Siegfried Sassoon — Meredith

London, Cassell and Company Limited, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Lovely biography of George Meredith from prominent war poet Siegfried Sassoon. First edition.In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper.Featuring a frontispiece portrait of George Meredith reproduced from a drawing by leading American portrait artist John Singer Sargent.Engaging biography of Victorian English poet and novelist George Meredith, best known for The Egoist (1879) and his association with the likes of Robert Louis Stevenson and George Gissing. Written by prominent war poet Siegfried Sassoon, friend of Wilfred Owen. In publisher's original cloth binding. With unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, slight bumping and rubbing with a few marks. Dust wrapper encased in protective binding. A number of small closed tears to edges, one of which has been reinforced by tape, and a minor chip to the rear. Light marking, more prominent to rear. Internally, front hinge a little weak, otherwise firmly bound. Reasonably bright and clean with light discolouration and the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: J. S. Sargent. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.