Ford Madox Ford (as Ford Madox Hueffer): 'The Good Soldier: ...

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£300 - £400

Ford Madox Ford (as Ford Madox Hueffer): 'The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion', London, John Lane The Bodley Head, 1915, 1st edition, 1st issue, with publishers imprint at foot of title page with London listed above New York, and publisher's advertisements at end listing the work as "The Saddest Story", the novel's original title, W.H. Smith circulating library label to front pastedown, 294pp + [16]pp catalogue of ads at end, original cloth, gilt lettered to spine. A very scarce UK first edition copy of one of the great novels of the 20th century, a landmark in modernist writing. (E £150-200 R £130F)