Rosenberg Bottomley Gordon (28 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo, viii,240, No Signatures or Annotations, Orange Cloth (Very Good), Dust Jacket (Good).

Hardback. Condition: New.

Gilt Lettered Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. viii, 240 pp. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine in an illustrated dustjacket, which is not price clipped. Minor rubbing to jacket, but boards are fresh and bright. A clean edition, with a foreword by Siegfried Sassoon. 0701110872 8vo.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Publisher's original beige cloth boards, gilt titles on a red medallion with a gilt garland surrounding it. Top edge coloured red. viii + 240pp. Some spotting to the edges. Text clean and fresh. No ownership markings. No DJ.

Condition: New. In English.

viii+240pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, publisher's creasing to ffe., otherwise a near fine copy.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Hardcover, clothbound with dust jacket in protective plastic sheet. 240 pp. No Plates. Small portion of back dust jacket torn off, else Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 20cm x 13cm, xii, 186pp, frontis. portrait photograph. Internally - some staining to endpapers. Internally [very good], Black Cloth [minor fading o/w Good] with worn paper label to spine. NO DUST JACKET.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First ed (US) Schocken 1949. Jacket is Good, priceclipped with average wear and tear. Book is Very Good with moderate wear, pages yellowed with an occasional minor blemish.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. Red cloth, the spine lettered in gilt. xvi, 404pp. + 8 plates, the frontispiece with a tissue guard, the head edge stained red. 'In including all the existing material the editors recognise that they are publishing much, both in verse and in prose, which Rosenberg would have destroyed or recast had he lived. They do so in the belief that many readers who already appreciate Rosenberg's achievement will prefer to form their own conception of his developing personality rather than to accept an impression conveyed by selective editing.' Somewhat marked outwardly and moderately bumped to extremities, the spine and (less so) part of the lower panel faded, the half-title spotted towards its head edge, otherwise just the very occasional instance of mild soiling internally. Towards Very Good overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in 1937 - edited by Gordon Bottomley and Denys Harding, with a foreword by Siegfried Sassoon. The original publication of Isaac Rosenberg's "Poems" was in 1922 by William Heinemann, with this "Collected Works" not being published until 1937. With eight monochrome illustrations, including a frontispiece showing: 'Self Portrait, 1911 or earlier'. An historically important collection of artistic and literary works by Isaac Rosenberg. ***Near fine in red cloth-covered boards with a gilt titles on the spine. The gilt is still nice and bright, although the spine colour has faded a bit. The boards are quite clean, just showing some marks and rubbing from age and handling over the years. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, with some small nicks to the top edge cloth. Corners sharp. Top edge of page block stained red by the publisher to match the boards. Edges of page block clean, with just a small mark to the fore-edge but no foxing. With the bottom edge untrimmed by the printer. No reading lean to the binding, and no reading creases to the spine. Spine tight. Internally also near fine, with just a neat contemporary ownership name at the top of the front free endpaper. No offsetting or foxing to the interior pages. Pages clean. No creases or tears. Without the scarce dustwrapper. ***226mm x148mm. 401 pages. ***Contents: Foreword; Biographical Note; Editorial Note; POEMS: Night and Day, 1912; Youth, 1915; Moses: A Play, 1916; Trench Poems, 1916-1918; The Unicorn; Earlier Poems Unpublished by Rosenberg, 1914-1915; Earlier Poems, 1913; Earlier Poems, 1912; Earlier Poems, before 1912; Fragments. PROSE: Art, Emerson, The Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition, Shorter Fragments of Prose, Romance at the Baillie Galleries, Rudolph, On a Door Knocker. LETTERS, NOTES, INDEX OF FIRST LINES, INDEX OF TITLES. ***'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 the "Collected Works" of Isaac Rosenberg. The Collected Works was issued in an edition of 500 copies, with 900 sets of sheets being stored for a potential reprinting at the publisher's bindery - however, only 403 copies had been sold by March 1938, and the remaining unbound sheets were destroyed in April 1941 when the warehouse used by Chatto & Windus was bombed in the London Blitz. As a consequence, copies of this book in any condition are very hard to find now. Of interest to literary academics and collectors of Isaac Rosenberg's work, and the poetry of the First World War. ***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.…

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. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 240. Poetry, Foreword by Siegfried Sassoon. Revised edition- first 'separate' edition. Neat name on front endpaper otherwise fine in attractive VG+ dust jacket (very slight soiling, slight edgewear).

dj. [War poetry] FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 240. Publisher's beige cloth, red label with gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket. Top edge red. Loose newspaper clipping inserted. Internally bright and clean, some offsetting to endpapers. Small ownership inscription in black ink to front flyleaf. Front flap price-clipped. Minor splashing to fore edge. Light toning across jacket. A few small open tears to extremities and front joint. Gentle shelfwear. Very good. Though considered a war poet because of his powerful Trench Poems, Rosenberg more broadly achieved a 'fruitful fusion between English and Hebrew culture' in his work, as Siegfried Sassoon states in the forward to this collection.…

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK Printing published by Chatto And Windus in 1937. One of only 500 copies printed. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. A little pushing at the spine ends with a small lightly faded area at the lower spine end corresponding to the the area of loss in the wrapper. Crimson top-stain still present. Gilt titling remains bright. Mild splaying of the front board. Toning to the text block and page edges. Mild offsetting and spotting to the end-papers. The tissue guard to the frontispiece portrait is still present. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. It bears the correct price of 12s. 6d. net. Mild edge-wear with some loss at the spine ends and the upper front panel edge. A few closed tears to the folds with some professional japanese tissue repairs on the verso to two closed tears to the spine folds. Light toning to the spine. The wrapper looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. Accompanied with the loosely inserted Publisher's compliments slip with the H/W compliments of Mr I. M. Parsons. The latter, an editor at Chatto went on to write the introduction and notes for the revised edition of this title published in 1979 by Chatto. From the library of American poet Richard Eberhart. A very scarce title with such attributes. Only the second copy we have handled to date. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.…

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Leather Bound. Condition: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1922. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 214, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 214 214.…