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Books containing Forewords and Introductions Written by Siegfried Sassoon
Title:
Poems by Wilfred Owen
Author:
Keynes:
B2
Publisher:
Chatto & Windus
Date:
1920
Description:
Introduction
Title:
Handley Cross
Author:
Surtees
Keynes:
B8
Publisher:
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
Date:
1930
Description:
Introduction
Title:
Hillingdon Hall
Author:
Surtees
Keynes:
B9
Publisher:
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
Date:
1931
Description:
Introduction
Title:
The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg (Auction photograph)
Author:
Edited by Gordon Bottomley and Denys Harding
Keynes:
B15
Publisher:
Chatto & Windus London
Date:
1937
Description:
Foreword
Title:
Poems From Italy
Author:
Members of the Eighth Army
Keynes:
B18
Publisher:
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
Date:
1945
Description:
Introduction
Title:
Poems From Italy - Signed Limited Edition No. 42 of 110 copies
Author:
Members of the Eighth Army
Keynes:
B18
Publisher:
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd
Date:
1945
Description:
Introduction
Title:
The Collected Poems of Isaac Rosenberg
Author:
Edited by Gordon Bottomley and Denys Harding
Keynes:
Not Collated
Publisher:
Chatto & Windus London
Date:
1949
Description:
Foreword
Title:
Isaac Rosenberg Collected Poems (American Edition)
Author:
Edited by Gordon Bottomley and Denys Harding
Keynes:
Not Collated
Publisher:
Schocken Books New York
Date:
1949
Description:
Foreword
Title:
Omar Khayyam
Author:
Edward Fitzgerald
Keynes:
B22
Publisher:
Marlborough College Press
Date:
1951
Description:
Introduction
Title:
Fright in the Forest
Author:
Benn Sowerby
Keynes:
B23
Publisher:
Rupert Hart-Davis
Date:
1951
Description:
Introduction
Title:
Sport From Within
Author:
Frank Atherton Brown
Keynes:
B25
Publisher:
Hutchinson
Date:
1952
Description:
Foreword
Title:
Anna Gordon Keown Collected Poems (See bottom of page)
Author:
Anna Gordon Keown
Keynes:
B26
Publisher:
The Caravel Press London
Date:
1953
Description:
Foreword
Title:
Hunting Scenes From Surtees (Red Cloth)
Author:
Lionel Gough
Keynes:
B28
Publisher:
Rupert Hart-Davis
Date:
1953
Description:
Introduction
Title:
Hunting Scenes From Surtees (Turquoise Cloth)
Author:
Lionel Gough
Keynes:
Not Collated
Publisher:
Rupert Hart-Davis
Date:
1953
Description:
Introduction
Title:
Safety Last
Author:
Lt. Col. W. F. Stirling
Keynes:
B29
Publisher:
Hollis and Carter
Date:
This copy, January 1954 (4th Imp). First Edition, April 1953
Description:
“A letter from Siegfried Sassoon” Signed by the author: “Tangier 1955.”
Title:
Piers Prodigal
Author:
Ian Davie
Keynes:
B33
Publisher:
Harvill Press
Date:
1961
Description:
Foreword
Title:
Piers Prodigal
Author:
Ian Davie
Keynes:
Not Collated
Publisher:
Harvill Press
Date:
1961
Description:
Proof Copy of B33, soft back.
This is a signed copy of the 1953 ‘Collected Poems’ of Anna Gordon Keown, Keynes B26. This First Edition was limited to 380 copies, 20 bound in full morocco and signed by the author and 360 bound in buckram. Siegfried Sassoon wrote the Foreword.Anna Gordon Keown was the wife of Philip Gosse, the son of writer and one time Chief Librarian at the House of Lords Library, Sir Edmund Gosse, who was a close friend of Sassoon’s Uncle, Hamo Thornycroft. Sir Edmund’s wife, Ellen, was also a great friend of Sassoon’s mother, Theresa.This copy is number 92 and although not one of the 20 signed copies, this one bears the author’s signature in an inscription (see right).
Piers Prodigal By Ian Davie, left, (Keynes B33), published in 1961 by the Harvill Press. Centre, Title page with author’s signature. Right, Proof Copy. Although he did not know him personally, Ian Davie sent Siegfried Sassoon these poems on 1st May, 1960, asking him for criticism. Sassoon loved the poems so much he asked Davie to come and visit him at his home, Heytesbury House. Sassoon then agreed to write the Foreword to the book. It was Ian Davie’s first book of poems to be published and the subjects ranged from philosophical, spiritual, nature and love.
