THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE

Brooke, Rupert; (George Edward Woodberry, Introduction; Margaret Lavington, Biographical Note)

Verlag: Dodd, Mead, New York, NY, 1915

Beschreibung

Text/Bright, clean, As New. First published 1919; this is a printing of 1927. Gilt embossed leather boards/Good w/nips, chips, rubs to edges & surfaces, lesions to spine, weak hinges, and reference number pasted to lower spine. Upper text edge in gilt. Frontispiece: Rupert Brooke (1887 - 1915) portrait w/tissue guard. Already admired for his verse, following his death, soldier-poet Brooke became a symbol in England of the tragic loss of talented youth claimed by World War I. Known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War, especially The Soldier. Brooke was also known for his boyish good looks, which prompted Irish poet William Butler Yeats to describe him as "the handsomest young man in England". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010986

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE

Verlag: Dodd, Mead, New York, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1915

Einband: Hard Cover/Leather

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: Printing of 1927