Mare, Walter de la

Crossings: A Fairy Play

Walter De La Mare · 1923 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.81 | $99.48 | ¥15,897)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1923 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first printing in the publisher's original blue cloth with decorative gilt, with sheet music by C. Armstrong Gibbs, and twelve full-page plates and further illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop.  Th...

Two Volumes from the Ariel Poems Series: Alone; the Early Whistler

Walter de la Mare; Wilfrid Gibson · 1927 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.83 | $86.22 | ¥13,777)

London, Faber & Gwyer Ltd. 1927. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two illustrated poems from The Ariel Poems series by Walter de la Mare and Wilfrid Gibson, with illustrations by Blair Hughes-Stanton and John Nash. Two works in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. The Ariel ...

Winged Chariot

Walter De La Mare · 1951 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.69 | $58.36 | ¥9,326)

London, Faber and Faber, 1951. Cloth. A first edition of this epic poem by the celebrated author Walter de la Mare in its unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression. An epic poem mingling humour and passion, thought and image, and perspiring a sense of vindication...

The Three Mulla-Mulgars

Walter De La Mare · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

London, Selwyn & Blount Ltd. 1924. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated copy of the popular edition of Walter de la Mere's The Three Mulla-Mulgars. Popular edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and ten full-page images. Collated complete. The story of three royal mo...

Stuff and Nonsense and So on

Walter De La Mare · 1927 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

London, Constable and Co. Ltd. 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated collection of poetry by Walter De La Mare in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Stuff and Nonsense and So On by Walter de la Mare in the original publisher's cloth b...

Winged Chariot

Walter De La Mare · 1951 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.87 | $66.32 | ¥10,598)

London, Faber and Faber, 1951. Cloth. A collection of de la Mare's poetry, complete with an unclipped dust wrapper. A charming collection of poetry by Walter de la Mare.Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) was an English poet and short story writer remembered for his children&ap...

Peacock Pie

Walter De La Mare · 1924 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.81 | $99.48 | ¥15,897)

London, Constable and Company Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this title, comprising a series of poems by acclaimed author Walter de la Mare. Colourfully illustrated throughout by C. Lovat Fraser. The first edition of this work, with new old-rhymes for th...

Peacock Pie a Book of Rhymes

Walter de la Mare · 1920 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.86 | $72.95 | ¥11,658)

London, Constable and Co Ltd. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition second impression copy of this charming poetry collection by Walter de la Mare. Walter de la Mare was the prolific author of many volumes of poetry, short stories and novels, including one of the ...

Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes

Walter De La Mare · 1924 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1924. Cloth. A charming and entertaining series of poems by acclaimed author Walter de la Mare, with colour images. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and fifteen colour plates. Collated complete. Being a collection of old and new verses ...

Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe

Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.81 | $99.48 | ¥15,897)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of Walter De La Mare's exploration of the trope of desert islands in fiction, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to six hundred and fifty copies signed by the author, of which t...

Two Ariel Poems: The Other Wing; the Winnowing Dream

Louis MacNeice; Walter de la Mare · 1954 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

London, Faber and Faber, 1954. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two pamphlets from the Ariel Poems series, by Louis MacNeice and Walter de la Mare, with illustrations by Michael Ayrton and Robin Jaques, as well as the original envelope for one of the poems. Two pamphlets, one...

Desert Island and Robinson Crusoe

Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books

£58.00 (€69.45 | $76.93 | ¥12,294)

London, Faber and Faber, 1930. Cloth. A profusely illustrated copy of this work of literary criticism with charming illustrations from Rex Whistler. First trade edition. Issued the same time as a limited, signed edition. Illustrated throughout with numerous, lovely designs by ...

Peacock Pie

Walter De La Mare · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.84 | $79.59 | ¥12,717)

London, Faber & Faber Limited, 1946. Hardback. A new edition, featuring the illustrations of British painter and print-maker Edward Ardizzone. A new edition featuring the illustrations of Edward Ardizzone, the work having been first published in 1913. In original yellow pictor...

Peacock Pie

Walter de la Mare · 1922 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.77 | $119.38 | ¥19,076)

London, Constable and Co, 1922. Paperback. A charming copy Walter de la Mare's poetry collection 'Peacock Pie&apos. Walter de la Mare was the prolific author of many volumes of poetry, short stories and novels, including one of the most enduringly popular poems in th...

Poems 1919 to 1934

Walter De La Mare · 1935 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.49 | $258.65 | ¥41,332)

London , Constable & Company Limited, 1935 . First edition. Cloth. A signed presentation copy of this collection of poetry by English poet, short story writer, and novelist, Walter de la Mare. The first edition of the work, stated to the rear of the title page.Signed and inscr...

News

Walter De La Mare · 1930 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.84 | $79.59 | ¥12,717)

London, Faber & Faber Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Hardback. A limited first edition copy of this haunting poetic reflection on sudden news, paired with Barnett Freedman's evocative illustration, signed by the author, Walter de la Mare. In the publisher's original blue...

Love

Walter de la Mare · 1943 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.84 | $79.59 | ¥12,717)

London, Faber and Faber , 1943. First edition. Cloth. A pleasing first impression of Walter de la Mare's assembly of verse and prose on love. The first edition, first impression of this work. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.A wonderful survey on...

The Chapbook: A Monthly Miscellany, and Four Songs: The Monthly Chapbook

Robert Bridges; Walter de la Mare; G. Townsend Warner; et al. · 1919 · Rooke Books

£46.00 (€55.08 | $61.02 | ¥9,750)

London, The Poetry Bookshop; , 1919-21. First edition. Paperback. Three volumes of scarce chapbook periodicals from the early twentieth century, featuring collections of poems from the likes of Walter de la Mare and other noteworthy poets. Three volumes, including 'The Ch...

This Year: Next Year

Walter De La Mare · 1937 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.42 | $298.45 | ¥47,690)

London, Faber & Faber, 1937. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated anthology of charming seasonal poems by Walter de la Mare. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.A charming anthology of poems for children, ...

The Traveller

Walter de la Mare · 1946 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.88 | $59.69 | ¥9,538)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1946. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this philosophical poem from Walter de la Mare, with colour plates of drawings from John Piper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated with four col...