Parsons Clere Rupert Brooke Sir (1 results)

Condition: Good. Ninth Impression. Hardback. 8vo. pp. clix, [i]. 160. Portrait frontispiece to the memoir. Portrait frontispiece to the poems. Original publisher's black buckram, paper label on spine. Spare label tipped in at rear. From the library of Clere Parsons with the ink inscription on front free endpaper: 'Clere T. J. H. Parsons cum auxilio matris, April 25th, a.d. 1922.' Two additional juvenile Brooke poems entitled 'Mary Had a Little Lamb,' Sat. Westminster 1907, [after Ben Jonson] and 'Nursery Rhyme' Saturday Westminster 1907 handwritten in ink by Clere Parsons at rear. Some occasional pencil underlining and marks in the margins. Page vii/viii loose, newspaper cutting dated 1937 about Brooke loosely inserted causing browning to pages 66 and 67, two further newspaper cuttings dating from 1959 with an extract from Christopher Hassall's book on Sir Edward Marsh which provides insights into Rupert Brooke's personality and tragic death. Small tear to foot of spine, paper label a little chipped, slight stain to upper cover, otherwise very good.Together with: DEARMER, Geoffrey. Poems. London, William Heinemann, 1918. 8vo. pp. 87, [i]. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt on upper cover and spine. From the library of Clere Parson with his ownership signature dated Aug. 26th 1922 with the following note written in ink on front free endpaper '(bought at Smith's Kensington High St. after returning from the Isle of Man, before proceeding to Bournemouth).' Some pencil underlining and the occasional comment in Parson's hand. War poems and some miscellaneous verse dedicated to the author's younger brother who was a pilot with the Royal Naval Air Service killed at Suvla Bay, October 6th, 1915. Lettering on spine faded, pages browning at edges, otherwise very good. FLECKER, James Elroy. Selected Poems. London, Martin Secker, 1921. Reprint. First published 1918. 8vo. pp. [viii], 103, [i]. Portrait frontispiece. Original publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt on spine. From the library of Clere Parson with his ownership signature dated Jan. 9th 1923 with the following note written in ink on front free endpaper '(from Allport, who lost my copy which I lent him!).' Seurat postcard loosely inserted. Occasional pencil underlining and markings, spine and edges of covers faded, a few light stains to upper cover. BENSON, A. C. From a College Window. London, Edinburgh and New York, Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., N.D. [c.1917]. First published in 1906. 8vo. pp. 250. 6pp. advertisements at rear. Original publisher's crimson cloth lettered gilt on spine. From the library of Clere Parson with his ownership signature dated January 1924 and with the words 'hys Booke' written in ink on front free endpaper.Very occasional pencil underlining and markings. THOMPSON, Francis. Sister Songs: An Offering to Two Sisters. London, Burns & Oates, 1913. 8vo. pp. 65, [i]. 4pp. advertisements at rear. Original publisher's brown buckram lettered gilt on spine and upper cover. From the library of Clere Parson with his ownership signature and a note written in ink on front free endpaper which says, '(bought at the Poetry Bookshop, May 24th '23, after hearing Harold Monro read Rupert Brooke. He said I was lucky to get it so cheap!).' Slight wear at head of spine. DE LA MARE, Walter. The Listeners and Other Poems. London, Bombay, Sydney, Constable and Company Ltd., 1923. Ninth impression. First published in 1912. 8vo. pp. ix, [i], 92. Original publisher's blue paper-covered boards lettered in dark blue on spine and upper cover. Grey dust jacket lettered dark blue on spine and upper cover. From the library of Clere Parsons with his ownership signature dated March 1924 written in ink on front free endpaper. Dust jacket worn with slight loss. DE LA MARE, Walter. Motley and Other Poems. London, Bombay, Sydney, Constable and Company Ltd., 1922. Fifth impression. First published in 1918. 8vo. pp. viii, 75. Original publisher's blue paper-covered boards lettered in dark blue on spine and upper cover. Grey dust jacket lettered dark blue on spine and upper cover. From the library of Clere Parsons with his ownership signature dated March 1924 written in ink on front free endpaper. Dust jacket worn with some loss. RONSARD, P. de. Îuvres Choisies avec Notice, Notes et Commentaires par C.-A. Sainte-Beuve. Nouvelle dition, revue et augmente par M. Louis Moland. Paris, Librairie Garnier Frres, 1917. 8vo. pp. lxxii, 370, [i]. Contemporary quarter mottled calf, marbled boards, leather labels on spine lettered gilt. From the library of Clere Parsons with his ownership signature dated April 1924 and with ' Tours' written in ink on front free endpaper. Spine worn and partially split on upper hinge. Clere Trevor James Herbert Parsons (1908-1931) rejected Georgian poetry (which included the work of Rupert Brooke) calling it 'the swan-song of Victorian poetry.' Had he lived beyond his twenty-three years (a diabetic he died from pneumonia and a lack of insulin) it is thought that Parsons would have become as eminent as the Macspaunday four (Macniece, Spender, Auden and Day-Lewis). In so many ways he was the Stuart Sutcliffe figure of the movement. He was an editor of a number of student magazines including the influential Oxford Poetry and was an early proponent of American Modernism. Some wear, otherwise very good.