Poems
by Rupert Brooke
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sidgwick and Jackson , 1915. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". None. A sixth impression copy of this volume comprising various poems by Rupert Brooke. The sixth impression of this work, comprising various poems by Rupert Brooke. Brooke was known for his idealistic and war sonnets. With fifty poems by the author, grouped under three categories: '1908-1911,' 'Experiments,' and '1905-1908.' In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelfwear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The label to the spine is slightly chipped. Violet Margaret Tritton's bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Slight spotting throughout, particularly to the first and last few leaves. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 766A4
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- Rupert Brooke
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sidgwick and Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- poetry rupert brooke sixth impression fiction rupert brooke
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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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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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...