THE COLLECTED POEMS OF RUPERT BROOKE: WITH A MEMOIR

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1930. Spine uniformly sunned to a light grey. Covers with double fillet gilt borders. Panelled spine with red leather label. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with inner dentelles. Portrait of the poet as frontispiece with tissue-guard. Finely-bound volume, crisp and clean throughout. In a custom slipcase. Rupert C. Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet known for his war sonnets written during the Great War. He died at age 28 of an infected mosquito bite and ensuing sepsis. He was off the coast of Greece with the British Meditteranean Expeditionary Forces on their way to Gallipoli.. 162pp.. Nineteenth Impression. Blue Smooth Morocco. Essentially No Wear/No Jacket. Octavo. (Inventory #: 013877)