Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1926
Seller: Pensees Bookshop, Charleston, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. First Edition. Green boards are bright and solid, lightly bumped at the t/b of the spine, clean pages. Grey dust jacket (in removable mylar sleeve) is lightly chipped along the front edge and the t/b of the spine with large chip to the left of the spine lettering.
Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1926
Seller: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 294pp + adverts. HARDCOVER Roughcut pages. Some browning to eps at both ends. No inscriptions. All clean internally. Strong binding. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.
Published by The English Review, (London), 1912
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Vol. XII, No. 2. Blue printed wrappers. A couple short tears on wraps, spine bumped with creases, very good. Includes the first appearance of "The Forge" by Norman Douglas [Woolf C39]. Additional contributions by Laurence Binyon, H. M. Tomlinson, F. Tennyson Jesse, Ian Hamilton, and more.
Published by Everyman's Library: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1920
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 1920. No dust jacket. A slight tan to the page edges. Contents clear and bright throughout. A lovely copy.
Published by Seeley & Co, London, 1895. the four titles bound as one,, 1895
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback, 4to, 80;80;80;72pp. numerous illustrations, clean and sound, no inscriptions, marbled boards and red half-leather, gilt titles, rubbed, spine edges starting to crack; Good condition.
Language: English
Published by William Heinemann, London, 1922
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A true first edition, published in 1922, edited and selected by Gordon Bottomley with a 50 page Introductory Memoir by Laurence Binyon. Rosenberg's "Complete Works" wasn't published until 1937, and "Collected Poems" not until 1949. With a portrait frontispiece of Isaac Rosenberg. Inserted loosely in the book is an envelope dated 2 May 1944 postmarked Manchester - unfortunately, there is no letter inside! ***Very good in black cloth-covered boards with a paper label to the spine, which is completely clean and undamaged. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases to the boards. Corners sharp. Fore-edge of page block just slightly foxed. Please note that the book would be considered to be near fine but for signs of some expert professional restoration to the spine along the edge with the rear board (please see scans). No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally near fine with no inscriptions. No foxing to the pages which are clean. No creases or tears. ***In a very good light blue printed dustwrapper, which retains the publisher's printed price of 6/- net on the spine. The dustwrapper is largely complete, with just some slight loss at the top of the spine, which has been reinforced on the back. Some wear and surface rubbing to the bottom of the spine of the dustwrapper. Just very light edge-wear to the extremities. No tears. No chips. Spine lightly browned with age and exposure to light and handling. Internal folds retain the original slightly darker blue and are uncreased. ***198mm x130mm. 186 pages. ***Contents: Introductory Memoir [by Gordon Bottomley], Moses - A Play, Poems from Camp and Trench, Fragments of "The Unicorn", Earlier Poems. Some of the poems appeared in a privately printed pamphlets "Night and Day", published in 1912, and "Youth" published in 1915. "Moses A Play" was originally published in 1916, completing the works published in the author's lifetime. [Taken from the Bibliographical Note] ***'Youth is still childhood: when we cast off every cloudy venture, and our thoughts are clear and mature; when every act is a conscious thought, every thought an attempt to arrest feeling; our feelings strong and overwhelming, our sensitiveness awakened by insignificant things in life; when the skies race tumultuously with our blood, and the earth shines and laughs; when our blood hangs suspended at the rustling of a gown. Our vanity loves to subdue--battle, aggressive. How we despise those older and duller--we want life, newness, excitement. (Isaac Rosenberg, circa 1916) ***'Isaac Rosenberg (25 Nov 1890 - 1 Apr 1918) was an English poet and artist. His "Poems from the Trenches" are recognized as some of the most outstanding poetry written during the First World War. On 21 Mar 1918, the German Army started its Spring Offensive on the Western Front. A week later, Rosenberg sent his last letter with a poem "Through These Pale Cold Days" to England before going to the front lines with reinforcements. Having just finished a night patrol, he was killed on the night of 1 Apr 1918 with another ten KORL soldiers; there is a dispute as to whether his death occurred at the hands of a sniper or in close combat. (Wiki) ***An original first edition of "Poems" by Isaac Rosenberg. Of interest to literary academics and collectors of Isaac Rosenberg's poetry, and First World War literature and poetry titles. The book is itself scarce, and copies with complete surviving dustwrappers are exceedingly scarce. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.