. The odd light spot with one or two very minor handling marks to wraps. Very slight edge wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.