Wilfred Owen with Rupert Brooke
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) and Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) both wrote poetry during the First World War, in which both men died. This book was issued with the poems of each poet printed back-to-back. The book is designed to be flipped on the short edge through 180 degrees. The poems of Brooke are printed on 4 pages and those of Owen on 11 pages; the first page of Owen is a quotation: My subject is war, and the pity of war. The poetry is in the pity
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This back-to-back edition was published after a single volume edition of poems by Wilfred Owen. Carr reported that he had published six impressions of this small book. They may not be easy to tell apart because little publishing information is given inside back-to-back books.
(Last updated on 22/2/2021)
SBP-BRO-OWE1: First impression
Title: Wilfred Owen
Publisher: J.L. Carr at 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 19?
ISBN: (0900847875)
Size: 121 x 96 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: one
Binding: printed glossy white card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: none given
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: G. Smith (Thrapston) Ltd. of Northampton-shire
Content: Short biography. Poems: Anthem for Doomed Youth; Parable of the old men and the young; The Sentry; Mental Cases; Greater Love; Strange Meeting; The Dead-beat; The Send-off; Dulce et decorum est.
Notes: This was published back to back with the poems of Rupert Brooke. It was issued in a Mini-Poets
series.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
First page of text in Owen section
SBP-BRO-OWE2/3/4: Second/third/fourth impression?
Title: Wilfred Owen
Publisher: J.L. Carr at 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: (0900847875)
Size: 127 x 90 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: two
Binding: orange matt printed card covers
Paper: red
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: none given
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: none stated
Content: Brief biography. Poems: Anthem for Doomed Youth; Parable of the old men and the young; The Sentry; Mental Cases; Greater Love; Strange Meeting; The Dead-beat; The Send-off; Dulce et decorum est.
Notes: This was published back to back with the poems of Rupert Brooke.
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside front cover (click to enlarge)
SBP-BRO-OWE3/4/5: Third/fourth/fifth impressions
Title: Wilfred Owen
Publisher:
Year: 19?
ISBN: None
Size: xxx x xx mm
Pages: 16
Staples:
Binding:
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist:
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: none given
Colophon:
Telephone number:
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: xx
Printed by:
Content:
Notes:
Rear and front covers (click to enlarge)
Inside rear cover (click to enlarge)
SBP-BRO-OWE6: Sixth impression?
Title: Wilfred Owen
Publisher: J.L. Carr, 27 Mill Dale Road, Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 129 x 92 mm
Pages: 16
Staples: two
Binding: orange matt printed card covers
Paper: red
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: (J.L. Carr)
Internal illustrations: none
Number in series: 7
Colophon: none
Telephone number: (0536) 514995
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none
Printed by: not stated
Content: Brief biography. Poems: Anthem for Doomed Youth; Parable of the old men and the young; The Sentry; Mental Cases; Greater Love; Strange Meeting; The Dead-beat; The Send-off; Dulce et decorum est.
Notes: This was published back to back with the poems of Rupert Brooke. The number 7 was applied retrospectively, but the back-to-back edition was not early as Carr had first published a single poet edition of the poems of Wilfred Owen which was one of the first 10 books of poems that he published.
Rear and front cover
First page of text in Owen section