BROOKE, Rupert; Lascelles Abercrombie; John Drinkwater; Wilfrid Wilson Gibson.

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New Numbers [Complete Set]. First editions. Four numbers comprising the complete run of New Numbers by the "Dymock Poets" presenting 41 poems, of which 15 are by Rupert Brooke. The majority of the poems in Brooke's 1914 and Other Poems first appeared here, including his famous poem, "The Soldier".A series half-title, title page and contents are provided in the final number for those who wished to bind together the separate numbers. This was frequently done, and sets in original wrappers are not common.Drinkwater's letter sends a manuscript (not present) "of my contribution to the new issue of New Numbers" to the Printing Works of the Gloucester Chronicle. He asks that it is "set... in the same way as Mr Abercrombie, 'End of the World'" and requests three sets of proofs. Drinkwater then provides three addresses and his dates at these places. Not sure that he has addressed this letter correctly, Drinkwater requests a postcard "by return acknowledging receipt".Provenance: the collection of Steve Forbes, chairman of Forbes Magazine, and presidential candidate in the 1996 and 2000 US elections.

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