From Surtees to Sassoon : some English contrasts (1838-1928) / by F.J. Harvey Darton
London : Morley & Mitchell Kennerley, Jr., 1931. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #291218
Physical description; vii, [1], 221, [1] p. ; 19 cm. Notes; With a half-title page. Contents; Prologue -- The Jorrocks -- The modern poet as a hunting man -- Siegfried Sassoon as a poet -- The war and the younger writers -- The old mind and the new England -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The country of the Memoirs of a fox-hunting man. Subjects; Surtees, Robert Smith (1805-1864) Knowledge Sports. Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967) Knowledge Sports. Sassoon, Siegfried (1886-1967). Surtees, Robert Smith (1805-1864) Knowledge Sports. Hunting in literature. English literature 20th century History and criticism. English literature History and criticism.
Price: €75.00