Selected Poems
by Rupert Brooke
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1917. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. The first printing of this volume of war poems from Rupert Brooke. The first edition, first impression of this volume of a selection of poems from Rupert Brooke. Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War. Included in this volume is 'The Soldier', his best known poem. Brooke died in 1915 on a French hospital ship in the Aegean sea. With a frontispiece photographic portrait to this work, Brooks was also known for his good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as 'the handsomest young man in England'.With four pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Fading to front board. Contemporary owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 781F59
- Title
- Selected Poems
- Author
- Rupert Brooke
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1917
- Size
- 6.5" by 4.5"
- Keywords
- World War One WWI War Poet WWI
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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