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SASSOON, Siegfried (1886-1967) -- Rupert BROOKE (1887-1915). The Poetical Works , edited by Geoffrey Keynes. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. 8° (203 x 130mm). Frontispiece and plate after Gwen Raverat. Original cloth, spine gilt, dustwrapper (dustwrapper faded and chipped with loss causing fading on spine). Provenance : Siegfried Sassoon (presentation inscription on front free endpaper 'Siegfried Sassoon from Geoffrey Keynes Oct 1946'; monogram booklabel; loosely-inserted press clipping on 'Obscurity in Poetry', 16 January 1959, mentioning both Brooke and Sassoon; pencilled annotations by Sassoon, vide infra ). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY. Keynes Brooke 19. R. BROOKE. Letters from America , edited by Edward Marsh. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., 1916. 8° (197 x 138mm). Photogravure portrait frontispiece by Emery Walker after Sherril Schell retaining tissue guard. (Occasional light spotting or marking, K1-4 and K5-8 misbound in reverse order.) Original black buckram, printed paper lettering-piece on spine [second state] (lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded and leant, lower hinge split). Provenance : Siegfried Sassoon (pencilled note in his hand on front free endpaper noting the misbound leaves, reading-marks on preface). First English edition, second impression. Cf. Keynes Brooke 42. R. BROOKE. Democracy and the Arts , edited by Geoffrey Keynes. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, '1946' [1947]. 8° (205 x 134mm). Photographic frontispiece. Original cloth, spine gilt, dustwrapper (dustwrapper partially faded and with small chips). Provenance : Siegfried Sassoon (monogram booklabel). FIRST EDITION. Keynes Brooke 46. THREE WORKS BY BROOKE FROM SASSOON'S LIBRARY; of particular interest is The Poetical Works , in which Sassoon has added the name of the subject or inspiration to some 11 poems, and annotated 'Letter to a Live Poet' with names of poets whose work is echoed and 'The Voice' with details about Brooke and Noël Olivier. (3)