Rupert Brooke was both fair to see and winning in his ways. There was at the first contact both bloom and charm; and most of all there was life. To use the word his friends describe him by, he was "vivid." This vitality, though manifold in expression, is felt primarily in his sensations - surprise mingled with delight - "One after one, like tasting a sweet food." This is life's "first fine rapture." It makes him patient to name over those myriad things (each of which seems like a fresh discovery) curious but potent, and ...
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Rupert Brooke was both fair to see and winning in his ways. There was at the first contact both bloom and charm; and most of all there was life. To use the word his friends describe him by, he was "vivid." This vitality, though manifold in expression, is felt primarily in his sensations - surprise mingled with delight - "One after one, like tasting a sweet food." This is life's "first fine rapture." It makes him patient to name over those myriad things (each of which seems like a fresh discovery) curious but potent, and above all common, that he "loved," - he the "Great Lover." Lover of what, then? Why, of "White plates and cups clean-gleaming, Ringed with blue lines," -
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Seller's Description:
Good. Earlier printing, 1922. Spine creased. Binding solid, pages tanned but clean, a few notations found, some tidemarks throughout, no stains. Leather covers are rubbed and scuffed with some tears at ends of spine. Extremities bumped, tip wear.
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Very Good- 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Pocket-sized armed services edition designed to conserve paper for the war and provide overseas soldiers with reading material. (minor wear to pictoral wraps, toning to pages, name in ink).
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176p, frontispience portrait of Brooke with his facsimile signature. IN A BEAUTIFUL FINE BINDING OF 3/4 GREEN LEATHER AND MARBLED BOARDS. Marbled endpapers, tope edge gilt. Spine decorated with floarl motifs and a singe raised hub. The unsigned binding shows a few traces of rubbing but the book is overall in fine condition. Stated 86th thousand on copyright page (the first edition was in 1915). Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was a leading literary light in England who bec ame famous for his war poetry at the start of World War One. He died en route to Gallipoli from an infection caused by a simple mosquito bite. Brooke's war poetry cemented his reputation as one of the great young poets of Britain's "Lost Generation"
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Very Good + Introduction by George Edward Woodberry and a biographical note by Margaret Lavington. Includes Brooke's best-known poem, "The Soldier". Green coverboards with paste down title label on spine. Some edgewear to label. Tight binding. No written inscriptions or creases on pages. A very small tear on front free endpaper. Attractive bookplate on front free endpaper. Frontis photograph of Brooke is protected by tissue guard. Guard is mssing top corner. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 168 pp.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 1924 Dodd, Mead & Company, 78th Thousand, green cloth hardcover with dust jacket, DJ is rubbed with small edge tears, foxing spots on text block edges, interior pages are clean, photo frontispiece with issue guard, 168 pages.
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Very Good + in very good + jacket. Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as "Chaucer"; (August 1887 – 23 April 1915) was an English poet 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". ]Including some additional poems published for the first time in this collection. Introduction by George Edward Woodberry and a Biographical Note by Margaret Lavington. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is clipped and has small chips/tears around edges. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Frontis is photographic illustration of Rupert Brooke. Frontis has tissue-guard. Some foxing to top and side edges of text block. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 192 pp.
