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Owen Harold

Journey from Obscurity. Wilfred Owen 1893-1918. Memoirs of the Owen Family. I: Childhood; II: Youth; III: War; IV: Aftermath. [Complete extended set]. PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO JOHN & MYFANWY PIPER

Oxford University Press, 1963

563,50 €

Island Books

(Devon, Royaume-Uni)

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Détails

Année
1963
Auteur
Owen Harold
Éditeurs
Oxford University Press
Thème
modern first editions, modern firsts, ww1, wwi, great war, wilfred owen, war poetry, war poets, harold owen, john piper, myfanwy piper
Langues
Anglais

Description

4 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 4 frontispieces and numerous plates; terracotta/brown cloth, gilt backs, a near fine extended set in unclipped dustwrapper (one wrapper price-clipped). The standard biography of the WWI poet and literary disciple of Sassoon. He was killed in action at the Sambre Canal only seven days before the Armistice. The extended set comprises Vol. I: Childhood (1963); Vol. II: Youth (1964); Vol. III: War (1965); Vol. IV: Aftermath (1970). THE SECOND VOLUME IS A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO JOHN & MYFANY [sic] PIPER WITH OWEN'S SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER.