Sassoon

Other Texts

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Books containing texts other than poems written by Sassoon which were printed in his lifetime

Title:

Great Names

Author:

Edited by Walter J. Turner

Keynes:

B3

Publisher:

The Dial Press

Date:

1926

Description:

“Thomas Hardy”

Title:

A Century of Nature Stories

Author:

Introduction by J. W. Robertson Scott

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Hutchinson & Co Ltd

Date:

1930s (possibly 1937)

Description:

‘The Colonel’s Cup’

Title:

Memoirs of a Camp Follower

Author:

Philip Gosse

Keynes:

B12

Publisher:

Longmans, Green & Co.

Date:

1934

Description:

Letter to Edmund Gosse 6th January 1916

Title:

My Favourite Quotation - An Anthology

Author:

Compiled by H. Vincent Brome

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Date:

1934

Description:

Quotations from Wordsworth, Swinburne and Shelley

Title:

The Next Five Years

Author:

Various

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

MacMillan & Co.

Date:

1935

Description:

A Political Manifesto - Sassoon was one of 186 signatories.

Title:

An Anthology of Modern Nature Writing

Author:

Edited by Henry Williamson

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd

Date:

1936

Description:

“The First Run”

Title:

The War The Infantry Knew

Author:

Edited and partly written by Captain J. C. Dunn

Keynes:

B16

Publisher:

P. S. King & Son Ltd

Date:

1938

Description:

Chapter XII A Subaltern’s service in camp and action

Title:

The Fox Hunter’s Week-End Book

Author:

David Brock

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Seeley Service

Date:

1939

Description:

Excerpts from Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man

Title:

The Sportsman’s Anthology

Author:

Edited by Robert F. Kelley

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Howell, Soskin Publishers, New York

Date:

1944

Description:

“The Colonel’s Cup”

Title:

Profiles from Notable Modern Biographies

Author:

Introduced by Leonard Gribble

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.

Date:

c1945

Description:

‘A Political Debut’ from Siegfried’s Journey

Title:

The Saturday Book

Author:

Edited by Leonard Russell

Keynes:

B19

Publisher:

Hutchinson

Date:

1946

Description:

“Footnotes on the Last Fifty Years”

Title:

My First Horse

Author:

Various

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Peter Lunn (Publishers) Ltd.

Date:

1947

Description:

“Thoughts on Horses and Hunting”

Title:

The Fox-Hunter’s Bedside Book

Author:

Compiled by Lady Apsley

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Eyre & Spottiswoode

Date:

1949

Description:

Three extracts from Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man and one poem

Title:

Modern Stories of the Open Air

Author:

Edited by John Hadfield

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

The Country Book Club

Date:

1951

Description:

“The Colonel’s Cup”

Title:

Best Racing Stories

Author:

Chosen by Vincent Orchard

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Date:

1952

Description:

‘The Colonel’s Cup’

Title:

Best Cricket Stories

Author:

Chosen by E. W. Swanton

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Date:

1953

Description:

The Flower Show Match

Title:

Best Hunting Stories

Author:

Compiled by John Welcome and Vincent Orchard

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Date:

1954

Description:

“The Mister”

Title:

The Best of Friends

Author:

Edited by Viola Meynell

Keynes:

B31

Publisher:

Rupert Hart-Davis

Date:

1956

Description:

Twenty four letters

Title:

My Favourite Horse Stories

Author:

Edited by Dawn Palethorpe Wofford

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Lutterworth Press

Date:

1959

Description:

“The Colonel’s Cup”

Title:

The Cricketer’s Companion

Author:

Edited by Alan Ross

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Eyre & Spottiswoode

Date:

1960

Description:

“The Flower Show Match”

Title:

Edmund Blunden

Author:

 

Keynes:

B34

Publisher:

 

Date:

1961

Description:

“From Siegfried Sassoon

Title:

A Tribute to Wilfred Owen

Author:

Compiled by T. J. Walsh

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Birkenhead Institute

Date:

C1963

Description:

“Wilfred Owen - A Personal Appreciation”

Title:

Best Army Stories

Author:

Edited by Andrew Graham

Keynes:

Not Collated

Publisher:

Faber and Faber

Date:

1967

Description:

Extract from ‘Sherston’s Progress’

Edmund Blunden Cover

Inscription

Edmund Blunden Inscription

Edmund Blunden - Sixty Five - November 1961 Hong Kong (Keynes B34) Various authors, published by the English Society, The University of Hong Kong, in 1961. “With sincere respect and affection...the sixty-fifth birthday of Edmund Blunden”. Blunden was working at the University of Hong Kong. The book is full of tributes honouring Blunden on his sixty-fifth birthday. Siegfried Sassoon was one contributor. The book carries a very nice inscription signed and dated by Blunden, 20th March 1962. There is also a small newspaper cutting with the news that Emperor Hirohito of Japan has awarded the third class of the Order of the Rising Sun to Prof. Edmund Blunden...”In recognition of his work for the improvement of cultural links between Japan and Britain.”