Accession number
PML 198491.1
Creator
Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915.
Published
Rugby : [publisher not identified], 1904.
Credit line
Purchased on the Kenneth A. Lohf Fund for Poetry, 2020.
Notes
Text attributed to R.C.B. at end.
Brooke's first publication.
A clipping describing this copy from Hayward's English Poetry exhibition, 1947, is laid in.
Brooke's first publication.
A clipping describing this copy from Hayward's English Poetry exhibition, 1947, is laid in.
Description
16 unnumbered leaves ; 22 x 14 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed under the title by Mary Ruth Parker-Brooke (1848-1931): "by Rupert Brooke at 16 ys 6 ms; awarded an extra prize as being so nearly equal to the prize winner." Inscription by Edward Marsh on note tipped into binder's endleaf: "The Pyramid was given me by Mrs. Brooke, who has written on the title-page. [signed] E Marsh.
Provenance
Edward Marsh, gift of the poet's mother; from the collection of John Schroder (his bookplate).
Binding
Self-wrappers, as issued; bound in collector's full blue morocco with gilt-stamped turn-ins, spine lettered in gold; housed in modern 1/4 red leather case with red cloth sides, title and date stamped in gold on spine.
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