The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke [First Edition, Third Impression Arts and Crafts Full Leather Binding by RCM]

Rupert Brooke

Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1933

About this Item

London: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd., 1927, First Edition, Third Impression. Arts and Crafts full terracotta calf leather signed RCM stamped in blind to the rear paste down, photograph portrait frontispiece of the Author, gilt tiles and decoration to the spine, M.S. of The Soldier in facsimile, gilt decoration to the boards and gilt page edges. Inner blind and gilt dentelles. Later impression of Brooke s poems, with tissue guarded frontispiece of Rupert Brooke in 1913. Pagination: viii, [ii], 166pp. Provenance: signature for CR Churchfield (?) to the front end paper. Approximately 7 ¼ inches tall (18.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, five gilt raised bands with gilt decorated compartments, worn and rubbed to the bands. Joints good condition sound, gently rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition red leather boards with a gilt and blind tooled decoration to both boards, gilt titles to the front. Page edges good condition all edges gilt. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition brown paper, leather gilt and blind tooled turn-ins, blind stamped initials to the rear. End papers good condition brown paper, offsetting from the leather. Title good condition lightly tanned. Pages good condition tissue guarded frontispiece of Rupert Brooke in 1913, pages are lightly tanned throughout. Binding good condition attractive, signed binding (RCM). See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1724064302828

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke [First Edition, Third Impression Arts and Crafts Full Leather Binding by RCM]
• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd.
• Publication Date: 1933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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