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1914 and Other Poems
by Brooke, Rupert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Original blue cloth with printed spine label, dust jacket. A fine copy in faintly soiled dust jacket (small ink notation on past
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson [Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood], 1915. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. Original blue cloth with printed spine label, dust jacket. A fine copy in faintly soiled dust jacket (small ink notation on pastedown; half-inch split at foot of front flap of jacket). Blue half morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition of the poet's posthumous second book. Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo. 'But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold'. Handsome copy of this landmark book of verse. Keynes 6; Hayward, English Poetry, 32; NCBEL, IV, p. 241
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307716
- Title
- 1914 and Other Poems
- Author
- Brooke, Rupert
- Format/Binding
- Photogravure frontispiece portrait in profile view by Sherril Schell. 63 pp. 1 vols. Small 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original blue cloth with printed spine label, dust jacket. A fine copy in faintly soiled dust jacket (small ink notation on past
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of the poet's posthumous second book
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson [Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- British | World War I | Poetry | Rupert Brooke
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; History, Travel & Geography;
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