Poesia

Anthologie Des Poetes Francais Depuis Les Origines Jusqu&Apos;a la Fin Du XVIII Siecle Pecedee D&Apos;Une Etude Sur la Poesie Francaise

Anatole France · 1905 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Paris , Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur, 1905. First edition. Leather. An attractive first edition of this anthology and study of French poetry, from novelist and Nobel Prize winner, Anatole France. The very scarce first edition of this poetical study from French poet, journalist an...

The Poetical Works of Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · 1928 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Oxford University Press, 1928. Leather. A smartly bound copy of this collection of the poetical works of American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With a portrait frontispiece. The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet and educator. With some...

Selected Poems of Francis Thompson

Francis Thompson; Wilfrid Meynell · 1911 · Rooke Books

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London, Methuen and Co.; Burns and Oates, 1911. Leather. A very smart collection of poems by Francis Thompson, with a biographical note by his friend, the publisher and editor Wilfrid Meynell. The fifteenth thousand of this work in a quarter vellum binding with paper boards. T...

Pippa Passes; & Men & Women; Dramatis Personae; & Dramatic Romances & Lyrics

Robert Browning · 1908 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1908-1909 . Cloth. Two beautifully illustrated editions of work from poet Robert Browning, with both volumes featuring colour plates from Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale. Two volumes of works from English poet and playwright Robert Browning, who was partic...

The Lapse

None stated · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Stratford-Upon-Avon, The Shakespeare Head Press, c1930. First edition. Paperback. The first edition of this very scarce pamphlet of poetry printed by the 'Shakespeare Head Press' private press, in the original paper covers. The first edition.In the original paper wra...

The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray and William Collins

Thomas Gray; William Collins · 0 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

London, Lockwood & Co. c1890. Cloth. A charming pocket sized edition of the poetical works of the noted Thomas Gray and William Collins. A pocket sized edition from Lockwood's 'Pocket Books' series. A very scarce miniature edition of their works. In the publish...

Quinti Horatii Facci Opera by Horace & Phaedri Fabulae Et Publii Syri Sententiae

Horace · 1733 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.53 | $462.40 | ¥73,839)

Paris, E Typographia Regia, 1733. Leather. A collection of the poetry of Horace bound with the fables of Phaedrus, in the original Latin. Latin. Two volumes bound in one. With a frontispiece to each volume. This volume contains: Quinti Horatii Facci Opera by Horace, 1733. A co...

Songs of the Sea Nymphs: Scenes in Fairy Land

T. Miller · 1832 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Simpkin and Marshall , 1832. Leather. A very scarce copy of this collection of fantasy verses from English poet Thomas Miller. Very scarce work. A collection of songs and verses from Fairy Land, being extracts from unpublished poems on the theme of mystical sea creatur...

The Vision of Don Roderick, and Other Poems

Sir Walter Scott · 1811 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Edinburgh, John Ballantyne and Co. 1811 . Leather. The second edition of Sir Walter Scott's rousing poem, 'The Vision of Don Roderick', celebrating the Duke of Wellington's military triumphs, alongside other poetry by Scott. The second edition, published in...

Golden Treasury Series: Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold

Matthew Arnold · 1908 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1908. Leather. A lovely copy of the selected poems of Matthew Arnold, handsomely bound in half calf by Riviere & Son. A 1908 edition of this work from the Golden Treasury series, in a half calf binding. All edges gilt. Binder's stamp of Riviere &...

The Jaded Hero

Douglas Garman · 1927 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Wishart and Co, 1927. First edition. Hardback. A very scarce book of poetry from Douglas Garman, a socialist and editor of the quarterly literary review, 'Calendar of Modern Letters&apos. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the original quarter cloth b...

Poems

Michael Heseltine · 1913 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Elkin Mathews , 1913. First edition. Hardback. A vanishingly scarce pocket book of poetry from Michael Heseltine, with personal depictions of London and Oxford. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce work. In the original boards. A poetical pocket book, with a ...

Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard

Thomas Gray · 1928 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,806)

London, The De La More Press, 1928. Paperback. A smart copy of this illustrated edition of Thomas Gray's well-known work Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. The Saint George Series. Illustrated throughout. Inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poe...

Evangeline, the Golden Legend, and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longefellow · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, 1902. Leather. A smartly bound collection of poetry from American writer and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With a portrait frontispiece. A collection of the poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet...

The True History of Shakespeare&Apos;S Sonnets

Lord Alfred Douglas · 1933 · Rooke Books

£39.00 (€46.75 | $51.52 | ¥8,228)

London, Martin Secker, 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Lord Alfred Douglas' analysis of Shakespeare's sonnets, particularly of those dedicated to the enigmatic 'Mr. W. H.' The first edition of this work, with no further edition remarks. In...

The True History of Shakespeare&Apos;S Sonnets

Lord Alfred Douglas · 1933 · Rooke Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

London, Martin Secker, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this intriguing analysis of Shakespeare's sonnets, by English poet, journalist and lover of Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas. The first edition of this work, with no further edition remarks. In ...

Reynard the Fox or the Ghost Heath Run

John Masefield · 1921 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, William Heinemann, 1921. First edition. Cloth. The very smart first trade edition of John Masefield's narrative poem about a fox hunt, illustrated throughout and with the scarce original dust wrapper. The first trade edition of this work.With the publisher's ...

Irregular Jottings: Poems

J. Mumby · 1868 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Grimsby, Tetney, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this collection of poems from English poet J. Mumby. First edition. Very scarce. A collection of verses, with titles such as A Glance at the Times, Psalm CXXV, Lines to a Young Lady, To a Married Lady,...

Galloping Shoes: Verses

Will H. Ogilvie · 1922 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Constable and Company Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this uncommon collection of illustrated verses from Scottish-Australian poet William Henry Ogilvie. First edition. Uncommon work. Illustrated with a colour tipped-in frontispiece and seven ...

The Minor Poems of William Cowper

William Cowper · 1818 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.83 | $171.75 | ¥27,426)

London, John Sharpe, 1818. Leather. An anthology of the minor poetical writings of William Cowper, an illustrated volume bound in morocco. Complete as two parts bound in one volume.A smart volume of the poetry of William Cowper, a forerunner of the Romantic poets. He wrote ...