Sassoon, Siegfried. Something About Myself. Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1966.
Dates
- From the Collection: Creation: 1914 - 1995
- From the Collection: Creation: Majority of material found within 1919 - 1928
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Registration with the collection is required. Items in this collection do not circulate and may be used in-house only. Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.
Extent
From the Collection: 51 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Materials Specific Details
8vo., stiff paper wrappers. not paginated (8 leaves).
(Butcher A14). According to Butcher, limited to "about 400 copies." Printed in black, brown, and turquoise blue on damped Millbourn Lexpar white wove hand-made paper on the Victoria Merkur platen press. With 13 drawings by Margaret Adams (5 in a single colour, 8 in two colours). "This is the first completely calligraphic book from the Press. Margaret Adams calligraphy and drawings were reproduced by line-blocks made by Siviter Smith Ltd. The text is the autobriography of a kitten, dedicated by Siegfried Sassoon to his mother. It is taken from the manuscript "More poems" by Sassoon. The Press printed this "Homage on his Eightieth Birthday to Siegfried Sassoon poet warrior and fox-hunting man who even to serene old age has kept the heart of child" as a surprise present for his birthday on 8 September 1966."
Repository Details
Part of the Nicholson Library Special Collections Repository