1914: five sonnets by Brooke, Rupert - 1915

Sidgwick & Jackson 1915,. 1915. Soft cover. sewn paperback, square 12mo, 8pp, contents clean and sound, no inscriptions, printed paper wraps, careful taped reapirs along the spine; Good condition .

London: Sidgewick & Jackson Ltd, 1915. First edition, 1915. Issued several months after the collection "1914 and Other Poems" from which these poems came. Grey card wraps. Sewn binding. Unpaginated. Lacking original envelope. Contains the sonnets:- "Peace", "Safety", "The Dead" (1), "The Dead" (2) and "The Soldier" followed by a page of ads for other Sidgwick & Jackson publications including "1914 and Other Poems". Very good condition. Slight discolouration to wraps with a little light creasing and wear to the edges. Some very faint toning to first and final pages. Ink dedication on the title page:- "With love to Sproatie Xmas 1915" otherwise very clean and bright internally.

Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1915. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. The first separate edition, issued five months after his collection '1914 and Other Poems', from which these poems are taken. 12mo. Eight unpaginated leaves including one sheet of advertisements. Sewn lettered wrappers, the upper wrapper exhibiting some unsightly discolouration, and also a touch of very light spotting and a little creasing to the yapped fore edge. Faint trace of (probably contemporary) former owner details neatly inked to the head of the upper wrapper. A nice bright copy, particularly crisp internally, but lacking the original mailing envelope. Brooke's third appearance in print, the sonnets here being 'Peace', 'Safety', 'The Dead' ["Blow out, you bugles"], 'The Dead' ["These hearts were woven"] and 'The Soldier'. 20,000 copies were printed. Keynes 28..

Paperback. 1915. (8pp) card covers, 12mo Sidgwork & Jackson, London 1915. Covers v. slightly dusty, else VG. .

London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Paper covers with blue printing. Comprised of the covers plus four leaves containing the title page, five poems and adverts. The last poem, The Soldier, is the one most quoted, begining "If I should die, think only this of me:" A small, very ephemeral publication with general wear. It is perhaps surprising that any of these copies have survived over 100 years since their publication. (Bibliographic reference: Keynes 28). Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and PBFA, and subscribes to the Associations' Codes of Ethics. . Good. Paper Covers. First Edition, First Printing. 1915.

London.: Sidgwick & Jackson., 1915.. Pamphlet.. Name on covers. Covers little marked. Edges scuffed else good.

London: Sidgwick and Jackson. Used - Very Good. 1915. First Edition. hardcover. Three quarter leather and marbled paper covered boards, rebinding of paperback pamphlet by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London with original wraps bound-in at rear. Duodecimo. 5 pp. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Moderate shelf wear to boards overall, with some scuffing & rubbing to leather. Altogether very sound. Very Good. (Subject: Poetry).

Sidgwick & Jackson,, 1915. Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original wrappers printed in blue, neatly resewn to style; a near fine copy now preserved in custom-made portfolio, printed paper label on upper board. Keynes, 28.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1915. 1st. paperback. Fine, 1st, original printed wrappers staplebound, Comprised of the covers plus four leaves containing the title page, five poems and adverts. . 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Published in his lifetime, this little anthology includes one of his best-loved poems, The Soldier

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 1915. First British edition. Pamphlet. Pamphlet. First British edition. This early collection of poems was published in an edition of only 500 copies. This was Brooke's third appearance in print. A fine, fresh copy with the original printed mailing envelope whose flap has been strengthened by archival document tape. Brooke's lyrical poems were published shortly after his death in 1915 when he was shipping out to the battle of Gallipoli. The English nation lionized him for his unabashedly patriotic poem, "The Soldier" whose lines begin: "If I should die, think only this of me:/ That there's some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England. There Shall be/ In that rich earth richer dust concealed/