Description: FINE EXAMPLE OF A NOTORIOUSLY FRAGILE AND SCARCE FIRST PRINTING OF ISAAC ROSENBERG'SBOOK OF POEMS, Youth. Published in 1915 by I. Narodiczky, Printer, 48, Mile End Road, London. Only 100 copies were printed. There are 22 poems.In Paul Fussell's THE GREAT WAR AND MODERN MEMORY, Fussell states that Rosenberg's "Day Break In The Trenches" is considered the greatest poem of WW1, no small accomplishment, considering the other heavyweights like Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Siegfried Sassoon, and Robert Graves. Also contains the chilling and prophetic "Dead Man's Dump" Isaac Rosenberg was killed on the Western Front, April 1st, 1918. Unusually fine condition, often found with missing pieces because of the thin, brittle paper.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: LONDON
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, 100 COPIES PRINTED
Signed: No
Author: ISAAC ROSENBERG
Region: Europe
Topic: Literature
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Subject: WW1 POETRY
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1915
