Books containing articles or references about Sassoon made during his lifetime
Title:
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
Author:
Edmund Gosse
Publisher:
Heinemann
Date:
1919
Description:
“Some Soldier Poets”
Title:
Books and their Writers
Author:
S. P. B. Mais
Publisher:
Grant Richards Ltd.
Date:
1920
Description:
Chapter about Sassoon and his poetry
Title:
Twenty-Four Portraits Second Series
Author:
William Rothenstein
Publisher:
Chatto & Windus
Date:
1923
Description:
Sketch and one page description
Title:
Leaves and Fruit
Author:
Edmund Gosse
Publisher:
Heinemann
Date:
1927
Description:
“Mr Sassoon’s Satires”
Title:
From Surtees to Sassoon
Author:
F. J. Harvey Darton
Publisher:
Morley & Mitchell Kennerley Jr.
Date:
1931
Description:
Criticism and appreciation of Sassoon’s work
Title:
The Mind’s Eye
Author:
Edmund Blunden
Publisher:
Jonathan Cape
Date:
1934
Description:
Chapter on Sassoon’s poetry
Title:
The Georgian Literary Scene
Author:
Frank Swinnerton
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date:
1935
Description:
Comments on the ‘Georgian Poets.’
Title:
The Letters of T. E. Lawrence
Author:
Edited by David Garnett
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Date:
1938
Description:
Two letters
Title:
H.R.L. Sheppard - Life and Letters
Author:
R. Ellis Roberts
Publisher
John Murray
Date:
1942
Description:
Reference to Sassoon assisting with Peace Pledge Union protest
Title:
The Literature of England A.D. 500-1942
Author:
William Entwistle and Eric Gillett
Publisher
Longmans, Green and Co.
Date:
1943
Description:
Reference to Sassoon’s poetry and works.
Title:
FONTAINE 37-40 Aspects De La Litterature Anglaise De 1918 A 1940
Author:
Publisher
Fontaine
Date:
1944
Description:
References Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and short bibliography
Title:
The Albatross Book Catalogue
Author:
Publisher:
Albatross
Date:
1947
Description:
Book catalogue feature on Siegfried’s Journey
Title
Laughter in the Next Room
Author:
Sir Osbert Sitwell
Publisher:
Little Brown and Company
Date:
1948
Description:
Memoirs
Title
An Introduction to English Literature
Author:
John Mulgan and D.M. Davin
Publisher:
Oxford
Date:
1950 (reprint, first edition 1947)
Description:
Brief comment on Sassoon’s poetry and prose in comparison to Owen
Title:
Osbert Sitwell
Author:
Roger Fulford
Publisher:
Longmans, Green & Co.
Date:
1951
Description:
Short biography of Osbert Sitwell
Title:
War Poets 1914-1918
Author:
Edmund Blunden
Publisher:
Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd.
Date:
1958
Description:
Chapter on Siegfried Sassoon
Title:
Edward Marsh - Patron of the Arts- A Biography
Author:
Christopher Hassall
Publisher:
Longmans
Date:
1959
Description:
Biography of Edward Marsh
Title:
The Georgian Revolt
Author:
Robert H. Ross
Publisher:
Faber and Faber
Date:
1967
Description:
Rise and Fall of a Poetic Ideal 1910 - 1922
Title:
A Bibliography of Siegfried Sassoon
Author:
Geoffrey Keynes
Publisher:
Rupert Hart-Davis
Date:
1962
Description:
Sassoon’s bibliography
Title:
Bibliotheca Bibliographici
Author:
Geoffrey Keynes
Publisher:
The Trianon Press
Date:
1964
Description:
The Library of Geoffrey Keynes (Sassoon Books)
Title:
Harold Monro & The Poetry Bookshop
Author:
Joy Grant
Publisher:
Routledge and Kegan Paul
Date:
1967
Description:
Sassoon’s involvement with the publisher
Title:
Siegfried Sassoon - a Critical Study
Author:
Michael Thorpe
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Date:
1967
Description:
Critical study of Sassoon’s work
From Surtees To Sassoon, by F. J. Harvey Darton, published in 1931 by Morley & Mitchell Kennerley Jr. This is a very interesting book, not least for the fact that it is in such wonderful condition. The pages appear to be almost unread and very bright, the red staining to the page tops is perfect and the dustjacket is excellent which is always a bonus.
The author discusses England through the writings of great poets, looking at both their prose and poetry. He talks about the ‘young’ Sassoon as he was at the time (1931), and the effects his upbringing and war experiences had on his writing. Also, how he was able to so expertly conjure up the past through his Fox Hunting Man and Infantry Officer memoirs, using quotes and also passages from his poetry.
This is another book uncollated by Keynes, who attempted to list all books in which Sassoon made a contribution. A task which it seems to me, can never be completed.
Checklists of Twentieth Century Authors - First SeriesIssued in 1931 by Casanova Booksellers, Milwaukee. This catalogue, published for “both collector and bookman for reference”, covers the books of H. E. Bates, Rhys Davies, Liam O’Flaherty, Siegfried Sassoon, William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway. The edition was limited to 500 copies and this is copy number 499 (stamped on the back cover). There are three pages of Sassoon books, starting with Poems, Chiswick Press; and ending (in 1931) with To The Red Rose, 1931.
