Isaac Rosenberg | Poems, London, 1922, first edition, presentation copy from the poet's sister

Isaac Rosenberg

Poems. London: Heinemann, 1922

FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 500 COPIES POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED, PRESENTATION COPY, 8vo, original boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket defective, a very good copy

Presentation copy from the poet's sister, Annie Wymick, inscribed by her to unidentified recipients—Billy and Harry—and with her bibliographical notes regarding the publishing history of the book. One of the ‘Whitechapel Boys', Rosenberg enlisted in 1915 and was killed on 1 April 1918, aged 28.