John Masefield wrote four books on The Great War: Gallipoli, The Old Front Line, War and the Future and Battle of the Somme. These have been acclaimed as perceptive and beautiful crafted works, which bring home the full horror and hopelessness of war. This is the first opportunity for historians and general readers to purchase all four in a handsome yet reasonably priced volume, which is definitely a collectable. In addition there is a full introduction by Dr. Philip Errington, the leading Masefield authority who is head of Sotheby's Department of Printed Books and Manuscripts. This rare collection is rounded off by a selection of shorter pieces by the hugely popular Poet Laureate. AUTHOR: Dr. Philip Errington has edited the Selected Poems of John Marsfield and is the author of the major bibliography of Masefield published in 2004 by The British Library. After a Ph.D at University College London he was appointed visitibg research fellow within the University of London in 2000 and an honorary research fellow of University College London, in 2004. He is also Deputy at Sotheby's specialising in English Literature and Children's Books. He has published and lectured widely on John Maresfield and is editor of The Journal of John Marsfield Society. No illustrations
