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SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967) -- Rupert BROOKE (1887-1915). The Poetical Works, edited by Geoffrey Keynes. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. 8° (203 x 130mm). Frontispiece and plate after Gwen Raverat. Original cloth, spine gilt, dustwrapper (dustwrapper faded and chipped with loss causing fading on spine). Provenance: Siegfried Sassoon (presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'Siegfried Sassoon from Geoffrey Keynes Oct 1946'; monogram booklabel; loosely-inserted press clipping on 'Obscurity in Poetry', 16 January 1959, mentioning both Brooke and Sassoon; pencilled annotations by Sassoon, vide infra). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY. Keynes Brooke 19.
R. BROOKE. Letters from America, edited by Edward Marsh. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1916. 8° (197 x 138mm). Photogravure portrait frontispiece by Emery Walker after Sherril Schell, retaining tissue guard. (Occasional light spotting or marking, K1-4 and K5-8 misbound in reverse order.) Original black buckram, printed paper lettering-piece on spine [second state] (lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded and leant, lower hinge split). Provenance: Siegfried Sassoon (pencilled note in his hand on front free endpaper noting the misbound leaves, reading-marks on preface). First English edition, second impression. Cf. Keynes Brooke 42.
R. BROOKE. Democracy and the Arts, edited by Geoffrey Keynes. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, '1946' [1947]. 8° (205 x 134mm). Photographic frontispiece. Original cloth, spine gilt, dustwrapper (dustwrapper partially faded and with small chips). Provenance: Siegfried Sassoon (monogram booklabel). FIRST EDITION. Keynes Brooke 46.
THREE WORKS BY BROOKE FROM SASSOON'S LIBRARY; of particular interest is The Poetical Works, in which Sassoon has added the name of the subject or inspiration to some 11 poems, and annotated 'Letter to a Live Poet' with names of poets whose work is echoed and 'The Voice' with details about Brooke and Noël Olivier. (3)
R. BROOKE. Letters from America, edited by Edward Marsh. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1916. 8° (197 x 138mm). Photogravure portrait frontispiece by Emery Walker after Sherril Schell, retaining tissue guard. (Occasional light spotting or marking, K1-4 and K5-8 misbound in reverse order.) Original black buckram, printed paper lettering-piece on spine [second state] (lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded and leant, lower hinge split). Provenance: Siegfried Sassoon (pencilled note in his hand on front free endpaper noting the misbound leaves, reading-marks on preface). First English edition, second impression. Cf. Keynes Brooke 42.
R. BROOKE. Democracy and the Arts, edited by Geoffrey Keynes. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, '1946' [1947]. 8° (205 x 134mm). Photographic frontispiece. Original cloth, spine gilt, dustwrapper (dustwrapper partially faded and with small chips). Provenance: Siegfried Sassoon (monogram booklabel). FIRST EDITION. Keynes Brooke 46.
THREE WORKS BY BROOKE FROM SASSOON'S LIBRARY; of particular interest is The Poetical Works, in which Sassoon has added the name of the subject or inspiration to some 11 poems, and annotated 'Letter to a Live Poet' with names of poets whose work is echoed and 'The Voice' with details about Brooke and Noël Olivier. (3)
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