Letters from America

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1916. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 6". None. A third impression of this collection of letters from Rupert Brooke during his tour of the United States of America, with a preface by Henry James. Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) was an English poet remembered for his war poetry. He was a friend amongst the Bloomsbury group of writers, and was a member of the literary groups the Georgian Poets and the Dymock poets, which included Robert Frost and Edward Thomas as members. His sonnets written during the First World War remain some of the most important examples of Western war poetry, with 'The Soldier' and 'The Dead' being his most well known verses. He tragically perished from sepsis from a mosquito bite whilst sailing with the British Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during the First World War at the age of twenty-seven.With a preface by renowned American novelist Henry James.With a frontispiece of the author taken in 1915. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart, minor wear only with bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound, pages generally bright and clean with some offsetting to the title page. Very Good Indeed