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The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke. With a Memoir

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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1920. seventh impression. 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 inches (191 x 127 mm); pp. clix (memoir) + 160 (poems); frontispiece portraits of the author at the beginning of each section. Bound in three quarter brown calf & tan cloth by Riviere & Son (stamp on flyleaf); 5 raised bands, gilt title and decorations in compartments; marbled endpapers, t.e.g., spine lightly sunned and light foxing to first few sheets; binding firm and internal pages clean and bright. Rupert C. Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet who was close to the Bloomsbury Group, the Georgian poets, and was one of the Dymock poets which included Robert Frost and Edward Thomas. He is known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially "The Soldier". He was also known for his boyish good looks, which were said to have prompted the Irish poet W. B. Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". He deployed with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Feb. 1815 and died in Egypt in April of that year. Condition: Near fine
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    Height: 7.52 in (19.1 cm)Width: 5.01 in (12.7 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
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    1920
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    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Middletown, NY
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    Seller: BH7521stDibs: LU8340241120932

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