Fine Books and Manuscripts

[Fine Bindings] Five Finely Bound Poetical Works. Consisting of The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1929; full polished red calf bound by Rivière, elaborate scrollwork and centerpieces in compartments, dentelle turn-ins); Come Hither by Walter de la Mare (Constable, 1928; full polished green calf bound by Rivière; spine label laid-in, gilt scrollwork in compartments, dentelle turn-ins); The Poems of Francis Thompson (Oxford University Press, 1938; full red polished calf bound by Rivière with gilt scrollwork at corners, compartments decorated in gilt with morocco spine labels); Poems by Alan Seeger (Charles Scribner’s, 1923; half burgundy morocco, compartments ruled in gilt); and The Golden Book of English Sonnets (Dodd, Mead and Company, ca. 1920s; half blue morocco, gilt sprigs in compartments; separation to spine panel). T.e.g. 8vos. Generally very good.