Lot 193
Sassoon, Siegfried
Auction: 8 September 2010 at 12:00 BST
Description
Autograph letter signed, dated July 2nd 1929, addressed to [Alexander Scott], in response to letter sent to him in June 1929, "Your letter is a very pleasant one, and modesty forbids me to comment on your tribute to my war poems... my friend E. Blunden has written a most valuable record of war experience - full of beautifully exact observation; his integrity as a recorder is in every line... Since last autumn I have been working at a continuation of Sherston's memoirs... my object is demonstrate, in a delicate way, the value of peace rather than the horror of war... In the long run, restrained writing always wins. But I find great difficulty in recovering the authentic detail of my war experience & psychologically it is a most unpleasant task.", 8vo, one sheet, previous folds; with original autograph letter from Alexander Scott and envelope (3)