THE COMPLETE MEMOIRS OF GEORGE SHERSTON (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Siegfried Sassoon, Alan Lascelles
Illustrated by John Lawrence
Published by Folio Society
in 1993
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THE COMPLETE MEMOIRS OF GEORGE SHERSTON (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Siegfried Sassoon, Alan Lascelles.
Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1208985
1st thus.
1993.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Re-issue. Three volumes: Sherston's Progress; Memoirs of an Infantry Office; Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man. Introduction by Sir Alan Lascelles. Olive green pictorial cloth, red title label and gilt title to spines. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which has some scuffing to base and a thin edge of white paint to top along with faint foxspots.
Front cover
Contents
- MEMOIRS OF A FOX-HUNTING MAN
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. EARLY DAYS
- 2. THE FLOWER SHOW MATCH
- 3. A FRESH START
- 4. A DAY WITH THE POTFORD
- 5. AT THE RECTORY
- 6. THE COLONEL'S CUP
- 7. DENIS MILDEN AS MASTER
- 8. MIGRATION TO THE MIDLANDS
- 9. IN THE ARMY
- 10. AT THE FRONT
- SHERSTON'S PROGRESS
- 1. RIVERS
- 2. LIVERPOOL AND LIMERICK
- 3. SHERSTON'S DIARY: FOUR MONTHS
- 4. FINAL EXPERIENCES
- MEMOIRS OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER
- 1. AT THE ARMY SCHOOL
- 2. THE RAID
- 3. BEFORE THE PUSH
- 4. BATTLE
- 5. ESCAPE
- 6. AT THE DEPOT
- 7. ROUEN IN FEBRUARY
- 8. THE SECOND BATTALION
- 9. HOSPITAL AND CONVALESCENCE
- 10. INDEPENDENT ACTION